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The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.Read moreLess
The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.
The story
The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.
Cast & crew
Alexander HegarthOberstleutnant Hentsch
Hans PaetschReichskanzler v. Bethmann-Hollweg
Hans HäckermannGeneraloberst v. Kluck
Ernst Fritz FürbringerGeneraloberst v. Bülow
Heinz WeissGeneralleutnant v. Lauenstein
Siegfried WischnewskiDivisionsgeneral Joffre
Hans WyprächtigerBrigadegeneral BerthelotExplore the crew
- Editor
- Ingrid Thüsing
- Writer
- Sebastian Haffner
- Director of Photography
- Hubert Zimmermann
- Editor
- Erich Rohlf
- Director of Photography
- Michael Epp
- Director
- Franz Peter Wirth