28/04/1977
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.

Otto Kurth
as Generaloberst v. Moltke

Friedrich Gröndahl
as Oberstleutnant Tappen

Alexander Hegarth
as Oberstleutnant Hentsch

Hans Daniel
as Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Hans Paetsch
as Reichskanzler v. Bethmann-Hollweg

Hans Häckermann
as Generaloberst v. Kluck

Dieter Wagner
as Generalmajor v. Kuhl

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
as Generaloberst v. Bülow

Heinz Weiss
as Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein

Herbert Steinmetz
as Generaloberst v. Hausen

Siegfried Wischnewski
as Divisionsgeneral Joffre

Hans Wyprächtiger
as Brigadegeneral Berthelot

Karl Michael Vogler
as Oberst Alexandre

Charles Brauer
as Major Gamelin

Hubert Suschka
as Divisionsgeneral Lanrezac

Hannes Messemer
as Divisionsgeneral Galliéni

Edgar Maschmann
as Kriegsminister Messimy

Joachim Rake
as Kriegsminister Millerand

Ferdy Mayne
as Feldmarschall French

Wolf von Gersum
as Generalleutnant Murray

Wolfgang Engels
as Generalmajor Wilson

Sebastian Haffner
as Self - Host
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