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Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht 1977 Directed by Franz Peter Wirth

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.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Release Date 28 April 1977
90 mins
Cast
Otto Kurth Generaloberst v. Moltke
Friedrich Gröndahl Oberstleutnant Tappen
Alexander Hegarth Oberstleutnant Hentsch
Hans Daniel Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Hans Paetsch Reichskanzler v. Bethmann-Hollweg
Hans Häckermann Generaloberst v. Kluck
Dieter Wagner Generalmajor v. Kuhl
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer Generaloberst v. Bülow
Heinz Weiss Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein
Herbert Steinmetz Generaloberst v. Hausen
Siegfried Wischnewski Divisionsgeneral Joffre
Hans Wyprächtiger Brigadegeneral Berthelot
Karl Michael Vogler Oberst Alexandre
Charles Brauer Major Gamelin
Hubert Suschka Divisionsgeneral Lanrezac
Hannes Messemer Divisionsgeneral Galliéni
Edgar Maschmann Kriegsminister Messimy
Joachim Rake Kriegsminister Millerand
Ferdy Mayne Feldmarschall French
Wolf von Gersum Generalleutnant Murray
Wolfgang Engels Generalmajor Wilson
Sebastian Haffner Self - Host