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Director: |
Brian Gibson
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Starring: |
Hugh Thomas, Constantine Gregory, Peter Ellis, Vernon Dobtcheff, Frank Crompton, Paul Clayton, David Calder, Hugh Burden, Ray Armstrong, Alick Hayes, Ronald Hines, Michael Syers, David Swift, John Shrapnel, Anthony Schaeffer, Peter Newton, Michael Mellinger, Al Lampert, Michael Jayston
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Genres: |
Historical Drama, War, Period Drama, Indie-Arthouse Cinema, Great Literature on Film, Action-Adventure, Television
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Origin: |
United Kingdom
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Certificate: |
PG
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Languages: |
English
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Running Time: |
90 min
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In the events of those few days, the German Armistice Delegation, led by the well-meaning liberal German politician Erzberger of the Catholic Zentrum (Centre) Party, while intending to put an end to one human catastrophe, was unwittingly involved in creating an avalanche of events that led to an even greater catastrophe, the Second World War. The German High Command, led by Field Marshal Hindenburg and Quartermaster General Ludendorff, pushed onto the liberal, socialist government that replaced the Military Dictatorship nominally headed by Kaiser Wilhelm II the onus of agreeing to an Armistice with the Allies that severely damaged Germany's position. Unscrupulous politicians (among them Hitler and the Nazis) falsely accused those in the Armistice Delegation and the new republican government of "stabbing Germany in the back". This film shows the events of those fateful days and how it affected those involved. Erzberger both wanted to end the slaughter, but at the same time was an ambitious politician who viewed the collapse of the monarchy as an opportunity for himself to get ahead.
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