Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht

Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht

90 mins | Documentary, War | April 28, 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.

Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht

90 mins | Documentary, War | April 28, 1977

Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
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.
Producers ZDF, Stern TV, Studio Hamburg Atelierbetriebsgesellschaft mbH
Original title Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
Directors Helenka Hummel, Franz Peter Wirth
Writers Sebastian Haffner

Cast

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