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.
Sebastian Haffner
Writer
Franz Peter Wirth
Director
Otto Kurth
Generaloberst v. Moltke
Friedrich Gröndahl
Oberstleutnant Tappen
Alexander Hegarth
Oberstleutnant Hentsch
Hans Daniel
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Hans Paetsch
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Hans Häckermann
Generaloberst v. Kluck
Dieter Wagner
Generalmajor v. Kuhl
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Generaloberst v. Bülow
Heinz Weiss
Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein
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