Film

Operation Teutonic Sword

Unternehmen Teutonenschwert

An East German documentary by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike investigating NATO General Hans Speidel’s alleged role in the 1934 assassination of Yugoslav King Alexander I and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. Drawing on archival footage and documents, it scrutinizes Speidel’s past and postwar career, provoking controversy and a ban in West Germany. The film won First Prize at the 1958 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the Heinrich Greif Prize in East Germany.

Regie

Andrew Thorndike

Regie

Annelie Thorndike

Drehbuch

Annelie Thorndike

Drehbuch

Andrew Thorndike

Status

Veröffentlicht

Veröffentlichung

06/06/1958

Originalsprache

Deutsch