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.
Directed by Franz Peter Wirth
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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
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