Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht

Overview

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

Top cast

O

Otto Kurth

Generaloberst v. Moltke

F

Friedrich Gröndahl

Oberstleutnant Tappen

Alexander Hegarth

Oberstleutnant Hentsch

H

Hans Daniel

Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Hans Paetsch

Reichskanzler v. Bethmann-Hollweg

Hans Häckermann

Generaloberst v. Kluck

D

Dieter Wagner

Generalmajor v. Kuhl

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Generaloberst v. Bülow

Heinz Weiss

Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein

H

Herbert Steinmetz

Generaloberst v. Hausen

Siegfried Wischnewski

Divisionsgeneral Joffre

Hans Wyprächtiger

Brigadegeneral Berthelot

Karl Michael Vogler

Oberst Alexandre

Charles Brauer

Major Gamelin

Hubert Suschka

Divisionsgeneral Lanrezac

Hannes Messemer

Divisionsgeneral Galliéni

E

Edgar Maschmann

Kriegsminister Messimy

J

Joachim Rake

Kriegsminister Millerand

Ferdy Mayne

Feldmarschall French

W

Wolf von Gersum

Generalleutnant Murray

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