Munich, or Peace in Our Time

Overview

A television documentary directed by Marcel Ophüls examining the Munich Conference of September 28, 1938, when European leaders met to avert the outbreak of war. Through archival documents and interviews, the film reconstructs the political atmosphere surrounding negotiations between Britain and France on one side and Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on the other, situating the agreement within the broader context of European appeasement in the face of fascism.

Directed by Marcel Ophüls

Top cast

Édouard Daladier

A

André Francois-Poncet

P

Pierre Cot

Jacques Duclos

P

Paul Stehlin

G

Georges Bonnet

H

Hubert Beuve-Méry

P

Paul-Louis Bret

Anthony Eden

V

Violet Bonham Carter

L

Leonard Plugge

R

Randolph Churchill

E

Erich Kordt

P

Paul Schmidt

W

Walter Warlimont

P

Peppi

H

Hans Neuwirth

W

Walter Brand

F

Franz May

H

Hubert Masarík

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