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.
Cast
Édouard Daladier
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André Francois-Poncet
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Pierre Cot
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Jacques Duclos
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Paul Stehlin
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Georges Bonnet
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Hubert Beuve-Méry
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Paul-Louis Bret
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Anthony Eden
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Violet Bonham Carter
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Leonard Plugge
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Randolph Churchill
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Erich Kordt
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Paul Schmidt
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Walter Warlimont
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Peppi
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Hans Neuwirth
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Walter Brand
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Franz May
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Hubert Masarík
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M. Pudlák
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Juri Wehle
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Crew
Arlette Javelle
Documentation & Support
Marcel Ophüls
Director, Writer
Gilberte Hirsch
Editor
Annemarie Schütte
Editor
Nina Ratz
Assistant Editor
Horst Schröder
Cinematography
Jacques Durr
Cinematography
André Harris
Producer
Alain de Sedouy
Producer
Alain Montrobert
Assistant Camera
Jacques Pietrobelli
Sound Mixer
Jean-Noël Mevil Blanche
Sound
Jacques-Olivier Chattard
Researcher