Operation Teutonic Sword

⭐️ -.- | 49 min | Documentary | June 6th, 1958

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.

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Directors

> Andrew Thorndike (Director)
> Annelie Thorndike (Director)
> Gustl Perrin (Director of Photography)
> Vera Futterlieb (Director of Photography)
> Walter Fuchs (Director of Photography)
> Heinz Gayk (Production Director)
> Klaus Alde (First Assistant Director)

Writers

> Andrew Thorndike (Writer)
> Annelie Thorndike (Writer)
> Günther Rücker (Writer)

Cast

Eckart Friedrichson

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