Operation Teutonic Sword
1958 · 49 min · Documentary
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.
- Directors
- Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike
- Writers
- Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike, Günther Rücker
- Released
- June 6, 1958
- Language
- German
Cast
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