Operation Teutonic Sword
(1958)
June 6, 1958
(XG)
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Documentary
• 49m
Overview
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
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Eckart Friedrichson
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