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Cast

Eckart Friedrichson

Eckart Friedrichson

Sprecher

Crew

Annelie Thorndike

Annelie Thorndike

Director

Andrew Thorndike

Andrew Thorndike

Director

Andrew Thorndike

Andrew Thorndike

Editor

Annelie Thorndike

Annelie Thorndike

Writer

Annelie Thorndike

Annelie Thorndike

Editor

Paul Dessau

Paul Dessau

Music

Andrew Thorndike

Andrew Thorndike

Writer

Gustl Perrin

Gustl Perrin

Director of Photography

Vera Futterlieb

Vera Futterlieb

Director of Photography

Walter Fuchs

Walter Fuchs

Director of Photography

Günther Rücker

Günther Rücker

Writer

Jochen Lange

Jochen Lange

Production Manager

Heinz Gayk

Heinz Gayk

Production Director

Albert Schulz

Albert Schulz

Assistant Production Manager

Klaus Alde

Klaus Alde

First Assistant Director

Georg Gutschmidt

Georg Gutschmidt

Sound

Hubert Kübler

Hubert Kübler

Sound Assistant

Günter Lambert

Günter Lambert

Sound Mixer

Walter Fuchs

Walter Fuchs

Camera Operator

Vera Kunstmann

Vera Kunstmann

Camera Operator

Gustl Perrin

Gustl Perrin

Camera Operator

Karl Raddatz

Karl Raddatz

Music Consultant

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Operation Teutonic Sword

19580.0 / 1049 min
Documentary

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.