1914 (1931)
1h 52m
Running Time
January 20, 1931Release Date
1914 (1931)
1h 52m
Running Time
January 20, 1931Release Date
Plot.
The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Heinrich George
Jean Jaurès
Albert Bassermann
Count Hollweg
Hermann Wlach
Count von Jagow
Eugen Klöpfer
Franz Joseph I.
Oskar Homolka
Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Sasonow
Wolfgang von Schwindt
Count von Moltke
Robert Hartberg
Count Hoyos
Lucie Höflich
Alexandra
Hans Peppler
Count Pourtales
Richard Oswald
Director
Heinz Goldberg
Writer
Alfred Abel
Leopold Graf Berchtold
Theodor Loos
Paléologue
Fritz Wendhausen
Writer
Mutz Greenbaum
Cinematographer
Fritz Alberti
Buchanan
Details.
Release DateJanuary 20, 1931
Original Name1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Filming LocationsBerlin, Germany
Genres
Wiki.
1914 (German: 1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Albert Bassermann, Hermann Wlach and Wolfgang von Schwindt. The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War, culminating in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and premiered in the city at the Tauentzien-Palast on 20 January 1931. At the request of the German Foreign Office an introduction by Eugen Fischer-Baling was filmed and presented at the start of the film. A special screening was held at the Reichstag on 3 March 1931.