Operation Teutonic Sword (1958)
49m
Running Time
June 6, 1958Release Date
Operation Teutonic Sword (1958)
49m
Running Time
June 6, 1958Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Unternehmen Teutonenschwert (Operation Teutonic Sword) (1958) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike. The film investigates the alleged involvement of NATO General Hans Speidel in the 1934 assassination of Yugoslav King Alexander I and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. Using archival footage and documents, it presents a critical examination of Speidel’s past and his post-war military career. Produced by DEFA, the film was controversial and banned in West Germany. It received the First Prize at the 1958 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the Heinrich Greif Prize, 1st Class, in East Germany.
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Cast & Crew.
Eckart Friedrichson
Sprecher
Andrew Thorndike
Director / Writer / Editor
Annelie Thorndike
Director / Writer / Editor
Paul Dessau
Music
Gustl Perrin
Director of Photography / Camera Operator
Vera Futterlieb
Director of Photography
Walter Fuchs
Director of Photography / Camera Operator
Günther Rücker
Writer
Jochen Lange
Production Manager
Heinz Gayk
Production Director
Albert Schulz
Assistant Production Manager
Klaus Alde
First Assistant Director
Georg Gutschmidt
Sound
Hubert Kübler
Sound Assistant
Günter Lambert
Sound Mixer
Vera Kunstmann
Camera Operator
Details.
Release DateJune 6, 1958
Original NameUnternehmen Teutonenschwert
StatusReleased
Running Time49m
Genres
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Operation Teutonic Sword (German: Unternehmen Teutonenschwert) is an East German film. It was released in 1958.