Ultimatum (1938)
1h 23m
Running Time
October 27, 1938Release Date
Plot.
About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.
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Cast & Crew.
Erich von Stroheim
General Simovic
Abel Jacquin
Captain Karl Burgstaller
Bernard Lancret
Cmdr. Stanko Salic
Georges Rollin
Ristic
Dita Parlo
Anna Salic
Marcel André
Legrain
Robert Wiene
Director
Raymond Aimos
Usir
Robert Siodmak
Director
Lila Kedrova
Irina
Pierre Allary
Writer
Pierre Nay
Serbian Officer
Alexandre Arnoux
Writer
René Alié
Serbian Officer
Ewald Bertram
Writer
Nino Constantini
Serbian Officer
Léo Lania
Writer
Lucien Pascal
Colonel serbe
André Nox
L'excellence
Georges Vitray
Le général autrichien
Jacques Henley
Le général serbe
Georges Paulais
Le médecin major
Frédéric Mariotti
Le chef de patrouille (as Fred Mariotti)
Frédéric O'Brady
Journaliste serbe
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Ultimatum is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Robert Wiene and Robert Siodmak and starring Dita Parlo, Erich von Stroheim and Abel Jacquin. The film's plot is set in 1914 against the backdrop of the July Crisis between the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. It focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.
It was the final film of Wiene, who had been a leading director of German cinema particularly noted for his work on expressionist films during the silent era. He died shortly before the film's completion, and it was finished by Siodmak.