Where to watch · United States
Not on any service here yet.
Operation Teutonic Sword (1958)
Directed by Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike
Documentary · 49m
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.
Cast
Eckart Friedrichson
Crew
- Director
- Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike
- Writer
- Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike, Günther Rücker
- Director of Photography
- Gustl Perrin, Vera Futterlieb, Walter Fuchs
- Editor
- Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike
Details
- Original title
- Unternehmen Teutonenschwert
- Release date
- 1958-06-06
- Runtime
- 49m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme