Overview
A television documentary directed by Marcel Ophüls examining the Munich Conference of September 28, 1938, when European leaders met to avert the outbreak of war. Through archival documents and interviews, the film reconstructs the political atmosphere surrounding negotiations between Britain and France on one side and Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on the other, situating the agreement within the broader context of European appeasement in the face of fascism.
Production
ORTF · NDR
Cast & Characters
Édouard Daladier
André Francois-Poncet
Pierre Cot
Jacques Duclos
Paul Stehlin
Georges Bonnet
Hubert Beuve-Méry
Paul-Louis Bret
Anthony Eden
Violet Bonham Carter
Leonard Plugge
Randolph Churchill
Directors & Crew
Marcel Ophüls
Director
Marcel Ophüls
Writer
André Harris
Producer
Alain de Sedouy
Producer
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