1914: The Last Days Before the War

Jan 20, 1931

1h 52m

★ 5.5

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

UFA

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Cast

Jean Jaurès

Heinrich George

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

Albert Bassermann

Franz Joseph I.

Eugen Klöpfer

Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Sasonow

Oskar Homolka

Alexandra

Lucie Höflich

Count Pourtales

Hans Peppler

Leopold Graf Berchtold

Alfred Abel

Paléologue

Theodor Loos

Buchanan

Fritz Alberti

Erich von Falkenhayn

Heinrich Schroth

Nikolaus II.

Reinhold Schünzel

Lichnowsky

Fritz Odemar

On the Schiermoser farm tense expectation prevails. The 'Urban', the Schaubleins, surprisingly announced their arrival. In the past, they were welcome as generous summer visitors. But now the shortage years of the First World War prevail. And the farmer's wife suspects lazy parasites in the townsfolk. The city family is indeed facing ruin. Especially since the defiant daughter Rosalie has just knocked out a promising money marriage without regard to scandal. The Rosalie is attracted to the Schiermoser heir Franz. His mother already drives the thought of a 'Madame Bäurin' to madness. Everyone experiences a turbulent time of upheaval. The end of the First World War will shake the social fronts as well as the new machine age.

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