The Long Road to War

Oct 17, 2018

1h 57m

★ 7.0

Overview

We all learned in schools that the WWI began with the assasination of Franz Ferdinand done by a young Bosnian Gavrilo Princip. In fact, the war was brewing much longer.

Genres

Documentary

History

War

Production Companies

Paradox Film

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Cast

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Hew Strachan

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Dominic Lieven

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Dušan T. Bataković

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Georges Henri-Soutou

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Lothar Hobelt

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Annika Mombauer

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John Rohl

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Stig Förster

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Jean-Paul Bled

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Alan Sked

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Oleg Airapetov

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.

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6.6

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7.5

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8.3

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No overview available.

7.3

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6.9

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No overview available.

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