Film
Operation Teutonic Sword
1958Directed by Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike
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- Released
- Runtime
- 49m
About Operation Teutonic Sword
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
- Directors
- Andrew Thorndike
- Annelie Thorndike
- Writers
- Andrew Thorndike
- Annelie Thorndike
- Günther Rücker
- Original title
- Unternehmen Teutonenschwert
