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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | General Speidel - The Archives Testify (No. 2) |
| Production Date | 1958 |
| Country of Production | GDR (German Democratic Republic) |
| Duration | 00:34:50 |
| Production Company | DEFA |
| Film Subject Era | 1925-1939; 1939-1945; 1946-1953; 1954-1975 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Summary | An examination of the activities of the NATO general Hans Speidel during the Second World War and his betrayal of Erwin Rommel. [Includes a prologue explaining why some footage has been cut.] |
| Subjects | Second World War (1939-1945); Nazism; SS (Schutzstaffel); Espionage; German army; Resistance movements; Executions; Judaism; Death; Prisoners; Deportation; Concentration camps; Holocaust; Eastern Front (Second World War); War crimes; Communism; Socialism; Assassinations; Air force; Aircraft; Arrests; Arms sales; Industry; Nuclear war; Nuclear weapons; Nazi Germany; NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation); Books; Wars; Dictatorships; Luftwaffe; Mass murder; Neo-Nazism; Nuremberg War Trials; Political rallies; Military; Soldiers |
| Director | Thorndike, Annelie; Thorndike, Andrew |
| Contributors |
Music: Dessau, Paul Script: Rücker, Günther |
| People | Himmler, Heinrich (1900-1945); Goebbels, Joseph (1897-1945); Bamler, Rudolf (1896-1972); Speidel, Hans (1897-1984); Canaris, Wilhelm (1887-1945); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Rommel, Erwin (1891-1944); Kluge, Günther von (1882-1944); Stauffenberg, Claus von (1907-1944); Stülpnagel, Carl-Heinrich von (1886-1994); Rommel, Manfred (1928-2013); Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Alfried (1907-1967); Speer, Albert (1905-1981); Meyer, Kurt (1910-1961); Gille, Herbert (1897-1976); Kesselring, Albert (1885-1960); Manstein, Erich von (1887-1973); Heusinger, Adolf (1897-1982); Franco, Francisco (1892-1975) |
| Places | Paris; France; Germany; West Germany (FDR); Spain; Madrid; Fointenbleau; USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| Fiction/Non Fiction | Non Fiction |
| Sound | Sound |
| Colour Format | Black and White |
| Film Format | 16mm Comb BW pos |
| Language | English (Narrator); German (Interviewee) |
| Module | Wars & Revolutions |
| BFI Identifier | N-507668 |
| Copyright | The British Film Institute |