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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Operation Teutonic Sword |
| Production Date | 1958 |
| Country of Production | GDR (German Democratic Republic) |
| Duration | 00:15:11 |
| Production Company | DEFA |
| Film Subject Era | 1925-1939; 1939-1945; 1946-1953; 1954-1975 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Summary | An accusation against the NATO general, Hans Speidel, that states he organised the 1934 assassination of Alexander I of Yugoslavia and the French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. [WARNING: contains footage of casualties.] |
| Subjects | Assassinations; Monarchy and royalty; Funerals; Books; Nazi Germany; Nazism; NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation); Death; Injuries and wounds; International agreements; SS (Schutzstaffel); German army; Dictatorships; Militarism; National borders; Military; Soldiers |
| Director | Thorndike, Annelie; Thorndike, Andrew |
| Contributors |
Music: Dessau, Paul Script: Rücker, Günther |
| People | Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia (1888-1934); Barthou, Louis (1862-1934); Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Rauschning, Hermann (1887-1982); Adenauer, Konrad (1876-1967); Canaris, Wilhelm (1887-1945); Bamler, Rudolf (1896-1972) |
| Places | Paris; France; Marseilles; Belgrade; Yugoslavia; Germany; West Germany (FDR); Warsaw; Poland; Prague; Czechoslovakia; London; United Kingdom |
| Fiction/Non Fiction | Non Fiction |
| Sound | Sound |
| Colour Format | Black and White |
| Film Format | 16mm Comb BW pos |
| Language | English (Narrator) |
| Module | Wars & Revolutions |
| BFI Identifier | N-507669 |
| Copyright | The British Film Institute |