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The Guns of August

Directed by Nathan Kroll
1965    1h 40m    Not Rated
7.4
Using rare archive footage, this documentary tells the story of World War I. The film shows the rivalry between the various royalty in Europe leading up to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the failed attempts to avoid the war that followed. It then goes on to show German attrocities as they invade Belgium and France, and how incompetent leaders on both sides cost the lives of millions of men.
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Cast of The Guns of August
  • Fritz WeaverNarrator (voice)
  • Manfred von RichthofenSelf (archive footage)
  • Archduke Franz FerdinandSelf (archive footage)
  • Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
  • Vladimir LeninSelf (archive footage)
  • Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
  • Czar Nicholas II of RussiaSelf (archive footage)
  • Tsarina AlexandraSelf (archive footage)
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II of GermanySelf (archival footage)
  • Emperor Franz JosefSelf (archival footage)
  • Georges ClemenceauSelf (archival footage)
  • Jean JaurèsSelf (archival footage)
  • Grand Duchess AnastasiaSelf (archival footage)
  • Grand Duchess MarieSelf (archival footage)
  • Grand Duchess OlgaSelf (archival footage)
  • Grand Duchess TatianaSelf (archival footage)
  • King Albert ISelf (archival footage)
  • King George V of the United KingdomSelf (archival footage)
  • King George VI of the United KingdomSelf (archival footage)
  • John J. PershingSelf (archival footage)
  • Raymond PoincaréSelf (archival footage)
  • Leon TrotskySelf (archival footage)
  • Paul von HindenburgSelf (archival footage)
  • Woodrow WilsonSelf (archival footage)
  • Theodore RooseveltSelf (archival footage)
  • Czarevitch Alexei NikolaevichSelf (archival footage)
  • Hermann GöringSelf (archival footage)

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