It Happened on July 20th
6.6
A dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed.
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Cast
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Bernhard Wicki
Oberst Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg
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Paris, Texas
La Notte
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Generaloberst a. D. Ludwig Beck
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The Story of Vickie
Carl Wery
Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm
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Sebastian Kneipp
Erik Frey
General Friedrich Olbricht
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3. November 1918
Ariadne auf Naxos
Albert Hehn
Major Otto Ernst Remer
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The Cow and I
Til Kiwe
Oberleutnant Werner von Haeften
Known for
One, Two, Three
The Cow and I
Jochen Hauer
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
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I Was Jack Mortimer
Ich mach Dich glücklich
Siegfried Lowitz
Malte Jaeger
Known for
It Happened in Broad Daylight
The Mysterious Magician
Kurt Meisel
SS-Obergruppenführer
Known for
The Odessa File
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Hans Baur
3. General
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Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht
In Lemgo 89
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
1. General
Known for
Titanic
Lina Carstens
Frau des Küsters
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Lina Braake
G.W. Pabst Director · Werner P. Zibaso Writer Gustav Machatý Writer
First release June 18, 1955 · Produced in Germany · Production Arca-Filmproduktion
Production
Ariston Film GmbH
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Arca-Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
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Original title
Es geschah am 20. Juli
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · June 18, 1955
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
June 5, 1965 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 18, 1955 · Theatrical
Finland
January 24, 1958 · Theatrical
France
November 9, 1955 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 18, 1955 · Theatrical
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