Operation Teutonic Sword
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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.
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Andrew Thorndike Director · Annelie Thorndike Director Günther Rücker Writer
First release June 6, 1958 · Produced in XG · Original title Unternehmen Teutonenschwert
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DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
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XG
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Original title
Unternehmen Teutonenschwert
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · June 6, 1958
Theatrical · East Germany
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Russia
December 26, 1958 · Theatrical
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