20 Jan 1931
1914: The Last Days Before the War
The film focuses on the leadership of the Great Powers of Europe in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.
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During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
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Simon Ward Fähnrich Herbert Menis
Siegfried Rauch Botenlauben
Gerd Böckmann Anschütz
Robert Hoffmann Koch Klein
Jon Finch Charbinsky
Peter Cushing Baron Hackenberg
Lil Dagover Erzherzogin
Wolfgang Preiss Oberst
Maria Perschy Mordax
Rudolf Prack kaiserlicher Hofdiener
Friedrich von Ledebur General
Viktor Staal Anton
Verónica Forqué Louise Lang
Erik Frey Oberstleutnant
Hans Thimig Hofbeamter
Kurt Sowinetz Kaiserlischer Diener im Kaminzimmer
Albert Rueprecht 
David Robb English Officer
Michael Janisch Orbeliani
Sergio Alberti Offizier
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