The Guns of August

Film · 1964 TMDB 8.0 2 votes

Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.

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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)

Emperor Wilhelm II of GermanySelf (archive footage)E Emperor Franz JosefSelf (archive footage)

Georges ClemenceauSelf (archive footage)

Jean JaurèsSelf (archive footage)

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Release date 1964-12-24

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