Es geschah am 20. Juli
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It Happened on July 20th
On 20th July 1944, Colonel Baron Schenk von Stauffenberg made an attempt to kill Hitler using a bomb at his "Fuehrer headquarters" in eastern Prussia. G.W. Pabst has reconstructed events up to the colonel′s court martial and execution chronologically and in a meticulous way, demonstrating an honest effort to be precise regarding historical facts. With considerable detail, and employing an excellent cast, he relates what really happened on 20th July ...
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
| Director: | G. W. Pabst |
| Screenplay: | Werner P. Zibaso, Gustav Machatý |
| Director of photography: | Kurt Hasse |
| Editing: | Herbert Taschner |
| Music: | Johannes Weissenbach, Joachim Weissenbach |
| Cast: | |
| Bernhard Wicki | Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg |
| Karl Ludwig Diehl | Generaloberst a.D. Ludwig Beck |
| Carl Wery | Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm |
| Kurt Meisel | SS-Obergruppenführer |
| Erik Frey | General Friedrich Olbricht |
| Albert Hehn | Major Otto Ernst Remer |
| Til Kiwe | Stauffenbergs Adutant Oberleutnant Werner von Haeften |
| Jochen Hauer | Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel |
| Ann Marie Sauerwein | Frau Olbricht |
| Jaspar von Oertzen | Oberst Kerst von Quirnstein - Oberst Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Dürnstein |
| Production company: | Ariston-Film GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig), Arca-Film GmbH (Berlin + Göttingen) |
| Producer: | Jochen Genzow, Franz Seitz |
All Credits
| Director: | G. W. Pabst |
| Assistant director: | Peter Pabst |
| Screenplay: | Werner P. Zibaso, Gustav Machatý |
| based on: | Jochen Wilke (Tatsachenbericht) |
| Director of photography: | Kurt Hasse |
| Camera operator: | Heinz Pehlke |
| Assistant camera: | Klaus Werner |
| 2nd Camera unit: | Heinz Pehlke |
| Still photography: | Karl Ewald |
| Production design: | Ernst H. Albrecht, Paul Markwitz, Gottfried Will |
| Make-up artist: | Arthur Schramm, Xaver Urban |
| Editing: | Herbert Taschner |
| Sound: | Walter Zander |
| Consultant: | Ewald Heinrich von Kleist (Historische Beratung) |
| Music: | Johannes Weissenbach, Joachim Weissenbach |
| Cast: | |
| Bernhard Wicki | Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg |
| Karl Ludwig Diehl | Generaloberst a.D. Ludwig Beck |
| Carl Wery | Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm |
| Kurt Meisel | SS-Obergruppenführer |
| Erik Frey | General Friedrich Olbricht |
| Albert Hehn | Major Otto Ernst Remer |
| Til Kiwe | Stauffenbergs Adutant Oberleutnant Werner von Haeften |
| Jochen Hauer | Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel |
| Ann Marie Sauerwein | Frau Olbricht |
| Jaspar von Oertzen | Oberst Kerst von Quirnstein - Oberst Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Dürnstein |
| Production company: | Ariston-Film GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig), Arca-Film GmbH (Berlin + Göttingen) |
| Producer: | Jochen Genzow, Franz Seitz |
| Unit production manager: | Rudolf Wischert |
| Location manager: | Felix René Fohn, Hans Terofal |
| Shoot: | 22.04.1955-10.06.1955: Pullach, Coburg |
| Original distributor: | Neue Filmverleih GmbH (München) |
| Length: | 2152 m, 79 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,33 |
| Picture/Sound: | s/w, Ton |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 18.06.1955, 10050, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (DE): 19.06.1955, München, Luitpold-Theater; TV-Erstsendung: 20.07.1985, ZDF |
Titles
| Originaltitel (DE) Es geschah am 20. Juli |
| Arbeitstitel Aufstand gegen Hitler |
| Arbeitstitel Was geschah wirklich am 20. Juli 1944? |
| späterer Verleihtitel Drei Schritte zum Schicksal |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 2152 m, 79 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,33 |
| Picture/Sound: | s/w, Ton |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 18.06.1955, 10050, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (DE): 19.06.1955, München, Luitpold-Theater; TV-Erstsendung: 20.07.1985, ZDF |
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