| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (55 min. 14 sec.) ; 327273801 bytes |
| Summary |
SBS ONE presents this three-part political thriller which follows the catastrophic chain of events from the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on the 4th of August.An all-star international cast, led by Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars) Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this tense and gripping factual drama mini-series set amongst the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin, which tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world's first global war.The series explores what went on behind closed doors - how decisions were made by important political figures - including British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey's efforts to keep the peace despite misinformation, and whether or not Winston Churchill would decide to follow in the footsteps of his pacifist cabinet colleagues, or go with his gut instinct to protect France from invasion.June 28, 1914: Young Foreign Office clerk Alec recounts his delivering a telegram to his German-born boss, informing that the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife have been murdered in Sarajevo. In Berlin, another young civil servant, Jens, reflects on the German Kaiser Wilhelm's friendship with the dead man. Wilhelm detests Serbia and sees the slaying as an act of aggression. He sends ambassador Lichnowsky to London to sound out Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey, but Grey is more concerned with problems over Ireland and of his cabinet, only Winston Churchill foresees any great danger looming. (Part 1 of 3) (From the UK) (Drama Mini-Series) M (A) CC **Mini Series Premiere**Follow the conversation on Twitter: #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2014-06-20 at 21:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: M |
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Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, 1863-1914.
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Assassination.
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Political participation.
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Telegraph.
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War.
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England -- London.
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Germany -- Berlin.
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Europe.
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Streaming video
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Hardy, Justin, director
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Ambler, Kate, cast
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Asbury, Nicholas, cast
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Beattie, Ian, cast
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Coury, Simon, cast
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Cranham, Kenneth, cast
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Cusack, Niall, cast
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Cusack, Sinead, cast
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Farrell, Nicholas, cast
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Fitzsymons, Patrick, cast
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Ford Davies, Oliver, cast
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Fulton, Gordon, cast
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Gendron, Francois-Eric, cast
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Kaczmarczyk, Andre, cast
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Kunkel, Holger, cast
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Lenz, George, cast
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Leveaux, Christopher, cast
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Lewis Jones, Mark, cast
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McArdle, James, cast
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McDiarmid, Ian, cast
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Moulds, Mary, cast
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Paterson, Bill, cast
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Pigott-Smith, Tim, cast
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Pistor, Ludger, cast
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Reilly, Chris, cast
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Reiners, Rainer, cast
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Remond, Urs, cast
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Schutz, Bernhard, cast
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Sellien, Rainer, cast
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Szasz, Stephan, cast
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