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It Happened on July 20th
7.0 / 10• 1955• 1h 15m•NR• German
DramaWarHistory
Storyline
A dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed.
Cast & Crew
Bernhard Wicki
Oberst Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg
Lead
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Generaloberst a. D. Ludwig Beck
Carl Wery
Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm
Erik Frey
General Friedrich Olbricht
Albert Hehn
Major Otto Ernst Remer
Til Kiwe
Oberleutnant Werner von Haeften
JH
Jochen Hauer
Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
Siegfried Lowitz
Malte Jaeger
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. G.W. Pabst's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. It Happened on July 20th is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
