Operation Teutonic Sword
- User Rating
- 10
- Running Time
- 49
- Original Title
- Unternehmen Teutonenschwert
- Release Date
- 1958-06-06 00:00:00
- Budget
- Revenue
An East German documentary by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike investigating NATO General Hans Speidel’s alleged role in the 1934 assassination of Yugoslav King Alexander I and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. Drawing on archival footage and documents, it scrutinizes Speidel’s past and postwar career, provoking controversy and a ban in West Germany. The film won First Prize at the 1958 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the Heinrich Greif Prize in East Germany.
