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Munich - The Edge of War

Synopsis

In 1938, Europe teeters on the brink of conflict as Adolf Hitler prepares to invade Czechoslovakia in an effort to further his territorial expansion. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, desperate to find a peaceful resolution, finds himself in a race against time to prevent a war. As the stakes mount, British civil servant Hugh Legat and German diplomat Paul Hartmann attend an emergency conference in Munich. Once great friends from their days at Oxford, the now-estranged pair are forced to unite once again as they find themselves caught in a dangerous web of political deception.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Thrill

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Features
Running time
123 min
Director
Christian Schwochow
Producer
Andrew Eaton
Co-Producer
Robert How
Executive Producer
Daniel Hetzer
Screenwriter
Ben Power
Director of Photography
Frank Lamm
Production Designer
Tim Pannen
Composer
Isobel Waller-Bridge
Principal cast
George MacKay, Jeremy Irons, Jannis Niewöhner, Jessica Brown-Findlay

Genre

Literary Adaptation Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Netflix

Sales Company

Netflix

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