Operation Teutonic Sword (1958)
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.
Directors: Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike.
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Eckart Friedrichson as Sprecher |
| Directing | Annelie Thorndike | Director |
| Directing | Andrew Thorndike | Director |
| Editing | Andrew Thorndike | Editor |
| Writing | Annelie Thorndike | Writer |
| Editing | Annelie Thorndike | Editor |
| Sound | Paul Dessau | Music |
| Writing | Andrew Thorndike | Writer |
| Camera | Gustl Perrin | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Vera Futterlieb | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Walter Fuchs | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Günther Rücker | Writer |
| Production | Jochen Lange | Production Manager |
| Production | Heinz Gayk | Production Director |
| Production | Albert Schulz | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Klaus Alde | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Georg Gutschmidt | Sound |
| Sound | Hubert Kübler | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Günter Lambert | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Walter Fuchs | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vera Kunstmann | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Gustl Perrin | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Karl Raddatz | Music Consultant |
