Jackboot Mutiny
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It Happened on July 20th is a 1955
Austria film
directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
about the July 20 Plot
to kill Adolf Hitler
. Bernhard Wicki as Stauffenberg. It was released in the United States
as Jackboot Mutiny, although the literal English translation would be "It Happened on July 20".
1955 in film
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.* June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released....
Austria film
Cinema of Austria
Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century. Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky was among the Austrian pioneers of this art. Several Austrians pursued a career in pre-Nazi Germany and later in the United States, among them Fritz Lang, Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Fred...
directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
-Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...
about the July 20 Plot
July 20 Plot
On 20 July 1944, an attempt was made to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Führer of the Third Reich, inside his Wolf's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg, East Prussia. The plot was the culmination of the efforts of several groups in the German Resistance to overthrow the Nazi-led German government...
to kill Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
. Bernhard Wicki as Stauffenberg. It was released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as Jackboot Mutiny, although the literal English translation would be "It Happened on July 20".
Cast
- Bernhard Wicki - Oberst Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg
- Karl Ludwig DiehlKarl Ludwig DiehlKarl Ludwig Diehl was a German film actor. He appeared in 66 films between 1924 and 1957.-Selected filmography:* The Squeaker * Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen * On Secret Service...
- Generaloberst a.D. Ludwig Beck - Carl WeryCarl WeryCarl Sebastian Martin Wery was a German actor.- Filmography :* 1933: Keinen Tag ohne Dich* 1935: Königswalzer...
- Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm - Kurt MeiselKurt MeiselKurt Meisel was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984.Meisel was married to the actress Ursula Lingen...
- SS-Obergruppenführer - Erik FreyErik FreyErik Frey was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in over 110 films between 1936 and 1988.He was born and died in Vienna, Austria.-Selected filmography:* Eroica * 1...
- General Friedrich Olbricht - Albert Hehn - Major Otto Ernst Remer
- Til Kiwe - Oberleutnant Werner von Haeften
- Jochen Hauer - Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel
- Annemarie Sauerwein - Frau Olbricht
- Jaspar von Oertzen - Oberst Kerst von Quirnstein / Oberst Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Dürnstein
- Willy Krause - Joseph Goebbels
- Lina Carstens - Frau des Küsters
- Gernot Duda - Leutnant in der Wolfsschanze
- Ernst Fritz FürbringerErnst Fritz FürbringerErnst Fritz Fürbringer was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1933 and 1983.He was born in Brunswick, Germany and died in Munich, Germany.-Selected filmography:* Titanic...
- Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben - Peter Lühr - 1. General