Ultimatum (1938)

Directed by

Robert Wiene, Robert Siodmak

Genre

drama film, spy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1938 French film is set in 1914 during the July Crisis, the period between the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the start of World War I. It follows a Serbian officer and his Austrian wife as they become involved in espionage between their countries.

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What happens

Ultimatum is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Robert Wiene and Robert Siodmak and starring Dita Parlo, Erich von Stroheim and Abel Jacquin. The film's plot is set in 1914 against the backdrop of the July Crisis between the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. It focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries. It was the final film of Wiene, who had been a leading director of German cinema particularly noted for his work on expressionist films during the silent era. He died shortly before the film's completion, and it was finished by Siodmak. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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