Crisis (1939)

Directed by

Herbert Kline, Hanus Burger, Alexandr Hackenschmied

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It is a documentary about the 1938 Sudeten Crisis and the events leading up to the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. The film uses narration and footage to explain the political tensions at the time.

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What happens

Crisis (1939) is a feature-length documentary about the 1938 Sudeten Crisis. It was released briefly before the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia on March 15, 1939. The film was directed by Herbert Kline, Hans Burger, and Alexander Hammid, with narration written by Vincent Sheean and read by Leif Erickson. The National Board of Review named Crisis one of the ten best films of 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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