Imperial fall
| Television broadcast | |
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| Original title | Imperial fall |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| year | 2018 |
| Production company |
AVE publishing GmbH & Co.KG |
| length | 90 min. Minutes |
| genre | Docudrama |
| Director | Christoph Röhl |
| script | Dirk Kämper and Lothar Machtan |
| production | Walid Nakshbandi |
| music | Ali N. Askin |
| camera | Peter Steuger |
| First broadcast | October 31, 2018 on ZDF |
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Kaisersturz is a German television film by director Christoph Röhl . The docu-drama was shown for the first time on October 31, 2018 on ZDF . The book Kaisersturz - On Failure in the Heart of Power by the historian Lothar Machtan forms the basis of the film.
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In autumn 1918 the monarchy collapsed in Germany and a republic was proclaimed. The film tells the struggle for power between the imperial regime and the growing democratic forces up to November 9, 1918. The main characters are Wilhelm II , his wife Auguste Viktoria , Friedrich Ebert and Max von Baden .
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The film was shot from September 12, 2017 to October 9, 2017 in Berlin , Kassel , Nuremberg and Potsdam . In the New Palais in Potsdam, the summer residence of the last emperor, recordings were made in the magnificent grotto hall . Another location was the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel.
The premiere took place on October 1, 2018 at the Hamburg Film Festival .
The docudrama is produced by Walid Nakschbandi, managing director of AVE publishing GmbH & Co.KG, a media company of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.
The author of the book, Lothar Machtan, was the film's advisor and co-author of the screenplay.
Web links
- Kaiser fall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Imperial fall. Docudrama. Second German television, accessed on September 29, 2018 (official website for the broadcast).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Imperial fall. Docudrama. In: press kit. ZDF's Communication, Press and Information Department, accessed on October 2, 2018 .
- ^ Fall of the Kaiser at crew united
- ↑ Fall of the Kaiser. In: Program. Filmfest Hamburg, accessed on October 2, 2018 .