Sarajevo (2014)

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is in Sarajevo with his wife, Sophie. While through the city by car, they are victims of an attack and die. This is the trigger of the First World War.

Directors:

Kurt Mündl, Andreas Prochaska

Writers:

Martin Ambrosch, Kurt Mündl

Stars:

Radek Balcárek, Christoph Bittenauer, Tereza Blazková

5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Radek Balcárek
Christoph Bittenauer	...	Soldat
Tereza Blazková
Mateusz Dopieralski	...	Nedeljko Cabrinovic
Michaela Ehrenstein	...	Sophie
Heino Ferch	...	Dr. Herbert Sattler
Reinhard Forcher	...	Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Melika Foroutan	...	Marija Jeftanovic
Edin Hasanovic	...	Danilo Ilic
Simon Hatzl	...	Polizeichef Strametz
Kasem Hoxha	...	Polizist Stadler Fritz
Eugen Knecht	...	Gavrilo Princip
Juraj Kukura	...	Stojan Jeftanovic
Martin Leutgeb	...	Polizist Schimpf
Karin Lischka	...	Frau Ofner

Storyline

An ordinary summer day in the city of Sarajevo harbors the historic tale of world altering events that lead to the first world war. The story follows a Serbian magistrate and his struggles as he attempts to unravel the plots of two young men responsible for the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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Plot Keywords:

reenactment | summertime | shot to death | uniform | place name in title | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

Austria Czech Republic

Language:

German

Release Date:

2014 (Austria)

Also Known As:

Sarajevo - Das Attentat

Filming Locations:

Vienna, Austria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beta Film, Ceská Televize, Power of Earth TV & Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It was developed as part of the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.

User Reviews

It was nothing!!

On the positive side the movie had great costumes, interior and background scenese. On the other hand the story began okay, acting was good but halfway into the movie we get some conspiracy theory shoveled down our throat that feels like modern day leftist propaganda. What do I mean by that? Well the assassination on Archduke was a real conspiracy theory on it's own that has been proved by documents. The Serbian secret organization '' The Black Hand'' wanted the Archduke out of their way because he was very popular among minorities in the empire. He promised more independence and self control for those minorities when he would succeed the throne. If successful the Serbians within the empire would lose their dedication to be united with the Serbian home country in any possible future. Instead this movie propagates at the end that the Austro-Hungarian empire intentionally let the Archduke get assassinated by reducing his security and having coerced the driver by driving straight to Gavrilo Princip's hands. ( even tough in reality it was Ferdinand who suggested to drive back towards the hospital ) All so they and Germany would have a reason to go to war for financial gains. A suggestion is made that they needed Serbia to build the Baghdad-Berlin railroad, in order that oil could be transported from there. It sounds just as ridiculous as the tenacious conspiracy theory that Bush knew Al-Qaida would hit the Twin towers, and ordered the FBI to back down. All so he can declare war for oil profits a two years later. And to back up the veracity of their argument they have the characters say anti-semitic things to the detective who is a Jew converted to Christianity, just to make them extra evil. Yeah sure there were anti-semites back then and now, but come the Austrian officers corps consisted 40% out of Jews because they trusted them more than the countless ethnicities, so it wasn't that bad.