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1945: The Savage Peace
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1945: The Savage Peace

2015-05-24 · 60 min · ★ 7.6

Documentary · History · TV Movie

How, in 1945, after the end of World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, the defeated were atrociously mistreated, especially those ethnic Germans who had lived peacefully for centuries in Germany's neighboring countries, such as Czechoslovakia and Poland. A heartbreaking story of revenge against innocent civilians, the story of acts as cruel as the Nazi occupation during the war years.

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Directors
Peter Molloy
Production companies
Blakeway Productions, BBC
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Michael PenningtonMichael PenningtonNarrator (voice)
Christa RonkeSelf - Witness
Marianne BeckerSelf - Witness
Meda MládekMeda MládekSelf - Witness
Stanislava ZverinovaSelf - Witness
Helena DvoráckováSelf - Witness
Milena SukovaSelf - Witness
Hugo FritschSelf - Witness
Emil PupikSelf - Witness
Peter KlepschSelf - Witness
Gerhard GruschkaSelf - Witness
Dorota BoroczekSelf - Witness
Horst ThemlSelf - Witness
Sieglinde KenzlerSelf - Witness
Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
Harry S. TrumanHarry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)
Joseph StalinJoseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
Karl Hermann FrankSelf (archive footage)
Winston ChurchillWinston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)

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