
Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers of power, in the courts of Vienna, Berlin and Moscow. In parallel, it develops the fate of the Czech archivist, who will take part in the Serbian anti-Austrian branch.

as Václav Kavan

as Franz Joseph I

as Wilhelm II

as Nicholas II

as Archduke Franz Ferdinand

as Alexandra Feodorovna

as Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov

as Draga Simić

as Dr. Paul Schönbeck

as Count Leopold Berchtold

as Helmuth von Moltke

as Count István Tisza

as Count Karl Stürgh

as Count Hartenberg

as Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

as Count Eduard von Paar

as Raymond Poincaré

as Lord Edward Grey

as Ivan Olbracht

as Dr. Berth Leopold Schönbeck-Mannesmann

as Oscar von Potiorek

as Eugen Ketterle

as Jovan Jovanić

as Lída Kavanová

as Kavan's Mother-in-Law

as Uršula

as Schönbeck's Wife





















as Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt

as Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès



as Maid with a Dress










as Musician

as Musician

as Musician

as Musician

as Narrator (voice)

as Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov (voice)

as Helmuth von Moltke (voice)

as Count István Tisza (voice)

as Count Karl Stürgh (voice)

as Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (voice)

as Lord Edward Grey (voice)

as Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (voice)

as Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès (voice)

as Maid with a Dress (voice)

as German Crown Councillor (voice)

as German Crown Councillor (voice)

as Russian General (voice)

as Mitič (voice)

as Adjutant to Wilhelm II (voice)

as Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)

as Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)

as Adjutant to Nicholas II

as Jules Cambon (voice)

as German Ship Captain (voice)

as German Court Physician (voice)

as German General (voice)

as Russian Officer (voice)

as Russian Doorman (voice)

as German Sailor (voice)

as Russian Lieutenant (voice)