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  • It Happened on July 20th (1955)
  • 75 min | Drama, History, Thriller
It Happened on July 20th (1955)
75 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed.
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Director
Georg Wilhelm Pabst (as G.W. Pabst)
Writers
Werner P. Zibaso (as W.P. Zibaso) | Gustav Machatý
Cinematographer
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Updated Jun 19, 1955

Release date
Jun 19, 1955 (West Germany)

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Cast

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42 cast members
Name Known for
Bernhard Wicki
Oberst Graf v. Stauffenberg Oberst Graf v. Stauffenberg   See fewer
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Generaloberst a.D. Beck Generaloberst a.D. Beck   See fewer
Carl Wery
Generaloberst Fromm Generaloberst Fromm   See fewer
Erik Frey
General Olbricht General Olbricht   See fewer
Kurt Meisel
SS-Obergruppenführer SS-Obergruppenführer   See fewer
Albert Hehn
Major Remer Major Remer   See fewer
Til Kiwe
Oberleutnant v. Haeften Oberleutnant v. Haeften   See fewer
Jochen Hauer
Generalfeldmarschall Keitel Generalfeldmarschall Keitel   See fewer
Walter Holten
Generaloberst Hoepner Generaloberst Hoepner   See fewer
Hans Cossy
General Fellgiebel General Fellgiebel   See fewer
Annemarie Sauerwein
Frau Olbricht Frau Olbricht   See fewer
Hans Baur
General General   See fewer
Harry Hardt
General Heusinger General Heusinger   See fewer
Oliver Hassencamp
Oberst Möllendorf Oberst Möllendorf   See fewer
Malte Jaeger
Berthold von Stauffenberg Berthold von Stauffenberg   See fewer
Fred Kraus
Actor Actor   See fewer
Carl Simon
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Peter Lühr
General General   See fewer
Jaspar von Oertzen
Albrecht Mertz Albrecht Mertz   See fewer
Wolf Ackva
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Bert Brandt
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Gerd Briese
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Lina Carstens
Frau des Küsters (uncredited) Frau des Küsters (uncredited)   See fewer
Rolf Castell
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
Gernot Duda
Leutnant in der Wolfsschanze (uncredited) Leutnant in der Wolfsschanze (uncredited)   See fewer
Heli Finkenzeller
Sekretärin (uncredited) Sekretärin (uncredited)   See fewer
Waldemar Frahm
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Hans Friedrichs
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Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben (uncredited) Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben (uncredited)   See fewer
Werner Hessenland
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Kurt Hinz
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Karl Ludwig Höchner
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Willy Krause
Joseph Goebbels (uncredited) Joseph Goebbels (uncredited)   See fewer
Eduard Linkers
SS-Mann (uncredited) SS-Mann (uncredited)   See fewer
Siegfried Lowitz
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Robert Meyn
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Rolf Neuber
Adolf Hitler (uncredited) Adolf Hitler (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred Notter
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Ado Riegler
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August Riehl
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Karl Schaidler
SS-Mann (uncredited) SS-Mann (uncredited)   See fewer
Felix Schreiner
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