TV Documentary, 52 mins (ORF), 2012
Directors: Robert Gokl and Leo Bauer (Re-enactments)
The road to war
“THE ROAD TO WAR” explores how the Sarajevo assassination that led to World War I came about and features international historians, previously unseen archive footage and complex re-enactments.
The documentary also examines how Austria-Hungary used the murder of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, to launch a war against Serbia that soon became a global conflict.
Funded by Fernsehfonds Austria, Land Niederösterreich, Filmfonds Wien
Credits
Director
Robert Gokl
Director, Re-enactments
Leo Bauer
Cast
General Oskar Potiorek – Peter Moucka
Archduke Franz Ferdinand – Martin Muliar
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg – Gisela Salcher
Gavrilo Princip – Vedran Kos
Franz Graf Harrach – Winfried Lahme
Driver Leopold Loika – Robert Kolar
Camera
Helmut Wimmer aac.
Editor
Oliver Wendlinger
Music
Kurt Adametz
Sound Recordist
Bruno Pisek
Producers
Michael Cencig, Fritz Kalteis
A co-production of Metafilm, ORF and the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Category
TV-DOCUDRAMA