From the armistice of 1918, which marked the end of the First World War, to the declaration of war in September 1939, the beginning of the Second World War: an era during which there was an aspiration to create a new world, prosperous and at peace, but which provoked a new tragedy, seen through the destinies of thirteen people who were both actors and witnesses of the upheavals of the so-called inter-war period.
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1938: Austria is annexed by Germany, the pogrom of Kristallnacht destroys Jewish shops and synagogues as war draws ever closer.
Mid 1930s: Germany reaches full employment and in Spain the civil war breaks out.
By 1932 the global economic crisis has led to record mass unemployment with violent street battles between left and right.
The twenties are a period of heady consumerism and wild financial speculation. But everything will change when the bubble bursts.
Moscow becomes the centre of international revolutionary fervour attracting freedom fighters and intellectuals from all over the world.
The economic situation worsens with inflation and high unemployment. As famine strikes the people, riots erupt in many countries of Europe.
The 1919 peace conference in Paris brings together the great powers that defeated Germany to ratify the treaty of Versailles.
In November 1918, Germany surrenders to the allies, bringing the First World War to an end. Monarchies and empires are swept away and all across Europe people struggle to survive.
From the armistice of 1918, which marked the end of the First World War, to the declaration of war in September 1939, the beginning of the Second World War: an era during which there was an aspiration to create a new world, prosperous and at peace, but which provoked a new tragedy, seen through the destinies of thirteen people who were both actors and witnesses of the upheavals of the so-called inter-war period.
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David Acton , Joel Basman , Gennaro Cannavacciuolo
Jürgen Rehberg
Iris Productions , LOOKS
as Charles Edward Montague
as Rudolf Höß
as Silvio Crespi
