Munich: The Edge of the War Trivia | 25 facts about the movie

«Munich – The Edge of War» is a 2021 German/British drama film, directed by Christian Schwochow, from a screenplay by Ben Power.

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1. Munich – The Edge of War is a 2021 German/British drama film.
2. It was directed by Christian Schwochow.
3. The screenplay was written Ben Power.
4. It is based upon the 2017 novel Munich by Robert Harris.
5. The film stars Jeremy Irons, George MacKay and Jannis Niewöhner.
6. The film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on 13 October 2021.
7. Netflix gave it a limited US theatrical release on January 14, 2022.
8. Its streaming premiere was on January 21, 2022.
9. In November 2020, it was announced Jeremy Irons, George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Sandra Hüller, Liv Lisa Fries and August Diehl had joined the cast of the film.
10. Also, it was announced that Christian Schwochow will direct the film, from a screenplay by Ben Power.
11. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Robert Harris, with Netflix set to distribute.
12. Principal photography began in October 2020.
13. It ended in December 2020.
14. Filming took place in Berlin, Potsdam, Munich and Liverpool.
15. The working title was Munich 38.
16. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 86% of 73 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10.
17. The website’s consensus reads, “Sharp direction and some outstanding performances make Munich: The Edge of War a gripping historical drama, even though the ending’s no secret.”
18. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 53 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating “mixed or average reviews”
19. Though Hartmann and Legat are fictional, Harris confirms that they are partially inspired by the diplomat Adam von Trott zu Solz and the scholar AL Rowse. The latter, who was gay, wrote about his intense platonic attachment to Trott at Oxford. Trott, though a considerably less amiable character than the fictional Hartmann, went on to join Claus von Stauffenberg’s 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler. It failed and Trott was executed.
20. George MacKay learned German for his role as Hugh Legat.
21. The document that Helen shows Paul at her apartment is the Hossbach Protocol, Hitler’s secret decree to his generals for the creation of the Lebensraum (Vital Space) of Germany. So called for Hitler’s military adjutant, Colonel Friedrich Hossbach, the Hossbach Protocol was evidence of Hitler’s intention for an European war. When the war started, the protocol was developed into the Generalplan Ost, or Master Plan for the East, a program for ethnic cleansing and genocide that planned the deportation 31 million people eastwards, with Siberia as the final destination. Then, the population would be systematically exterminated through starvation and forced labor, and their territories colonized with 8-10 ethnic Germans.
22. Paul is warned not to smell like cigarette smoke in the presence of Hitler. This is based on the fact that real Hitler hated smoking and absolutely banned everyone for smoking in his presence.
23. The actor Ulrich Matthes, who plays Adolf Hitler in this film, previously played Nazi propaganda minister Dr Joseph Goebbels in the production Downfall (2004).
24. The aircraft used by Chamberlain was a Lockheed 14, which was depicted in this film by a Twin Beech D18 .
25. George MacKay also appeared as the lead character in the WW1 movie 1917 (2019) as a soldier in the British infantry in the trenches.