Munich, or Peace in Our Time

Synopsis

A television documentary directed by Marcel Ophüls examining the Munich Conference of September 28, 1938, when European leaders met to avert the outbreak of war. Through archival documents and interviews, the film reconstructs the political atmosphere surrounding negotiations between Britain and France on one side and Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on the other, situating the agreement within the broader context of European appeasement in the face of fascism.

Édouard Daladier

André Francois-Poncet

Pierre Cot

Jacques Duclos

Paul Stehlin

Georges Bonnet

Hubert Beuve-Méry

Paul-Louis Bret

Anthony Eden

Violet Bonham Carter

Leonard Plugge

Randolph Churchill