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37 Days

37 Days

S1 · E1

IMDB:

7.4
37 Days

Released

3/6/2014

Duration

1h 0m

Genre

Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Bernhard Schütz, Mark Lewis Jones, Nicholas Asbury

Overview

This three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events leading up to World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 to Britain's declaration of war on Germany 37 days later. This tense and gripping miniseries set among the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world's first global war. 37 Days unlocks the mystery of the war s origins, overturning assumptions about its inevitability, demonstrating that World War One was neither a chance happening nor was it a foregone conclusion.

Episodes

One Month in SummerEP 1Available

One Month in Summer

60m7.0

The British Foreign Office, led by foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey, receives news of an assassination in the Balkans. In Berlin, the kaiser thinks he can exploit it for his own advantage.

One Week in JulyEP 2Available

One Week in July

60m6.0

War in Europe is becoming a real possibility. Under pressure from the cabinet, the British foreign secretary unravels a tangled web of intrigue between Austria, Germany, Russia and France, while the German military command conspires to force the Kaiser's hand. Who will gain the upper hand?

One Long WeekendEP 3Available

One Long Weekend

60m7.0

The last hours of peace. With the continental powers pushed to the brink, Sir Edward Grey seems unsure of whether to keep Britain out of the conflict. Desperate negotiations, resignations and a battle of wills in the Cabinet reach a crescendo with Germany's ultimatum to Belgium. Which way will Britain go?

Cast

Bernhard Schütz

Helmuth Moltke

Bernhard Schütz

Mark Lewis Jones

David Lloyd George

Mark Lewis Jones

Nicholas Asbury

Winston Churchill

Nicholas Asbury

Urs Remond

Prince Lichnowsky

Urs Remond

Oliver Ford Davies

Cunliffe

Oliver Ford Davies

Ian Beattie

Tsar Nicholas II

Ian Beattie

Rainer Sellien

Kaiser Wilhelm

Rainer Sellien

Ian McDiarmid

Sir Edward Grey

Ian McDiarmid

Kenneth Cranham

John Burns

Kenneth Cranham

Tim Pigott-Smith

Herbert Henry Asquith

Tim Pigott-Smith

Sinéad Cusack

Margot Asquith

Sinéad Cusack

Bill Paterson

Lord Morley

Bill Paterson

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