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Sarajevo

Sarajevo

20146.21h 38m

Overview

The events in Sarajevo in June 1914 are the backdrop for a thriller directed by Andreas Prochaska and written by Martin Ambrosch, focusing on the examining magistrate Dr. Leo Pfeffer (Florian Teichtmeister) investigating the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Trying to do his job in a time of lawlessness and violence, intrigues and betrayal, Leo struggles to maintain his integrity and save his love, Marija, and her father, prominent Serbian merchant. But the events of Sarajevo have set into motion an inescapable course of events that will escalate to become … the Great War.

Directed by Andreas Prochaska
Written by Martin Ambrosch
Produced by Isabelle Welter
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Top Cast

Heino Ferch

Heino Ferch

Dr. Herbert Sattler

Melika Foroutan

Melika Foroutan

Marija Jeftanović

Friedrich von Thun

Friedrich von Thun

Sektionsrat Wiesner

Edin Hasanović

Edin Hasanović

Danilo Ilic

Juraj Kukura

Juraj Kukura

Stojan Jeftanovic

E

Erwin Steinhauer

Oskar Potiorek

Martin Leutgeb

Martin Leutgeb

Schimpf

Florian Teichtmeister

Florian Teichtmeister

Leo Pfeffer

Themes & Keywords

germanyworld war ibosnia and herzegovinaserbiaaustria-hungary1910sarchduke

About Sarajevo

Sarajevo is a thriller, history, war, tv movie film released in 2014 exploring themes of germany, world war i, bosnia and herzegovina, serbia, austria-hungary, 1910s. Directed by Andreas Prochaska, it stars Heino Ferch, Melika Foroutan, Friedrich von Thun. The events in Sarajevo in June 1914 are the backdrop for a thriller directed by Andreas Prochaska and written by Martin Ambrosch, focusing on the examining magistrate Dr. Leo Pfeffer (Florian Teichtmeister) investigating the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Trying to do his job in a time of lawlessness and violence, intrigues and betrayal, Leo struggles to maintain his integrity and save his love, Marija, and her father, prominent Serbian merchant. But the events of Sarajevo have set into motion an inescapable course of events that will escalate to become … the Great War.

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