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37 Days (2014)

7.51h 0mDrama

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.

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Director: Justin Hardy

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Bernhard Schütz as Helmuth Moltke

Bernhard Schütz

Helmuth Moltke

Mark Lewis Jones as David Lloyd George

Mark Lewis Jones

David Lloyd George

Nicholas Asbury as Winston Churchill

Nicholas Asbury

Winston Churchill

Urs Remond as Prince Lichnowsky

Urs Remond

Prince Lichnowsky

Oliver Ford Davies as Cunliffe

Oliver Ford Davies

Cunliffe

Ian Beattie as Tsar Nicholas II

Ian Beattie

Tsar Nicholas II

Rainer Sellien as Kaiser Wilhelm

Rainer Sellien

Kaiser Wilhelm

Ian McDiarmid as Sir Edward Grey

Ian McDiarmid

Sir Edward Grey

Kenneth Cranham as John Burns

Kenneth Cranham

John Burns

Tim Pigott-Smith as Herbert Henry Asquith

Tim Pigott-Smith

Herbert Henry Asquith

Sinéad Cusack as Margot Asquith

Sinéad Cusack

Margot Asquith

Bill Paterson as Lord Morley

Bill Paterson

Lord Morley

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