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It Happened on July 20th

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A dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1955-06-18

Runtime: 75 mins

Director: G.W. Pabst

Writer: Gustav Machatý, Werner P. Zibaso

Spoken language: Deutsch

Genres: Drama, War, History

Original title: It Happened on July 20th

Production Companies: Ariston Film GmbH, Arca-Filmproduktion

Production Countries: Germany

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