The Fall of the Habsburgs

The Fall of the Habsburgs

The Habsburg Dynasty had ruled large parts of Europe and the world for 650 years. During World War I, however, the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire sowed the seeds of its own demise. At the height of World War I, the world of the Habsburgs was on the brink of collapse. Almost exactly 100 years ago to the day, in April 1918, the most sensitive diplomatic mission of the First World War became a Europe-wide scandal: the so-called "Sixtus Affair". Secret negotiations between the Austrian imperial family and France were supposed to bring peace to the Danube monarchy – and their failure caused the war to escalate and the Habsburgs to fall.

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2018

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Cast

Eszter Hollósi

Eszter Hollósi

As Narrator

Dörte Lyssewski

Dörte Lyssewski

As Narrator

Dieter Witting

Dieter Witting

As Narrator

Leopold Altenburg

Leopold Altenburg

As Kaiser Karl

Daniela Golpashin

Daniela Golpashin

As Kaiserin Zita

Raphael von Bargen

Raphael von Bargen

As Tamás Graf Erdödy

Jens Claßen

Jens Claßen

As King George V

Stanislaus Dick

Stanislaus Dick

As Prinz Sixtus von Bourbon-Parma

Thomas Eichhorn

Thomas Eichhorn

As Außenminister Graf Ottokar Czernin

Hans Holzbecher

Hans Holzbecher

As Kaiser Wilhelm II

Ludwig Kaschke

Ludwig Kaschke

As Paul von Hindenburg

Howard Nightingall

Howard Nightingall

As Captain Athur Snagge

Johannes Seilern

Johannes Seilern

As Erich Ludendorff

Alexander Knaipp

Alexander Knaipp

As Prinz Xavier de Bourbon-Parma

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