Wie konnte es geschehen? - Teil 1: "Deutschland erwache..." (1914 - 1938)

In 1945, 160 German cities lay in ruins and the loss of millions of lives, billions in material assets and countless cultural treasures was mourned throughout Europe... With the question “How could it happen?”, the film goes back to the year 1914, when the “primal catastrophe of the 20th century” took its course with the First World War.

• Beate SchubertDirector

• Ulrich RitterNarrator (voice)
• Beate SchubertNarrator (voice)
• Paul von HindenburgSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Benito MussoliniSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Heinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Albert SpeerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)