Munich: The Edge of War

Two former Oxford friends, one a British civil servant and the other a disillusioned German diplomat, find themselves on opposite sides during the 1938 Munich Conference, where Britain, France, Germany, and Italy negotiate the fate of Czechoslovakia. As Neville Chamberlain seeks peace, the pair try to smuggle evidence of Hitler's true intentions.

The Munich Agreement of September 1938 allowed Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia in exchange for a promise of no further territorial demands, a policy of appeasement pursued by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain that failed to prevent further German expansion.

The two central protagonists are fictional inventions used to dramatize real diplomatic events; Chamberlain and other historical figures are depicted engaging in real documented negotiations.

Directed by Christian Schwochow

Cast: George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Jeremy Irons, Sandra Hüller

Positioned at 22–30 September 1938 within the Prewar diplomacy phase of the war, as part of the Munich Agreement. This is entry 11 of 150 in the chronological archive.

• Munich Agreement
• appeasement
• Neville Chamberlain
• Sudetenland
• diplomacy

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