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The Fall of the Habsburgs

The Fall of the Habsburgs

Apr 06, 2018 0m
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Synopsis

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.

Title The Fall of the Habsburgs
Companies ZDF, ORF, ARTE
Countries Austria
Keywords world war i, austria, habsburger
Raphael von Bargen

Raphael von Bargen

Tamás Graf Erdödy
Jens Claßen

Jens Claßen

King George V
Stanislaus Dick

Stanislaus Dick

Prinz Sixtus von Bourbon-Parma
Thomas Eichhorn

Thomas Eichhorn

Außenminister Graf Ottokar Czernin
Hans Holzbecher

Hans Holzbecher

Kaiser Wilhelm II
Ludwig Kaschke

Ludwig Kaschke

Paul von Hindenburg
Howard Nightingall

Howard Nightingall

Captain Athur Snagge
Johannes Seilern

Johannes Seilern

Erich Ludendorff
Alexander Knaipp

Alexander Knaipp

Prinz Xavier de Bourbon-Parma