![The Guns of August](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nLuKFwBQI2M3f5ZOjfYgeKWSO5Z.jpg)
The Guns of August
1 hour 40 minutes1964-12-24
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Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
Cast
![Fritz Weaver](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gjudPIeWyMJaxDvkRgx0HoTf2zG.jpg)
Fritz Weaver
Narrator (voice)
![Manfred von Richthofen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ec3MFnpGYV6Y9fxpQeycxpwjtPm.jpg)
Manfred von Richthofen
Self (archive footage)
![Archduke Franz Ferdinand](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//wvdcj5pWWiuUp1tUu9eZybH2kNS.jpg)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Self (archive footage)
![Winston Churchill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tpxNemRAcaRckG7kkPk5oRwKTim.jpg)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
![Vladimir Lenin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bdYa6BSGbENc815IIggRXbBs3qx.jpg)
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
![Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jUNpoeappi9cc29JqEZe25rTU6b.jpg)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
![Czar Nicholas II of Russia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3pngMcKHAMeK8goyk1vEEzSpH5R.jpg)
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
![Tsarina Alexandra](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//b113qOysiCt8OAYsnRjy2Ky4q8T.jpg)
Tsarina Alexandra
Self (archive footage)
![Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6XSXGcVpCjDVjIMYDsVNTHzJmYX.jpg)
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
Self (archival footage)
![Emperor Franz Josef](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Emperor Franz Josef
Self (archival footage)
![Georges Clemenceau](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xLB1KKa3GfOChIgQMesNEFgDavQ.jpg)
Georges Clemenceau
Self (archival footage)
![Jean Jaurès](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5xXJ9z5aCIPvYUGjsML8Fiwi3UJ.jpg)
Jean Jaurès
Self (archival footage)
![Grand Duchess Anastasia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AcMH0v9WWFem2azGwFSovWByhkt.jpg)
Grand Duchess Anastasia
Self (archival footage)
![Grand Duchess Marie](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Grand Duchess Marie
Self (archival footage)
![Grand Duchess Olga](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Grand Duchess Olga
Self (archival footage)
![Grand Duchess Tatiana](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Grand Duchess Tatiana
Self (archival footage)
![King Albert I](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
King Albert I
Self (archival footage)
![King George V of the United Kingdom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//t9jHtBmefZSbHJKQfbhVu0lGGQr.jpg)
King George V of the United Kingdom
Self (archival footage)
![King George VI of the United Kingdom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pui6dR4cf5TACDbN1PWInEdpYo2.jpg)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Self (archival footage)
![John J. Pershing](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John J. Pershing
Self (archival footage)
![Raymond Poincaré](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Raymond Poincaré
Self (archival footage)
![Leon Trotsky](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ugXC8P9qAbLgQa6GpSobIk7x1SX.jpg)
Leon Trotsky
Self (archival footage)
![Paul von Hindenburg](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//6jh2oUY9DlnxGNgRXGYSsP15Kp0.jpg)
Paul von Hindenburg
Self (archival footage)
![Woodrow Wilson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hkliXkYjqSsStiDmvHuz0lFIf6P.jpg)
Woodrow Wilson
Self (archival footage)
![Theodore Roosevelt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//odVu3ybFf48lplnju3YNmuosOKi.jpg)
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archival footage)
![Czarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Czarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich
Self (archival footage)
![Hermann Göring](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//srlxYR4WbfBH4KpoBptWSRduqTO.jpg)