Ultimatum

1938
1h 13m

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Erich von Stroheim, Raymond Aimos, and Dita Parlo in Ultimatum (1938)

About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their invol... Read allAbout the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.

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Director Robert Wiene died during the production of this film. Robert Siodmak finished it.

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7/10

Storm warning.

Robert Wiene's swansong was finished by Robert Siodmak ;the film somewhat suffers for it ;the script is sometimes confused , taking the viewer from Belgrad to Vienna and the other way about;nevertheless,it's interesting ,because it is a storm warning ,like Max Ophul's "de Mayerling à Sarajevo "(1939)which depicted the Franz -Ferdinand /Sophie Chotek marriage and their assassination in Sarajevo.

The title is the ultimatum Vienna issued to the Serbia after the tragedy .Anna (Dita Parlo) is an Austrian married to a Serbian officer .Hence her dilemma .He's on a secret mission in Vienna ,sent by his superior (Von Stroheim,in a wheelchair)and captured .Anna's childhood's friend comes to Belgrad as a spy in the pay of Austria ;so it becomes a story of love and of friendship ; pessimistic ending and the final pictures will remind you of Max Ophuls' film mentioned above .