Netflix - The Long Road to War (2018)
Examines the origins of WWI, starting from the 19th century to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Written and directed by Milos Skundric. Narrated by Paul Morriarty.
The director stated
“Although there were many books on what the historians take for one-of-the-most-important-topics-ever, it was surprising to me that the origins of the war have been subject to almost no film at all over the past 100 years. Granted, the subject was mostly incorporated into the documentaries that cover the war itself and briefly so, or confined only to 1914.
But you can’t really understand why the killing of an heir by his subject should spark a world war, if you don’t go further back into the past, can you? These were the reasons for this film, and I had set the goals high, in terms of both production quality and historical authenticity.
The film’s story starts back in the late 19th century. Even though the wars during the 1870s ended, the peace in Europe was frail. The German general-staff were calling for a new war ever since 1875, and so it nearly erupted in 1905 and 1911 over Morroco, and in 1908 and 1912/13 over the Balkans. There’s always something that deterred it, but since 1912 the war is on its final approach.”
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