The first in a season of films starring the internationally-acclaimed British actor
Tonight also starring
Ingrid Thulin , Helmut Griem Charlotte RampUng Helmut Berger
In the German Ruhr on the night of 27 February 1933, a rich and powerful family assemble to celebrate the birthday of the despotic Baron Joachim von Essenbeck, head of the vast Essenbeck steel-works. The party is interrupted by the news of the burning of the Reichstag in Berlin - the signal for Hitler's Nazis to take over Germany.
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