Munich, or Peace in Our Time(1967)

Munich, or Peace in Our Time is a documentary that examines the Munich Conference of September 1938, when European leaders gathered to prevent war. Director Marcel Ophüls uses archival documents and interviews to reconstruct the political tensions surrounding negotiations between Britain and France against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The film explores how the agreement reflected Europe's broader strategy of appeasement toward fascism, revealing the diplomatic calculations and compromises that shaped one of history's most consequential moments. Through meticulous research and firsthand accounts, Ophüls traces the events leading to the conference and their aftermath, offering insight into the decisions that would ultimately fail to prevent the Second World War.