David Farnor | On 07, Dec 2021

“It’s be an act of espionage on foreign soil…” That’s the sound of Netflix bringing Robert Harris’ Munich to the big screen – and a new trailer gives us a first look at the historical thriller.

Titled Munich: The Edge of War, the film is set in Autumn 1938, as Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain’s government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the pressure building, Hugh Legat (George MacKay), British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, travel to Munich for an emergency conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the centre of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger. With the whole world watching, can war be averted and, if so, at what cost?

The film premiered at the London Film Festival last year. “Personal and national loyalties collide in the shadow of WWII in this gripping, timely political thriller,” we wrote in our four-star review from the festival.

It will be released in select cinemas in January 2022 and available to stream worldwide on Netflix from 21st January. Here’s the trailer:

 

First look: Netflix sets Munich: The Edge of War for January release

12th October 2021

Netflix will release Munich: The Edge of War in January 2022, following its world premiere at the London Film Festival this week.

Based on the international bestseller by Robert Harris, the film takes us back to Autumn 1938, as Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain’s government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the pressure building, Hugh Legat, British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency Conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the centre of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger. With the whole world watching, can war be averted? And, if so, at what cost?

Adapted by Ben Power (The Lehman Trilogy, The Hollow Crown) and directed by Christian Schwochow (The Crown, Bad Banks), the film stars Jeremy Irons as Neville Chamberlain and George MacKay as Hugh Legat.

You can see them in action at the London Film Festival on Wednesday 13th and Friday 15th October, with the film then released in select UK cinemas in early January 2022, before streaming worldwide on Netflix on 21st January.

Here are the first official images from the film:

 

Jeremy Irons, George MacKay star in Netflix’s Munich

5th November 2020

Jeremy Irons and George MacKay will star in Netflix’s new drama Munich, with filming kicking off this week.

Based on the book by Robert Harris, the film takes us to Autumn 1938, as Europe stands on the brink of war. Adolf Hitler is preparing to invade Czechoslovakia and Neville Chamberlain’s government desperately seeks a peaceful solution. With the pressure building, Hugh Legat, British civil servant, and Paul von Hartmann, German diplomat, travel to Munich for the emergency Conference. As negotiations begin, the two old friends find themselves at the centre of a web of political subterfuge and very real danger. With the whole world watching, can war be averted and, if so, at what cost?

Adapted by Ben Power (The Lehman Trilogy, The Hollow Crown) and directed by Christian Schwochow (The Crown, Bad Banks), the film is produced by Andrew Eaton (The Crown) and Turbine Studios. Irons lead the cast as Neville Chamberlain, alongside George MacKay as Hugh Legat. They are joined by Jannis Niehwöhner, Sandra Hüller, Liv Lisa Fries, August Diehl, Erin Doherty, and Martin Wuttke as Adolf Hitler.

Harris says: “It’s great to see an actor of Jeremy Irons’s stature playing Neville Chamberlain. This will be the first time a major movie has gone beyond the cult of Winston Churchill and tried to show Chamberlain in a more sympathetic light.”

Production is now underway in Germany, with filming to take place in the UK at a later date. The film will be released in 2021.

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