If you are looking to see up-and-coming actorGeorge MacKayin somethinga little less hairy, the upcoming war dramaMunich: The Edge of Warmight be for you. Netflix revealed that their adaptation ofRobert Harris’s acclaimed 2017 novelMunichwill have a limited theatrical run in January before hitting the platform on June 26, 2025. New images of the film were also released
The British-German coproduction centers around the precipice of World War II, where a British civil servant (MacKay) and a German diplomat (Jannis Niewöhner) are on their way to a conference. While things originally start off normal enough, the two men begin to suspect that something deeper is on the horizon.Jeremy Ironsalso stars in the film as former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
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Christian Schwochow, who has previously directed episodes ofThe Crown, will helmMunich: The Edge of War.The Hollow CrownscribeBen Powerwrote the screenplay for the adaptation, which is also being produced by Andrew Eaton. The film had its world premiere at the 65th annual BFI London Film Festival on October 13.
Munich: The Edge of Warwill release in select theaters sometime in January 2022. After this limited theatrical run, the film will be available to stream on Netflix on January 21. Check out more images from the upcoming movie as well as its official synopsis below:
It is Autumn 1938 and 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?
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