Munich – The Edge of War

 is a 2021 British/German drama film, directed by Christian Schwochow, from a screenplay that was written by Ben Power, produced by Andrew Baton, and starring Jeremy Irons, George MacKay and Jannis Niewöhner. This film is based upon the 2017 novel Munich by Robert Harris.

This film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 13, 2021, before being internationally distributed by Netflix on January 21, 2022. The film premiered in the streaming service exclusively in the United States a week prior.

Summary
"At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Based on the international bestseller by Robert Harris. 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?

Cast and Characters

 * Jeremy Irons as Neville Chamberlain
 * Alex Jennings as Sir Horace Wilson
 * George MacKay as Hugh Legat
 * Jannis Niewöhner as Paul von Hartmann
 * Sandra Hüller as Helen Winter
 * Liv Lisa Fries as Lena
 * August Diehl as Franz Sauer
 * Jessica Brown Findlay as Pamela Legat
 * Anjli Mohindra as Joan
 * Ulrich Matthes as Adolf Hitler
 * Mark Lewis Jones as Sir Osmund Cleverly
 * Abigail Cruttenden as Anne Chamberlain
 * Nicholas Farrell as Sir Alexander Cadogan