Sarajevo is a 2014 German-Austrian biographical television film that depicts the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
[1] On 28 June 1914, the Austro-Hungarian heir presumptive Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg are travelling through Sarajevo on the 525th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo.
In the process of his investigations, Pfeffer encounters further inconsistencies, but is forced by his superiors to state the assassination as a conspiracy by Serbia.
As Pfeffer submits his final report, Austro-Hungarian politicians and the military have already decided the assassination of the Archduke would be used as a pretext for an invasion of Serbia.
The film received the following awards and nominations: " An oppressive storyline" - TV Spielfilm[3] "The ZDF / ORF co-production defies the assassination attempt of Sarajevo, whose sequence and its consequences are generally known, yet still of value compared to a documentary on the topic" - tittelbach.tv [2] The Hollywood Reporter called it a "handsome-looking and well-acted feature"[4]