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Plot

A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.

Cast

Mathieu Kassovitz as Narrator (voice)
Mathieu Kassovitz

as Narrator (voice)

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower

as Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler

as Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle as Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle

as Self (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler as Self (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler

as Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel as Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel

as Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin as Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin

as Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring as Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring

as Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill

as Self (archive footage)

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • September 8, 2009

Last Aired Date

  • September 22, 2009

Production Companies

  • CC&C

  • Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD)

  • NHK

  • France 2

  • National Geographic

  • ECPAD

Type

  • Miniseries

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 6

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Miniseries

2009|6 Episodes

A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.

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