Miniseries
(2009)
Overview
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
as Narrator (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Episodes
Aggression (1933–1939) 6.6
September 8, 2009
Colourised footage of Hitler as he visits the Austrian village where he grew up, see the heart-felt good-byes as French…
Crushing Defeat (1939–1940) 7.1
September 8, 2009
The British troops hastily evacuate from the beaches at Dunkirk, France, but are forced to abandon kilometres of precio…
Shock (1940–1941) 7.1
September 15, 2009
Polish prisoners and Jews are forced into slave labour to complete Nazi building projects. The Italian army is in disar…
World Ablaze (1941-1942) 7.6
September 15, 2009
America joins the war as the conflict rages in South-East Asia, North Africa and Russia. The Allied forces are unable t…
The Noose (1942-1943) 7.7
September 22, 2009
The turning of the war against Germany, with Allied victory at El Alamein and Russian triumph at Stalingrad. In the Nor…
Inferno (1944-1945) 7.2
September 22, 2009
Witness the D-Day landings and the liberation of Paris. In the east the Soviets liberate Auschwitz and fight their way …