Apocalypse: The Second World War
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.
First Aired
September 8, 2009
Last Aired
September 22, 2009
Original Language
fr
Popularity
3
Type
Miniseries
Official Website
Production Companies
CC&C
Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD)
NHK
France 2
National Geographic
ECPAD
Seasons & Episodes
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.
Cast
Mathieu Kassovitz
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Władysław Sikorski
Self (archive footage)
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