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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.

TV-PG

9 52 min

Type:

Country:

France

Genre:

War & Politics, Documentary

Release:

2009-09-08

Year:

2009

Director:

Henri de Turenne

Production:

CC&C – Clarke Costelle et Cie, Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD), NHK, France 2, National Geographic

Cast:

Mathieu Kassovitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, Heinrich Himmler, Erwin Rommel, Joseph Stalin, Hermann Göring, Winston Churchill

Apocalypse: The Second World War

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