Apocalypse: The Second World War

Apocalypse: The Second World War86%

TV 2009-09-08 Documentary War & Politics
★ 8.4 / 10 · 156 votes
Ratings
Combined
86.2 %
4 sources
IMDb
9.0 /10
21,309 votes
Letterboxd
4.3 /5
3,367 votes
Trakt
83 %
389 votes
TMDB
83 %
157 votes

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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Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Studios
CC&C , Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD) , NHK
Network
France 2
Country
France
Language
French
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata
Created by
Isabelle Clarke Daniel Costelle Jean-Louis Guillaud Henri de Turenne
Cast
Mathieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz Self - Narrator (voice) Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Charles de Gaulle Charles de Gaulle Self (archive footage) Heinrich Himmler Heinrich Himmler Self (archive footage) Erwin Rommel Erwin Rommel Self (archive footage) Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) Hermann Göring Hermann Göring Self (archive footage) Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini Self (archive footage) Władysław Sikorski Władysław Sikorski Self (archive footage)
Miniseries 2009 · 6 eps
  1. 1 Aggression (1933–1939) Colourised footage of Hitler as he visits the Austrian village where he grew up, see the heart-felt good-byes as French soldiers leave loved ones at Gare de l’Est train station in… Sep 8, 2009 53m
  2. 2 Crushing Defeat (1939–1940) The British troops hastily evacuate from the beaches at Dunkirk, France, but are forced to abandon kilometres of precious military vehicles and equipment. Heart-rending footage ca… Sep 8, 2009 53m
  3. 3 Shock (1940–1941) Polish prisoners and Jews are forced into slave labour to complete Nazi building projects. The Italian army is in disarray so Hitler dispatches one of his best generals to Libya. … Sep 15, 2009 50m
  4. 4 World Ablaze (1941-1942) America joins the war as the conflict rages in South-East Asia, North Africa and Russia. The Allied forces are unable to slow the furious progress of the Japanese army through Sou… Sep 15, 2009 53m
  5. 5 The Noose (1942-1943) The turning of the war against Germany, with Allied victory at El Alamein and Russian triumph at Stalingrad. In the North Atlantic, the Allies make progress in reducing the threat… Sep 22, 2009 52m
  6. 6 Inferno (1944-1945) Witness the D-Day landings and the liberation of Paris. In the east the Soviets liberate Auschwitz and fight their way to the heart of Berlin. Germany finally surrenders and Japan… Sep 22, 2009 58m
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