Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
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
- 2009-09-08
- Genres
- Documentary, War & Politics
- Seasons
- 1 (6 episodes)
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle, Jean-Louis Guillaud, Henri de Turenne
- Directed / written by
- Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle
- TMDB rating
- 8.4/10 from 158 votes
Cast
- Mathieu Kassovitz as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)
- Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
- Charles de Gaulle as Self (archive footage)
- Heinrich Himmler as Self (archive footage)
- Erwin Rommel as Self (archive footage)
- Joseph Stalin as Self (archive footage)
- Hermann Göring as Self (archive footage)
- Winston Churchill as Self (archive footage)
- Benito Mussolini as Self (archive footage)
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