Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009-2009)
Apocalypse: La 2ème guerre mondiale (original title)Reference View | Change View
- TV-MA
- 5h 12min
- Documentary, History
- TV Mini Series
This six-part series traces the Second World War, from the rise of the Nazis to the surrender of the Japanese, with detailed portraits of key figures.
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Series Cast
| Mathieu Kassovitz | ... |
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(6 episodes, 2009)
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| Martin Sheen | ... |
Narrator (english version)
(6 episodes, 2009)
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| Rudolf Hess | ... |
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(1 episode, 2009)
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Production Companies
- CC&C Clarke Costelle & Cie (co-production)
- Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD) (co-production)
- NHK (co-production)
- National Geographic Channels International (participation)
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (participation)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (participation)
- Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) (participation)
- Südwestrundfunk (SWR) (participation)
- TV5MONDE (participation)
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (participation)
- Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR) (participation)
- Planète (participation)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (participation)
- Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah (support)
- France Télévisions (participation)
Distributors
- France 2 (FR2) (2009) (France) (tv)
- Discovery Channel (2011) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Disney+ (2021) (Singapore) (video) (VOD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Log On (Brazil) (DVD)
- Log On (Brazil) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- NHK BS1 (2009) (Japan) (tv)
- TV5 Québec Canada (2009) (Canada) (tv)
- Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS) (2012) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2010) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD) (archive)
- Karl Höffkes Archiv (archive)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (archive)
- Museum Panorama 'Battle for Stalingrad' (archive)
- Istituto Luce (archive)
- Imperial War Museum (archive)
- Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (archive)
- La Camera Stylo Filmproduktion (archive)
- Atelier des Archives (archive)
- British Movietonews (archive)
- Collection Serge Klarsfeld (archive)
- Chronos (archive)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (archive)
- Czolowka Film Studios (archive)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (archive)
- Huntley Film Archives (archive)
- Independent Television News (ITN) (archive)
- Thought Equity Motion (archive)
- The Research House Clearance Services (script clearance)
Storyline
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Apocalypse: The Second World War(2009) is a six-part French documentary about the Second World War. The documentary is 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. Written by My50ho |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Available in three versions, each with a different narrator: French (Mathieu Kassovitz), American (Martin Sheen), and British (Jonathan Booth). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Making of: Apocalypse - La 2ème guerre mondiale (2009). See more » |