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Apocalypse : La 2ème Guerre mondiale

Apocalypse : La 2ème Guerre mondiale

2009 - 2009

Aggression (1933–1939)

8th September 2009
Episode 1
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 Paris and civilians. Hitler continues his conquest of Europe by invading Holland and Belgium.

Crushing Defeat (1939–1940)

8th September 2009
Episode 2
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 captures the plight of thousands of French civilians as they flee from the Nazis, as well as home movies taken by Londoners as they dig out from daily bombings.

Shock (1940–1941)

15th September 2009
Episode 3
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. The Afrika Korps fry eggs on the surfaces of their tanks amidst the blistering desert sands of North Africa. Shock includes vivid colourised footage of the battle for the Soviet Union as the Germans struggle toward Moscow in the brutal Russian winter.

World Ablaze (1941-1942)

15th September 2009
Episode 4
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 South-East Asia. Even India and Australia are at risk. The Nazis instigate The Final Solution.

The Noose (1942-1943)

22nd September 2009
Episode 5
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 from German U-boats. Inside Hitler's Germany the SS gain more power, and in southern Europe the Allies fight their way though Italy.

Inferno (1944-1945)

22nd September 2009
Episode 6
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 fights on until the 2 atom bombs are dropped.
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Director
Isabelle Clarke
Writer
Jean-Louis Guillaud
DocumentaryWar & Politics

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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Mathieu Kassovitz Image

Mathieu Kassovitz

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dwight D. Eisenhower Image

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler Image

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Image

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle Image

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler Image

Heinrich Himmler

Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel Image

Erwin Rommel

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin Image

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring Image

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill Image

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini Image

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

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Jean-François Bouret

Visual Effects

Louis Vaudeville Image

Louis Vaudeville

Producer

Kenji Kawai Image

Kenji Kawai

Music

Jean-Louis Guillaud Image

Jean-Louis Guillaud

Writer

Henri de Turenne Image

Henri de Turenne

Writer

Daniel Costelle Image

Daniel Costelle

Writer

Isabelle Clarke Image

Isabelle Clarke

Writer

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Isabelle Clarke

Director

Daniel Costelle Image

Daniel Costelle

Director

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