Apocalypse: The Second World War

Apocalypse: The Second World War

Apocalypse : La 2ème Guerre mondiale
Ended First aired 08/Sep/2009 France French 1 season(s) 6 episode(s)
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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Season 1 · Miniseries
6 episode(s) · Air date: 08/Sep/2009
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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.

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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.

S1E6
Inferno (1944-1945)
Air date: 22/Sep/2009 · Time: 21:35 · Runtime: 58 min
Summary

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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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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The Noose (1942-1943)
Air date: 22/Sep/2009 · Time: 20:35 · Runtime: 52 min
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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.

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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.

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World Ablaze (1941-1942)
Air date: 15/Sep/2009 · Time: 21:35 · Runtime: 53 min
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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.

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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.

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Shock (1940–1941)
Air date: 15/Sep/2009 · Time: 20:35 · Runtime: 50 min
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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.

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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.

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Crushing Defeat (1939–1940)
Air date: 08/Sep/2009 · Time: 21:35 · Runtime: 53 min
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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.

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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.

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Aggression (1933–1939)
Air date: 08/Sep/2009 · Time: 20:35 · Runtime: 53 min
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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.

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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.

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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)
James Doolittle
James Doolittle
Self (archive footage)

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Daniel Costelle
Daniel Costelle
Director, Writer
Isabelle Clarke
Isabelle Clarke
Director, Writer
Louis Vaudeville
Louis Vaudeville
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Kenji Kawai
Kenji Kawai
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Jean-François Bouret
Visual Effects
Henri de Turenne
Henri de Turenne
Writer
Jean-Louis Guillaud
Jean-Louis Guillaud
Writer

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