The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Rating: 8.4 · 1996 · Documentary · USA, United Kingdom · 1 sns
Description
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century is a 1996 documentary series that aired on PBS. It chronicles World War I over eight episodes. It was narrated by Dame Judi Dench in the UK and Salome Jens in the United States. The series won two Primetime Emmy Awards: one for Jeremy Irons for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, the other for Outstanding Informational Series. In 1997, it was given a Peabody Award.
Information
- Year
- 1996
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country
- USA, United Kingdom
- Seasons
- 1
- TMDB
- 8.4
- IMDb
- 8.4
- Tagline
- Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.
Director
Cast
- Salome Jens — Narrator (voice)
- René Auberjonois — Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)
- Helena Bonham Carter — Vera Brittain (voice)
- Leslie Caron — Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
- Ralph Fiennes — Wilfred Owen (voice)
- Malcolm McDowell — Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice)
- Jürgen Prochnow — Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
- Natasha Richardson — Vera Brittain
- Michael York — Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)