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.
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, Heinrich Himmler
Crew: Jean-François Bouret, Louis Vaudeville, Kenji Kawai, Jean-Louis Guillaud, Henri de Turenne, Daniel Costelle
Country: FR
Studio: France 2
Runtime: 26:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Sep 08, 2009
Last air date: Sep 22, 2009
Episode: 6 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 2.7
Keywords:holocaust (shoah), world war ii, nazi, allies, miniseries, soldier, warfare, bombing, 1940s, axis