The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996–1996)
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.
1996–1996 · 1 season · 8 episodes · Documentary
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.
Created by Jay Winter, Blaine Baggett
Network: PBS
Cast
Salome Jens as Narrator (voice)René Auberjonois as Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)Helena Bonham Carter as Vera Brittain (voice)Leslie Caron as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)Ralph Fiennes as Wilfred Owen (voice)Malcolm McDowell as Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice)Jürgen Prochnow as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)Natasha Richardson as Vera BrittainMichael York as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)More like this
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