As the world was at the brink, the three most powerful men in world history met and decided its fate.As the world was at the brink, the three most powerful men in world history met and decided its fate.As the world was at the brink, the three most powerful men in world history met and decided its fate.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
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- TriviaThis production was the first to be filmed expressly for broadcast in high-definition television (HDTV) format.
- GoofsThroughout the movie, there are various maps of Europe. Nearly every one of them shows Europe with post-WWII borders, specifically Germany and Poland. Austria and Czeckoslovkia are shown as independent, while most maps of the early 1940's showed them as part of Germany (at least western Czeckoslovkia). They avoid the anachronism of East and West Germany, but Germany is shown with its c. 1990 borders after (re-)unification, Poland is shown with its postwar borders which were drastically different than those before the war, and the German state of East Prussia does not appear.
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Joseph V. Stalin: Experience has taught me to face up to reality, no matter how unpleasant it may be, and to tell the truth.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Michael Caine/Ron Howard (1994)
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A Docudrama that Entertains and Informs
It is good to see this 1994 television miniseries finally come out on DVD. Be prepared for a long evening (the running time for the two discs is three hours 23 minutes) but it is time well invested. WORLD WAR II: WHEN LIONS ROARED is a creative montage of actual film clips from the newsreels shown in theaters at that time together with contemporary filmed drama in script written by David W. Rintels and crafted and directed by Joseph Sargent. This film allows us to revisit history the way it was - with more behind the scenes activity among the great powers than most other films offer.
The roaring lions are very well portrayed by John Lithgow as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bob Hoskins as Winston Churchill and Michael Caine as Stalin. Each actor steps wholly into his role without resorting to mimicry or simply stage makeup. It is fascinating to see how the USA was a non-intervener at first (a refreshingly different stance form the current aggressor role we have adopted) and how the needs of the planet required global cooperation in the face of Hitler et al. Ed Begley Jr. offers a lot of information about the important figure Harry Hopkins about whom we hear little as does Jan Triska as Vyacheslav Molotav, Stalin's key man.
The compilation of real footage with created footage including the split screen technique to allow the three leaders to interact from their different locations works well. This is one of those historic films that deserves repeated viewing. An excellent production. Grady Harp
The roaring lions are very well portrayed by John Lithgow as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bob Hoskins as Winston Churchill and Michael Caine as Stalin. Each actor steps wholly into his role without resorting to mimicry or simply stage makeup. It is fascinating to see how the USA was a non-intervener at first (a refreshingly different stance form the current aggressor role we have adopted) and how the needs of the planet required global cooperation in the face of Hitler et al. Ed Begley Jr. offers a lot of information about the important figure Harry Hopkins about whom we hear little as does Jan Triska as Vyacheslav Molotav, Stalin's key man.
The compilation of real footage with created footage including the split screen technique to allow the three leaders to interact from their different locations works well. This is one of those historic films that deserves repeated viewing. An excellent production. Grady Harp
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