The Last Days of World War II (1995) (TV)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Genre:

Documentary | History | War

Plot:

The end of the Second World War in Europe, and the aftermath: war criminals to be brought to trial, stolen art treasures to be returned to their rightful owners. |

Plot Keywords:

Art | Treasure | Suicide | Soviet Union | Firestorm

Cast

Bill Ratner	...	Announcer (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Konstantin Akinsha	...	Himself
Kenneth Alford	...	Himself
Tom Allen	...	Himself
Stephen Ambrose	...	Himself (as Stephen E. Ambrose)
Hans Amtmann	...	Himself
Irina Antonova	...	Herself
Bruce Ashcroft	...	Himself
Vic Bilek	...	Himself
Belton Cooper	...	Himself
Forrest Dixon	...	Himself
Moisey Dubinsky	...	Himself
Walter Farmer	...	Himself
Joel H. Fisher	...	Himself
Si Frumkin	...	Himself
Dr. Klaus Goldmann	...	Himself
David Golubitsky	...	Himself
Helmet Gunther	...	Himself
Ilfried Harder	...	Himself
John Iorio	...	Himself
August Kageneck	...	Himself
John Keegan	...	Himself
Harry Kinnard	...	Himself
Siegfried Knappe	...	Himself
Grigori Kozlov	...	Himself
Michael Neufeld	...	Himself
Lynn Nicholas	...	Herself
Paul H. Nitze	...	Himself
Norman Polmar	...	Himself
Iosif Saksonov	...	Himself
Pavel Sheykhet	...	Himself
Paul Shuster	...	Himself
Robert Strobell	...	Himself
Ben Swearingen	...	Himself
Bernard Taper	...	Himself
Angela Thompson	...	Herself
Gerhard Weinberg	...	Himself
Alfred Witte	...	Himself

Also Known As:

The Last Days of WWII (USA) (short title)
The Last Days of World War II (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

50 min (3 episodes)

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Company:

Greystone Communications

Movie Connections:

Features Triumph des Willens (1935)

An excellent account of the last days of WWII.

This is a fantastic 20 something part account of WWII. I have seen, read, studied WWII and all of the major & minor characters & battles so on and so forth. One thing I've learned over the years, is that just when you think you know all of the stories of WWII, there is a thousand more you haven't heard of. I know a lot especially compared to my contemporaries & even more than those who lived through that time. More than anything I find it a shame that all those that were part of the fight against the Axis powers (that's Germany, Japan & Italy for those that don't know, but you probably aren't reading this anyway) but even to those that think they know everything about WWII this is still a pretty entertaining watch. They don't delve too deep into things, but they cover a lot of ground and do in order which is extremely refreshing. My only real complaint is that much of the info is repeated over and over again which gets old and annoying. This covers both the war against the Nazi's very well & does pretty good service to the island hopping campaign against the Japanese as well. This is a good resource for those willing to learn more & are interested in the stories the men have to tell who were there before they are all gone.