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Apocalypse: The Second World War

Original title: Apocalypse: La 2ème guerre mondiale
  • TV Mini Series
  • 20092009
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 5h 12m
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9.0/10
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Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)
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Apocalypse: The Second World War(2009) is a six-part French documentary about the Second World War. The documentary is composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war corr... Read allApocalypse: The Second World War(2009) is a six-part French documentary about the Second World War. The documentary is composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in col... Read allApocalypse: The Second World War(2009) is a six-part French documentary about the Second World War. The documentary is 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 f... Read all
IMDb RATING
9.0/10
12K
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POPULARITY
4,295
80
  • Stars
    • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Martin Sheen
    • Rudolf Hess
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    • Mathieu Kassovitz
    • Martin Sheen
    • Rudolf Hess
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    Mathieu Kassovitz
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    Martin Sheen
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    • Trivia
      Available in three versions, each with a different narrator: French (Mathieu Kassovitz), American (Martin Sheen), and British (Jonathan Booth).
    • Connections
      Featured in Making of: Apocalypse - La 2ème guerre mondiale (2009)

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    7/10
    pleasant, but not perfect
    It is a France 2 documentary and as such very french biased.

    Many french sensitive issues (Vichy.. only the top a disgrace, or whole french populations under Vichy a disgrace ?! ), liberation of France by active troops in terms of men, material..how much (or rather how little) was french, etc. are left under the carpet.

    All the world-war issues are looked upon with french interest/viewpoint..if there isn't one, then there is no attention to it or only as a 5 second footnote (Fights in Norway? Holland ? Belgium ? Convoy war at Atlantic ? Balkan fights Tito resistance, Soviet fights in Balkan countries ? MarketGarden ? Japan's fights and occupation in china,New Guinea,etc).

    However french issues which are marginal to the outside world are given broad attention (french ministers crisis 1940, negotiations Roosevelt with Gaulle en Vichy favoured representative in 1943, Bir Hakeim stand, LeClerc background (ahem Zjoekov's background ? Monty's Background? Alexander's background?), Indochine taken over by Japan, French resistance actions (no resistance elsewhere?), De Gaulle's return in France and focus on his political problems).

    Like before-mentioned text: Many films have been aired before..only a few are rare (from French sources). All are coloured in, which gives it a special touch-but not all are coloured in thoroughly (only face one colour, one colour for uniform, one colour for bushes, one colour for ground).

    It's nice to see, and it keeps you captivated...but it is not THE best documentary, and certainly not "neutral"(unbiased).
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    • Release date
      • September 8, 2009 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
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      • Official site (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Apocalypse: World War II
    • Production companies
      • CC&C Clarke Costelle & Cie
      • Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD)
      • NHK
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      5 hours 12 minutes

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