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10/11/1996 Documentary 0h 0m
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Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.

Overview

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. The series won two Primetime Emmy Awards: one for Jeremy Irons for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, the other for Outstanding Informational Series. In 1997, it was given a Peabody Award.

Top billed cast

  1. Salome Jens

    Narrator (voice)

  2. René Auberjonois

    Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)

  3. Helena Bonham Carter

    Vera Brittain (voice)

  4. Leslie Caron

    Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)

  5. Ralph Fiennes

    Wilfred Owen (voice)

  6. Malcolm McDowell

    Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice)

  7. Jürgen Prochnow

    Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)

  8. Natasha Richardson

    Vera Brittain

  9. Michael York

    Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 1996 | 8 Episodes

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

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