Top billed cast

1. 

   Christian Brückner

   Erzähler

2. 

   Sönke Neitzel

   Selbst - Historiker

3. 

   Ian Kershaw

   Selbst - Historiker

4. 

   Tim Pigott-Smith

   Narrator - English Release

5. 

   Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

   Self (archive footage)

6. 

   Stig Förster

   Self - Military Historian

7. 

   Hew Strachan

   Self - Historian

8. 

   Piet Chielens

   Self - Museum Director

9. 

   Paul von Hindenburg

   Self (archive footage)

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Current Season

Season 1

2012 | 3 Episodes

The First World War - carnage on a scale never-before seen. But how did it all start? And how did some key figures of WWII fare in the earlier war?

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Status
Ended

Original Language
German

Original Name
Weltenbrand

Keywords

• world war i