Overview

A six-part French documentary about the Second World War 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 footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.

Top Cast

Mathieu Kassovitz

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (archive footage)

Heinrich Himmler

Self (archive footage)

Erwin Rommel

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)