Apocalypse: The Second World War
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.
Genre: Documentary, Top250Tvs, War & Politics
Director: Daniel Costelle, Henri de Turenne, Isabelle Clarke, Jean-Louis Guillaud
Studio: CC&C, CC&C – Clarke Costelle et Cie, ECPAD, Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD), France 2, National Geographic, NHK
Creators: Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke
Starring: Adolf Hitler, Charles de Gaulle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Erwin Rommel, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Stalin, Mathieu Kassovitz, Winston Churchill