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.

First Air Date: 2009-09-08

Rating: 8.4/10

Cast

Mathieu Kassovitz

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Adolf Hitler

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Charles de Gaulle

Heinrich Himmler

Erwin Rommel

Joseph Stalin

Hermann Göring

Winston Churchill