The World at War (1973)★ 9.2/10
- Documentary
- History
- War
Directed by: Hugh Raggett, John Pett, David Elstein, Ted Childs, Michael Darlow
Written by: Neal Ascherson, Peter Batty, Charles Bloomberg, Courtney Browne, Angus Calder
26-part documentary series tracing World War II from the rise of Nazi Germany through the conflict's major campaigns and home fronts, using archival footage and firsthand interviews, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
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Vera LynnSelf - Morale Booster
Laurence OlivierSelf - Narrator
Frank SinatraSelfuncredited,archiveFootage
Queen Elizabeth IISelf (Princess Elizabeth)uncredited,archiveFootage
Nikita KhrushchevSelfuncredited,archiveFootage
Duke of WindsorSelfuncredited,archiveFootage
Hedy LamarrSelfuncredited,archiveFootage
Vannevar BushSelf - Adviser to Roosevelt
Zedong MaoSelfuncredited,archiveFootage
Reinhard HeydrichSelfuncredited,archiveFootage
Georgi ZhukovSelfuncredited,archiveFootage
Haile SelassieSelfuncredited,archiveFootage