The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.
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The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century is a 1996 documentary series that aired on PBS. It chronicles World War I over eight episodes. It was narrated by Dame Judi Dench in the UK and Salome Jens in the United States. The series won two Primetime Emmy Awards: one for Jeremy Irons for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, the other for Outstanding Informational Series. In 1997, it was given a Peabody Award.
Created by Jay Winter, Blaine Baggett
Network: PBS
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Salome Jens Narrator (voice) -
René Auberjonois Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice) -
Helena Bonham Carter Vera Brittain (voice) -
Leslie Caron Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) -
Ralph Fiennes Wilfred Owen (voice) -
Malcolm McDowell Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice) -
Jürgen Prochnow Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice) -
Natasha Richardson Vera Brittain -
Michael York Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
