The Unknown War
NR 1978 · 1 season · 20 eps · ★ 6.3 · Documentary, War & Politics
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A documentary television series of the Nazi-Soviet War, edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the Soviet entry into Berlin in May 1945.
Directed by Igor Gelein · Written by Konstantin Slavin
Network: PBS
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