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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.
- Director
- Carl Byker
- Created by
- Blaine Baggett
- Writers
- Carl Byker,Jay Winter,Blaine Baggett
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Cast
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)
Crew
Directing
- Carl BykerDirector
Writing
- Carl BykerWriter
- Jay WinterWriter
- Blaine BaggettWriter
Production
- David MrazekCo-Producer
- Michele MorganAssociate Producer
- Teresa FitzgeraldAssociate Producer
- Carl BykerProducer
- Carol SennettProducer
- Jay WinterCo-Producer
- Ellie KannerCasting
- Alexandria LevittAssociate Producer
- Blaine BaggettExecutive Producer
- Adrienne CookseyAssociate Producer
Editing
- Carl BykerEditor
- David MrazekEditor
- Stosh JareckiEditor
Sound
- Mason DaringMusic
Crew
- Mitch WilsonCinematography