Apocalypse: The Second World War
2009•TV-PG•1 Seasons•6 Episodes•8.4•Ended
DocumentaryWar & Politics
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.
Creator
Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle, Jean-Louis Guillaud, Henri de Turenne
Network
France 2
Origin
FR
Cast
Mathieu Kassovitz
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage)
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Episodes
Recommended
7.5
WWII in HD
2009
8.1
The War
2007
7.6
World War II in Colour
2009
8.3
The World at War
1973
7.9
The Civil War
1990
7.6
30 for 30
2009
7.4
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
5.9
The American Revolution
2025
6.7
Biography
1987
7.8
History's Greatest Mysteries
2020
7.4
Natural World
1983
7.9
Nature
1982
7.5
How Do They Do It?
2006
7.4
The Seventies
2015
7.4
American Monster
2016
8
Top Gear
1978
7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
6.5
American Experience
1988
7.4
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
7.7
Through the Wormhole
2010
Similar Shows
8.5
Truth & Treason
2025
6.3
The Bay of Spies
2023
7.4
Under Pressure: The U.S. Women's World Cup Team
2023
Journey to the Far Right
1999
7.7
The Men Who Killed Kennedy
1988
5.2
Indie Sex
2007
8.1
The War
2007
8.5
Great SAS Missions
2004
The Last Visa
2017
Blue Planet III
0
7.2
The Devil Next Door
2019
7
Show Me a Hero
2015
6.9
D-Day Sacrifice
2014
Jaakko Keso: This is America
2024
8
The Dynasty: New England Patriots
2024
7
Chuzhie krylya
2011
8
Faces of America
2010
8.3
Human Planet
2011
7.6
Churchill at War
2024
Die Kinder der Flucht
2006