Composer:
Carl DavisCast:
Laurence Olivier (narrator), Traudl Junge, Hedy Lamarr, James Stewart, James Cagney, Irene Dunne, Frank Sinatra, J.B. Priestley, Lawrence Durrell (more)Episodes(26)
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A New Germany: 1933-1939 (E01)
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Distant War: September 1939-May 1940 (E02)
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France Falls: May-June 1940 (E03)
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Alone: May 1940-May 1941 (E04)
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Barbarossa: June-December 1941 (E05)
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Banzai! Japan: 1931-1942 (E06)
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On Our Way: U.S.A. - 1939-1942 (E07)
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The Desert: North Africa - 1940-1943 (E08)
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Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 (E09)
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Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic - 1939-1944 (E10)
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Red Star: The Soviet Union - 1941-1943 (E11)
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Whirlwind: Bombing Germany - September 1939-April 1944 (E12)
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Tough Old Gut: Italy - November 1942-June 1944 (E13)
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It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma - 1942-1944 (E14)
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Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944 (E15)
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Inside the Reich: Germany - 1940-1944 (E16)
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Morning: June-August 1944 (E17)
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Occupation: Holland - 1940-1944 (E18)
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Pincers: August 1944-March 1945 (E19)
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Genocide: 1941-1945 (E20)
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Nemesis: Germany - February-May 1945 (E21)
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Japan: 1941-1945 (E22)
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Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 (E23)
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The Bomb: February-September 1945 (E24)
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Reckoning: 1945... and After (E25)
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Remember (E26)
Plots(1)
A televisual milestone and the benchmark for all war documentaries that followed, The World at War presents the story of World War Two, from its beginnings in Hitler's pre-war Germany to its horrific climax at Hiroshima. Made with the full co-operation of the Imperial War Museum and narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier, this powerful twenty-six part series combines eyewitness testimony with rare archive footage to tell the unforgettable story of the greatest conflict the world has ever known. (Network)
(more)Cast
![Laurence Olivier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653386_e9c43e.jpg)
Laurence Olivier (narrator)
UK
Best series:
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
Wagner (1983) (series)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) (series)
![Traudl Junge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272165_6437ff.jpg)
Traudl Junge
German Empire
![Hedy Lamarr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268029_546710.jpg)
Hedy Lamarr
Austria-Hungary
Best series:
Wallace and Gromit's World of Inventions (2010) (series) - a.f.
![James Stewart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348337_530de9.png)
James Stewart
USA
Best series:
North and South (1985) (series)
Renegade (1992) (series) - a.f.
Sea Patrol (2007) (series)
![James Cagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348332_0d2b75.png)
James Cagney
USA
![Irene Dunne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267971_ec7ab0.jpg)
Irene Dunne
USA
![Frank Sinatra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/760/163760905_69ad84.jpg)
Frank Sinatra
USA
Best series:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Magnum, P.I. (1980) (series)
![Gracie Fields](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762374_81120d.jpg)
![Vera Lynn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579922_fe339d.jpg)
Vera Lynn
UK
![Friedrich Paulus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/997/159997415_11a6b6.jpg)
Friedrich Paulus (a.f.)
![Adolf Hitler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271030_7b33cc.jpg)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best series:
Red Dwarf (1988) (series) - a.f.
The Twilight Zone (1959) (series) - a.f.
Holocaust (1978) (series) - a.f.
![Hermann Göring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274613_1c66e7.jpg)
Hermann Göring (a.f.)
German Empire
![Joseph Goebbels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274610_d77379.jpg)
Joseph Goebbels (a.f.)
German Empire
![Albert Speer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274751_90fef6.jpg)
Albert Speer (a.f.)
German Empire
Best series:
The Speer and Hitler: Devil's Architect (2005) (series)
![Karl Dönitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901496_f9f447.jpg)
Karl Dönitz (a.f.)
German Empire
![Wilhelm Keitel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950072_c347fd.jpg)
Wilhelm Keitel (a.f.)
German Empire
![Erich Raeder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950048_e91a48.jpg)
Erich Raeder (a.f.)
German Empire
![Eva Braun](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886957_3e3a1c.jpg)
Eva Braun (a.f.)
German Empire