The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

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.

Full Cast of The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

Salome Jens

as Narrator (voice) (8 episodes)

René Auberjonois

as Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice) (1 episode)

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Helena Bonham Carter

as Vera Brittain (voice) (1 episode)

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Leslie Caron

as Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) (1 episode)

Ralph Fiennes

as Wilfred Owen (voice) (1 episode)

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Malcolm McDowell

as Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice) (1 episode)

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Jürgen Prochnow

as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice) (1 episode)

Natasha Richardson

as Vera Brittain (1 episode)

Michael York

as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice) (1 episode)

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