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
Narrator (voice)
René Auberjonois
Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)
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Helena Bonham Carter
Vera Brittain (voice)
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Leslie Caron
Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)
Ralph Fiennes
Wilfred Owen (voice)
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Malcolm McDowell
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Jürgen Prochnow
Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Natasha Richardson
Vera Brittain
Michael York
Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
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Crew of The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Full backstage crew list →- Released on November 10, 1996