About 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
plays Narrator (voice) (8 episodes)
René Auberjonois
plays Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice) (1 episode)
Helena Bonham Carter
plays Vera Brittain (voice) (1 episode)
Leslie Caron
plays Czarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice) (1 episode)
Ralph Fiennes
plays Wilfred Owen (voice) (1 episode)
Malcolm McDowell
plays Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice) (1 episode)
Jürgen Prochnow
plays Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice) (1 episode)
Natasha Richardson
plays Vera Brittain (1 episode)
Michael York
plays Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice) (1 episode)
Crew of The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
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