Name: Apocalypse
Released: 2009-09-29T07:00:00.000Z
Cast: Mathieu Kassovitz, François Arnaud

TV Show · Documentary · History

Are the roots of WWII to be found in the devastation of WWI? Through a global and all-encompassing yet personal approach, APOCALYPSE races the journeys of the civilians and soldiers who fought for survival in this unprecedented period in history. APOCALYPSE also traces the reign of Stalin and Hitler.

2009 · 52m

Starring Mathieu Kassovitz, François Arnaud

Director Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle

EPISODE 2

Crushing Defeat

The darkest days of the war are covered; Germany conquers France; British civilians endure the Blitz.

41 min
EPISODE 1

The Menace

In 1924, Hitler wrote: A State that refuses racial contamination must eventually rule the Earth; Examining how a mediocre student and failed artist is able to conquer Germany and become Führer.

41 min
EPISODE 2

The Führer

Hitler takes advantage of the economic crisis of 1929 to gain full control.

41 min
EPISODE 1

Fury

The French army stops the German advance at the battle of the Marne, while the Germans halt the Russians at Tannenberg on the eastern front.

44 min
EPISODE 3

Hell

1916. The conflict becomes industrial, and millions of shells rain down on the battlefields; Verdun and the Somme are the deadliest battles in this second year of the war.

43 min
EPISODE 4

Rage

Its 1917, people have had enough of the war; behind the scenes, uprisings are brewing, like the one that toppled the Tsar in Russia; on the front soldiers begin to mutiny as they did at Chemin des Dames in France.

43 min