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The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996–1996Documentary series telling the history of the Great War, in which nine million people perished.
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.
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Salome JensNarrator (voice)René AuberjonoisJean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)Helena Bonham CarterVera Brittain (voice)Leslie CaronCzarina Aleksandra Romanov (voice)Ralph FiennesWilfred Owen (voice)Malcolm McDowellCzar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice)Jürgen ProchnowKaiser Wilhelm II (voice)Natasha RichardsonVera Brittain
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