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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.
Original Release
11/10/1996 on PBS
US Release
11/10/1996
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Judi Dench | Narrator |
| Salome Jens | Narrator (U.S.A Verison) |
| Jay Winter | Self |
| Jurgen Prochnow | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| Michael York | Robert Graves / Harold Owen |
| Ian Richardson | General Sir Ian Hamilton / David Lloyd George / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | (voice) |
| Jeremy Irons | Siegfried Sassoon |
| Ralph Fiennes | Wilfred Owen |
| Leslie Caron | Czarina Aleksandra Romanov |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explosion | Monday, 11 November 1996 |
| 2 | Stalemate | |
| 3 | Total War | |
| 4 | Slaughter | |
| 5 | Mutiny | |
| 6 | Collapse | |
| 7 | Hatred and Hunger | |
| 8 | War Without End |
Directors
Carl Byker, Isaac Mizrahi, Cynthia Crompton, Margaret Koval, Blaine Baggett, Lyn Goldfarb
Writers
Blaine Baggett, Jay Winter, Carl Byker, Margaret Koval, Joseph Angier, Lyn Goldfarb
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Judi Dench | Narrator |
| Salome Jens | Narrator (U.S.A Verison) |
| Jay Winter | Self |
| Jurgen Prochnow | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| Michael York | Robert Graves / Harold Owen |
| Ian Richardson | General Sir Ian Hamilton / David Lloyd George / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | (voice) |
| Jeremy Irons | Siegfried Sassoon |
| Ralph Fiennes | Wilfred Owen |
| Leslie Caron | Czarina Aleksandra Romanov |
| Martin Landau | Woodrow Wilson |
| Jeroen Krabbe | (voice) |
| Malcolm McDowell | Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham |
| Kai Wulff | Franz Blumenfeldt |
| Rupert Graves | (voice) |
| Liam Neeson | John Lucy / Adolf Hitler |
| David Keith | (voice) / Self |
| Niall Ferguson | Self |
| Rene Auberjonois | Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk |
| David Hayter | (voice) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Blaine Baggett | Executive Producer |
| Jay Winter | Producer |
| Carl Byker | Producer |
| Michele Morgan | Producer |
| Teresa Fitzgerald | Producer |
| David Mrazek | Producer |
| Alexandria Levitt | Producer |
| Adrienne Cooksey | Producer |
| Margaret Koval | Producer |
| Carol Sennett | Producer |
| Isaac Mizrahi | Producer |
| Cynthia Crompton | Producer |
| Lyn Goldfarb | Producer |
Editors
Stosh Jarecki, David Mrazek, Carl Byker, Douglas Cheek, Meri Weingarten, Alexandria Levitt, Joe Bergen, Jim Beebe
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1997 | Emmy | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Won |
| 1997 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Series | Won |
