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14: Diaries of the Great War - Miniseries

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, most people thought the conflict would be over by Christmas; they could not imagine how wrong they were. An attack in Sarajevo ended up becoming a snowball that swept the world: a new kind of warfare had begun, waged with techniques and means never seen before. By November 1918, ten million people had died and the political map of the planet had been redrawn.

Top Cast

  • Udo Samel

    Udo Samel

    Narrator (voice)

  • Natalia Witmer

    Natalia Witmer

    Marina Yurlova

  • Alban Casterman

    Alban Casterman

    Captain Hudelle

  • Mikaël Fitoussi

    Mikaël Fitoussi

    Louis Barthas

  • Antoine de Prekel

    Antoine de Prekel

    Yves Congar

  • Jonas Leonhardi

    Jonas Leonhardi

    Ernst Jünger

  • Elisa Monse

    Elisa Monse

    Elfriede Kuhr

  • Monika Lennartz

    Monika Lennartz

    Grandmother Kuhr

  • Claudia Besso

    Claudia Besso

    Chorus

Overview

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, most people thought the conflict would be over by Christmas; they could not imagine how wrong they were. An attack in Sarajevo ended up becoming a snowball that swept the world: a new kind of warfare had begun, waged with techniques and means never seen before. By November 1918, ten million people had died and the political map of the planet had been redrawn.

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