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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.
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.
8 Episodes
ExplosionEpisode 1
StalemateEpisode 2
What if... Total WarEpisode 3
SlaughterEpisode 4
MutinyEpisode 5
CollapseEpisode 6
LegacyEpisode 7
War Without EndEpisode 8
Cast of The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
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
Michael YorkRobert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)