War of the Century

The read

The series ran 1 season across 4 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.

Synopsis

The War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin, is a BBC documentary film series that examines Adolf Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 and the no-holds-barred war on both sides. It not only examines the war but also the terror inside the Soviet Union at the time due to the paranoia of Joseph Stalin - the revenge atrocities, the Great Purge of army officers, the near-lunacy orders, and the paranoia of being upstaged by others, especially Marshal Zhukov. The historical adviser is Ian Kershaw.

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Key crew

• Laurence ReesDirector
• Laurence ReesWriter

Cast

• Samuel WestSelf - Narrator
• Adolf HitlerCast
• Joseph StalinCast
• Rolf BeckerCast
• Peter BieringerCast
• Vladimir KantovskiCast
• Ulla EvrahrCast
• Makhmut GareevCast
• Anatoliy MerezhkoCast

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