Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun

Feb 21, 2016

1h 30m

★ 7.0

Overview

A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fought in the devastated camps around the village of Verdun.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

RTBF

France Télévisions

CC&C

Planète+

TV5 Québec Canada

ECPAD

Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun Trailers

Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Mathieu Kassovitz

Self (archive footage)

Émile Driant

Self (archive footage)

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

Self (archive footage)

Hermann Göring

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Joffre

Self (archive footage)

King Alexander I of Yugoslavia

Self (archive footage)

King George V of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Erich Ludendorff

Self (archive footage)

Jean Navarre

Self (archive footage)

Robert Nivelle

Self (archive footage)

Philippe Pétain

Self (archive footage)

Wilhelm Prinz von Preußen

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