Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun (2016)

7.1/10 90 min Documentary History

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.

Cast

Mathieu Kassovitz

Self - Narrator (voice)

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)

Philippe Pétain

Self (archive footage)

Wilhelm Prinz von Preußen

Self (archive footage)

Paul von Hindenburg

Self (archive footage)

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