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Status
Released
Release
1964
Runtime
1h 40m
Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.
27 Cast Members
Fritz Weaver
Narrator (voice)
Manfred von Richthofen
Self (archive footage)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
Tsarina Alexandra
Self (archive footage)
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
Self (archive footage)
Emperor Franz Josef
Self (archive footage)
Georges Clemenceau
Self (archive footage)
Jean Jaurès
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Anastasia
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Marie
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Olga
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Tatiana
Self (archive footage)
King Albert I
Self (archive footage)
King George V of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
John J. Pershing
Self (archive footage)