Log-in to add movie to favourites
Please log in to add to collections.
Movie added to favourites
Movie removed from favourites

The World at War

The World at War poster
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
IMDb
9.2
Metascore
N/A
Favorite Add to Favorites
A groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.
Director
N/A
Year
1973
Genre
documentary, history, war
Awards
Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 3 nominations total
Laurence Olivier
Self - Narrator
Laurence Olivier
Averell Harriman
Self - Roosevelt's Roving Ambassador
Averell Harriman
Anthony Eden
Foreign Secretary 1940
Anthony Eden
Albert Speer
Self
Albert Speer
Self - Afika Korps - Rommel's Chief of Staff
Siegfried Westphal
Self
Lawrence Durrell
Self - War Correspondent
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
Self - Chief of Combined Operations (1942-1943)
Louis Mountbatten
Self - Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division at Guadalcanal
J. Lawton Collins
Self - Cabinet Secretariat
Toshikazu Kase
Ministry of Armaments 1943-45
Hans Kehrl
Self - Eisenhower's Intelligence Chief
Kenneth Strong
Self - Eisenhower's Driver
Kay Summersby
Self - German High Command
Walter Warlimont
Montgomery's Chief of Staff
Francis de Guingand
Self - Married to German
Christabel Bielenberg
Self - Chamberlain's Private Secretary
J.R. Colville
Self - Dresden Civilian
Ursula Gray
Self - Assistant Secretary of War 1945
John J. McCloy
Self - 17th Div., Burma
J.G. Smyth
Self - Foreign Affairs
R.A. Butler
Self - German Panzer Command
Hasso von Manteuffel
Self - Alexander's Chief of Staff
Allan Francis Harding
Self - Hitler's Secretary
Traudl Junge
Self - Commander Naval Intelligence
Yuzuru Sanematsu
Self
Friedrich Luft
Self - Planned Midway Invasion
Minoru Genda
Self - Director, Imperial War Museum
Noble Frankland
Self - Berlin Housewife
Emmi Bonhoeffer
Self - Aerial Commander
Mitsuo Fuchida
Luftwaffe Wing Commander 1941
Adolf Galland
Self
Curtis LeMay
Self
David Belchem
Self
Teruo Okada
Self
Lord Chandos
Self
Ian Mutsu
Bill Mauldin
Self - Cartoonist, 'Stars and Stripes'
Bill Mauldin
Self
Rita Boas-Koopman
Self - Broadcaster
J.B. Priestley
Self - Berliner
Christa Ronke
Self - Commanding 'H.M.S. Venomous'
John McBeath
Self - Italian Army
Paola Colacicchi
Self - Prime Minister's Private Secretary
Tomohiko Ushiba
Self - Historian
Stephen Ambrose
Self - Chief of the Navy
Karl Dönitz
Self - S.S. General
Karl Wolff
Self - Major, 'COSSAC' Staff
Goronwy Rees
Self
Stanley Drinkwater
Self
Sieuwert Bruins Slot
Self - Sergeant, 14th Army
Freddie Tomkins
Self - R.A.F. Bomber Command Pathfinder
Hamish Mahaddie
Self - Chairman, Coventry War Emergency Committee
George Hodgkinson
Self - Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Roy Voris
Self - Leningrad Housewife
Olga Rybakova
Self
Marlene Tucking
Self - Child Evacuee
Bernard Kops
Self - Law Student
Georg Konrad Morgen
Self - Emperor's Chief Adviser
Kôichi Kido
Self - Roosevelt Administration
George Ball
Self - Steward, 'M.V. Royal Daffodil'
Bertie Good
Self - British Liason Officer to French Army
Edward Spears
Self - Marshal of the R.A.F. 1972
Arthur Harris
Self - 30 Corps Commander
Brian Horrocks
Self - State Department 1945
Alger Hiss
Self
T. van Ralte
Self - Plymouth Resident
Gwen Bunt
Self - Captain of U-99
Otto Kretschmer
Self - U.S. Army, 1945
William Robertson
Self - Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
Frank Manson
Self - War Correspondent
Drew Middleton
Self - Ukrainian Partisan
Vsevolod Klokov
Self - Cabinet Minister
Naoki Hoshino
Self - S.S. Major
Wilhelm Hoettl
Self - Radio Commentator
Norman Corwin
Self - Stalin Critic
Grigori Tokaty
Self - Conservative M.P.
Robert Boothby
Self - R.A.F. Squadron Leader 1940
Max Aitken
Self - Writer
Lewis Bush
Self - Printer's Son
Heinz Reinheimer
Self - Commander - Western Desert Force
Richard O'Connor
Self - Commander, U.S. 5th Army
Mark W. Clark
Self
Joe Minogue
Self - U.S. Paratrooper
John Seney
Self - Polish Jew
Avraham Kochavi
Self - 'H.M.S Bluebell'
Robert Sherwood
Self - Cologne Hospital Nurse
Lore Thran
Self - Factory Worker
Nikolai Volkov
Self - Streetcleaner
Piet Nak
Self - Roosevelt Administration
John Kenneth Galbraith
Self - Hitler's Interpreter
Paul Schmidt
Self - 'Daily Telegraph,' Berlin
Hugh Greene
Self - Captain H.M.S. Ajax
Charles Woodhouse
Paul Tibbets
Self - Hiroshima Pilot
Paul Tibbets
Self - 15 Year Old Soldier (at time of war)
Willy Feldheim
Self - S.S. Ben Vrachie
William Edward Rawlings Eyton-Jones
Self - Chindit Commander
Michael Calvert
Self - Resident Alien
Mrs. Herma Wolfgang
Self - Chief Met. Officer
J.M. Stagg
Self - Corps Commander
Ivan Ludnikov
Self
Gerben Wagenar
Self - 6th Guards Arnoured Brigade
John Barne
Self - Polish Jew
Rivka Yosilevska
Self - U.S. State Department, 1945
Charles Bohlen
Self - Army Officer
Ewald von Kleist
Self - War Correspondent
Gordon Waterfield
Self - Italian Jew
Primo Levi
Self - 6th Guards Armoured Bdge
C.J.R. Duffin
Self - Author 'The Warriors'
J. Glenn Gray
Self
Florrie Rost van Tonningen
Self - Western Approaches Staff
Gilbert Roberts
Self
Trevor Evans
Self - Night Fighter Pilot
Wilhelm Herget
Self - Commander, 6th Guard Army
Ivan Chistyakov
Self - Sergeant, R.A.F.
Sydney Bowers
Self - Farmer's Daughter
Heipke Remer
Self - Japanese-American 1941
Edison Uno
Self - British Army Officer
Martin Lindsay
James Stewart
Self - Squadron Commander
James Stewart
Self - Czechoslovak Jew
Rudolf Vrba
Self - Hitler's Valet
Heinz Linge
Self
R.B. Woudenber
Self - Escort Group Commander
Peter Gretton
Self - Minister of Fuel & Power
Emanuel Shinwell
Self - Commander, SS Academy
Richard Schultze-Kossens
Self - Major, R.O.A.C.
Walter Boller
Self - Japanese-American 1941
Isamu Noguchi
Self - Dowding's Personal Assistant
Robert Wright
Self - Pilot
Masatake Okumiya
Self - Group Commander
Leon Johnson
Self - Coastal Command
Wilfred Oulton
Self
J.B. Roodbol
Self - Captain, 14th Army
Neville G. Hogan
Self - Spy at Pearl Harbor
Takeo Yoshikawa
Self - Roosevelt Administration
Paul Samuelson
Self - R.A.F. Sergeant Pilot 1940
Ray Holmes
Self - Jewish Stockbroker
Siegmund Weltlinger
Self - Nuremberg Prosecuter 1945
Hartley Shawcross
Self
Louis De Jong
Self - Berlin Housewife
Hertha Beese
Self - Royal Navy
Jimmy Thomas
Self
William Reid
Self - Gunner, 14th Army
Gilbert Collins
Self - S.S. Lance Corporal
Richard Böch
Self - Sherwood Foresters
Bill Becket
Self - Red Army
Vladimir Antonov
Self - Ex Chief Petty Officer
Edward Butler
Self - War Correspondent
Richard Tregaskis
Self - Radar Unit Plotter
George Elliott
Self - Morale Booster
Vera Lynn
Self
Jetty Paerl
Self - Cabinet Secretary 1945
Hisatsune Sakomizu
Self - Hamburg Fire Officer
Hans Brunswig
Self - Betteshanger Miner
Bill Roberts
Hiimself - Chief Officer, 'S.S. San Emiliano'
Thomas Finch
Self - Red Army Interpreter
Elena Rzhevskaya
Self - B-25 Raid on Japan
James Doolittle
Self - Hungarian Jew
Dov Paisikovic
Self - Bevin Boy 1943-1947
David Hewetson
Self
Eddy Christiani
Self - Hiroshima & Nagasaki Pilot
Charles W. Sweeney
Self - Japanese Imperial Army
Urikuro Honda
Self - Captain of U-264
Hartwig Looks
Self - Prisoner of the Gestapo
Eberhard Bethge
Self - Member of Resistance
Otto John
Self - Hamburg Journalist
Ben Witter
Self - General Staff
Ichiji Sugita
Self - German Army Officer
Otto Ernst Remer
Self - Acting Editor, Evening Standard 1942
Michael Foot
Self - Nationalist Politician
Yoshio Kodama
Self
Petra Eldering
Self - 'S.S. Gharinda'
Rodney Stone
Douglas Spencer
Self - U.K. Occupation Force, 1945
Douglas Spencer
Self - The Prince of the Netherlands
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Self - Day Fighter Leader
Werner Schroer
Self - 'H.M.S. Vidette'
Raymond Hart
Self - Private, 14th Army
Leonard Brown
Self - Red Army
Anna Nikulina
Self
J.F. Bubberman-Boer
Self - Japanese Navy
Masataka Chihaya
Self - Commanding General U.S. Eighth Air Force
Ira C. Eaker
Self - Adviser to Roosevelt
Vannevar Bush
John Russell
Self - British Embassy, Moscow 1941
John Russell
Self - Children's Care Organiser
Lucy Faithfull
Self - Stimson's Biographer
McGeorge Bundy
Self
Jan Kilkens
Self - Student
Momoko Yonada
Self - Captain of U-333
Peter Cremer
Self - Pilot
John Corcoran
Self - German Citizen
Carola Stern
Self - Disabled U.S. Veteran
Herman Pheffer
Self
R.M. van der Veen
Self - Director, Daily Mirror
Cecil King
Self
Tom Driberg
Self - U.S. Artilleryman
Felix Putterman
Self - Sherwood Foresters
Walter Davis
John Rogan
Bombardier
John Rogan
Self
Hiroko Nakamoto
Self
Saburô Sakai
Self
Tsuyako Kii
Self
Albrecht Brauning
Self
Albrecht Schimpf
Self
Tadashi Nakajima
Self
Ekkehard Maurer
Self
Heinrich Schmidt-Schmiedebach
Self
Tei-ichi Makishima
Hedy Lamarr
Self
Hedy Lamarr
James Cagney
Self
James Cagney
Frank Sinatra
Self
Frank Sinatra
Irene Dunne
Self
Irene Dunne
Self (Princess Elizabeth)
Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Margaret
Self
Princess Margaret
Self
Reinhard Heydrich
Self
Duke of Windsor
Self
George C. Marshall
Self
Charles A. Lindbergh
Self
Zedong Mao
Nikita Khrushchev
Self
Nikita Khrushchev
Self
Georgi Zhukov
Self
Haile Selassie
Self
Clement Attlee
Self
Wilhelm Keitel
Self
A.E. Percival
Self
Isoroku Yamamoto
Self
Wendell Willkie
Self
Wilhelm Frick
Self
Henry L. Stimson
Self
Gustaf Mannerheim
Self
Harry Hopkins
Self
Claude Auchinleck
Self
Pierre Koenig
Self
Richard K. Sutherland
Self
Joseph W. Stilwell
Self
Anton Mussert
Self
William Lyon Mackenzie King
(archive footage) unknown episodes
Bertram Ramsay
Self
Andrei Gromyko
Self
Arthur Tedder
Self
Alan Cunningham
Self
Kantaro Suzuki
Self
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Self
Georges Bidault
Self
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Self
James Byrnes
Self
William D. Leahy
Self
Philippe Pétain
Self
Archibald Wavell
Self
Arno Breker
Self
Yoshijirô Umezu
Self
Alexandre Parodi
Self
Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Self
Andrei Yeremenko
Self
William Slim
Self
Charles Huntziger
Self
Katauo Okazaki
Self
Hans Langsdorff
Self
Yves le Trocquer
Self
Orde Wingate
Self
Thomas Blamey
Self
Ulrich Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
Self
Henri Giraud
Self
Edward R. Stettinius Jr.
Self
Willem Mengelberg
Self
Mikhail Shumilov
Self
Leonard M. Isitt
Self
Paul Reynaud
Self
L. Moore Cosgrave
Self
Yung-Chang Hsu
Self
Admiral Le Luc
Self
Erich Raeder
Self
Erwin von Witzleben
Self
H.D.G. Crerar
Self
Union Leader Woudenber
Self
M.M. Rost van Tonningen
Self
Eric Elster
Self
Léon Noël
Self
Maurice Gamelin
Self
Saburo Kurusu
Self
General Bergeret
View All Cast

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 25 Clips

S01 • E26 (narrator) Down this road, on a summer day in 1944, - The World at War 00:13
(narrator) Down this road, on a summer day in 1944,
S01 • E26 (cannon fires) - The World at War 00:10
(cannon fires)
S01 • E26 They were there all right. - The World at War 00:13
They were there all right.
S01 • E26 All rather quiet, really. - The World at War 00:16
All rather quiet, really.
S01 • E26 Looking back, you know, it's even 28 years now. - The World at War 00:31
Looking back, you know, it's even 28 years now.
S01 • E26 (narrator) Fear and fun. - The World at War 00:07
(narrator) Fear and fun.
S01 • E26 (man) Well, I speak of the "lust of the eye", a biblical phrase, - The World at War 00:29
(man) Well, I speak of the "lust of the eye", a bi...
S01 • E26 It's just now and again the nightmare in the night, - The World at War 00:15
It's just now and again the nightmare in the night,
S01 • E26 Casualties were bad at any time, - The World at War 00:18
Casualties were bad at any time,
S01 • E26 (Vaughan-Thomas) I couldn't understand why people went to Cenotaph ceremonies. - The World at War 00:19
(Vaughan-Thomas) I couldn't understand why people went ...
S01 • E26 You're lying in a trench and the shells come down. - The World at War 00:21
You're lying in a trench and the shells come down.
S01 • E26 (narrator) Remember the comradeship, - The World at War 00:28
(narrator) Remember the comradeship,
S01 • E26 (Gray) It's one of the melancholy aspects of human nature. - The World at War 00:24
(Gray) It's one of the melancholy aspects of human natu...
S01 • E26 I find this aspect of human nature not discussed enough, - The World at War 00:12
I find this aspect of human nature not discussed enough,
S01 • E26 Remember the dead. - The World at War 00:31
Remember the dead.
S01 • E26 In this sense, there is such a thing as collective guilt - The World at War 00:16
In this sense, there is such a thing as collective guilt
S01 • E26 (Gray) I think it has taught me, all the rest of my life, - The World at War 00:20
(Gray) I think it has taught me, all the rest of my life,
S01 • E26 (narrator) The corporal and the soldiers have wives and children too. - The World at War 00:07
(narrator) The corporal and the soldiers have wives and chil...
S01 • E26 Remember the Russian dead... - The World at War 00:07
Remember the Russian dead...
S01 • E26 (narrator) Nuremberg. - The World at War 00:13
(narrator) Nuremberg.
S01 • E26 40 years on, West Germany's chancellor, - The World at War 00:25
40 years on, West Germany's chancellor,
S01 • E26 Of all Germans alive today, - The World at War 00:09
Of all Germans alive today,
S01 • E26 (Drinkwater) We have things to remember him by. - The World at War 00:24
(Drinkwater) We have things to remember him by.
S01 • E26 (man reads roll of honour) 1939-45. - The World at War 00:25
(man reads roll of honour) 1939-45.
S01 • E26 (narrator) They were very young. - The World at War 00:18
(narrator) They were very young.
The World at War poster
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
A groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Production:
Genre: documentary, history, war
Year: 1973
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 9.2
BoxOffice:
Released: 31 Oct 1973
Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 3 nominations total
Homepage:

Rate "The World at War"

Overall:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Story:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Aesthetics:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Acting:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Sound:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Please login to rate movies