Doomsday The Fall of Man (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

Doomsday

The Fall of Man (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

During the early 20the century belle Epoque, after a century of relatively peaceful social progress, nobody in Europe, with its intensely intermarried dynasties, imagined the continent was heading for an arguably unprecedented inferno, ...See moreDuring the early 20the century belle Epoque, after a century of relatively peaceful social progress, nobody in Europe, with its intensely intermarried dynasties, imagined the continent was heading for an arguably unprecedented inferno, although the constellation of defensive alliances was a recipe for the Great War. The Sarejevo murder by a Serbian nationalist of the Austrian heir to the imperial throne sparkled a series war declarations opposing the German-Hansburg axis to an Anglo-Franco-Russian-based coalition. The quick victory everybody expected within months eluded the Germans, who got bogged down in northern France after diverting two armies to the eastern front too soon sabotaged their sole change to hit on Paris, so the Marne defeat led to trenches along an endless front, where industrialized warfare of unseen apocalyptic horror and diabolizing the opponent institutionalized the continent's suicide. Written by KGF Vissers See less

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Tim Pigott-Smith Narrator (voice) (version: English) Narrator (voice) (version: English) See fewer	V for Vendetta (2005)
Ian Kershaw Self - Historian / Author, 'Hitler 1889-1945 Self - Historian / Author, 'Hitler 1889-1945 See fewer	Hitler: A Profile (1995)
Sönke Neitzel Self - Historian / London School of Economics Self - Historian / London School of Economics See fewer	Generation War (2013)
Alan Kramer Self - Historian / Author 'German Atrocities 1914' Self - Historian / Author 'German Atrocities 1914' See fewer	Weltenbrand (2012)
Piet Chielens Self - Director, 'In Flanders Museum' Self - Director, 'In Flanders Museum' See fewer	The Christmas Truce (2002)
Stig Förster Self - Military Historian Self - Military Historian See fewer	Weltenbrand (2012)
Nigel Hamilton Self - Biographer of Bernard Montgomery Self - Biographer of Bernard Montgomery See fewer	J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993)
Michael Millard Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Doomsday (2013)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Kaiser Wilhelm II Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Gewalt gegen Recht (1920)
King George V Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Their Imperial Majesties in Bombay (1911)
Bernard L. Montgomery Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Montgomery Speaks His Mind (1959)
Tsar Nicholas II Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The German Curse in Russia (1918)
Paul von Hindenburg Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Deutschland erwacht - Ein Dokument von der Wiedergeburt Deutschlands (1933)
Viktoria Luise von Preußen Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Mutual Weekly, No. 53 (1913)