TV series
Les Grandes Batailles
1966–1974 · 1 season
A sober, archival chronicle of World War II battles that feels like a history lesson delivered with journalistic gravity.
- Created by
- Daniel Costelle
- Genres
- Documentary, War & politics
- Overview
- Les Grandes Batailles is a series of historical television programs by Daniel Costelle, Jean-Louis Guillaud, and Henri de Turenne, broadcast on French television in the 1960s and 1970s, depicting the major battles of World War II, as well as the Nuremberg Trials. The project for the series actually began with an official government commission for a program on the Battle of Verdun in 1966. Ten other programs about World War II followed. The writers and producers of the series were Henri de Turenne and Jean-Louis Guillaud, both journalists. They entrusted the production of the series to the young director Daniel Costelle.
- How it feels
- Earnest, dark and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- War, violence, death, power
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Daniel Costelle
- Genres
- Documentary, War & politics
