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World War Two: Behind Closed Doors

2008 · 1 season

A sober, archive-driven history lesson that mixes witness testimony with dramatised scenes, rewarding close attention with grim political insight.

Created by
Laurence Rees, Andrew Williams
Genres
Documentary, War & politics
Starring
Aleksey Petrenko, Bob Gunton, Paul Humpoletz
Overview
Documentary series using dramatic reconstructions and testimony from witnesses to reveal the 'behind closed doors' politics of the Second World War.

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Created by
Laurence Rees, Andrew Williams
Genres
Documentary, War & politics
Starring
Aleksey Petrenko, Bob Gunton, Paul Humpoletz
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • politics
  • power
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • documentary
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary, war & politics
Created by
Laurence Rees, Andrew Williams
Written by
Anjelina Keating, Laurence Rees
Starring
Aleksey Petrenko, Bob Gunton, Paul Humpoletz, Samuel West, Valeriy Zhakov, Michael J. Reynolds
Cinematography
Martin Patmore, Krzysztof Gołąbek
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 60 min each
Network
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom, Poland
Languages
English, German, Russian

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