Apocalypse: World War I

7.7IMDb Score
Released:2014-03-18
Duration:52 min
Director:Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke
Actors:Mathieu Kassovitz
Production:Établissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la Défense (ECPAD), Idéacom International, CC&C, National Geographic, France Télévisions, RTBF

Overview:

Colorized historical footage in ascending order of World War 1. Not only the relatively known Flanders and France battles, but also the generally unknown Italian-Austrian, German-Polish-Russian, Japanese-German, Ottoman Empire- Allied and African German Colonies, and other unknown or forgotten fronts and battles.

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