TV Series · 2014

14: Diaries of the Great War

53 min · Drama, War & Politics · Ended

Composite

6.3

IMDb

8.6 / 10

433 votes

TMDB

7.8 / 10

6 votes

Local

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No votes

Synopsis

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, most people thought the conflict would be over by Christmas; they could not imagine how wrong they were. An attack in Sarajevo ended up becoming a snowball that swept the world: a new kind of warfare had begun, waged with techniques and means never seen before. By November 1918, ten million people had died and the political map of the planet had been redrawn.

Cast

Udo Samel

Self - Narrator (voice)

Natalia Witmer

Marina Yurlova

Alban Casterman

Captain Hudelle

Mikaël Fitoussi

Louis Barthas

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Antoine de Prekel

Yves Congar

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Jonas Leonhardi

Ernst Jünger

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Elisa Monse

Elfriede Kuhr

Monika Lennartz

Grandmother Kuhr

Claudia Besso

Chorus

Mark Camacho

Chorus

Larry Day

Chorus

David Gow

Chorus

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Arthur Grosser

Chorus

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Nicola Seaton-Clark

Chorus

Peter Seaton-Clark

Chorus

Crew

Directing

Jan Peter Director

Production

Kate Yablunovsky Casting Assistant

Writing

Seasons & episodes

Miniseries (1 ep)

8. The Tipping Point

May 13, 2014 · 53 min

While his father is sent to Germany for forced labour, Yves Congar lives through the end of the war in his cellar. Ernst Jünger returns to Germany when revolution breaks out in his country. Too old for active service, Charles Edward Montague was asked to organise photo shoots of German prisoners for the American press. Marina Yurlova spent her 18th birthday in a Red Army prison as the civil war raged. On 5 October 1918, Elfriede Kuhr hears for the first time at school about the possibility of defeat...