53 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestWhile 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...
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.
Acting
Actors channel real diaries with ghostly precision — you forget they're performing.
Production
Seamless fusion of restored footage, voice work, and unflinching historical detail.
Editing
Eight personal timelines braided into one crushing narrative arc.
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