WW II behind closed doors Stalin, the Nazis and the West
(2009, original release: 2008)

Nonfiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/940.53/WORLD

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PUBLISHED
[London] : 2/entertain : BBC Video ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [2009]
EDITION
[Widescreen edition]
DESCRIPTION

2 videodiscs (346 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
6312917940 1000088232, 1419878093, 9781419878091, 883929053247
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Based on the book by Laurence Rees

disc 1. episodes 1-3 -- disc 2. episodes 4-6

Joseph Stalin - the supreme leader of the Soviet Union - was a tyrant responsible for the death of millions. He also had some unlikely relationships during the Second World War. This ambitious series uses exclusive evidence gained from the actual conversations and secret meetings Stalin conducted. Dramatic reconstructions carefully sourced from archive material, reveal how the great leaders decided the future shape of the post-war world. These decisions had immediate and often harrowing effects for those on the ground. Their story is told through documentary footage, dramatic reconstructions and illuminating interviews

Originally broadcast on television in 2008 in 6 episodes; US broadcast in 3 parts in 2009

Special feature: interview with Laurence Rees

Narrator, Samuel West ; directors of photography, Martin Patmore, Jacek Petrycki, Sergei Astakhov ; composer, Alasdair Reid ; editor, Alan Lygo

Bob Gunton, Alexei Petrenko, Paul Humpoletz, Alexander Held, Valery Zhakov, Jeremy Clyde

DVD, NTSC; region 1; 16:9 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital stereo

In English, Russian and German, with English subtitles; optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

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