14 - Diaries of the Great War (2014)

Original title

14 - Tagebücher des Ersten Weltkriegs

Directed by

Jan Peter

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary drama series tells the story of World War I through the personal diaries of people who lived through it. It combines acted scenes with archive footage and animation to show their experiences.

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What happens

14 - Diaries of the Great War (titled Great War Diaries when aired on the BBC) is a 2014 international documentary drama series about World War I. It uses a mix of acted scenes, archive footage, and animation. All episodes were directed by Jan Peter, series authors were Jan Peter and Yury Winterberg. In a dramatic advisory capacity, Dutch producer and screenwriter Maarten van der Duin and BBC-author Andrew Bampfield worked on the film's development. The series is based on an idea by Gunnar Dedio, producer at the film company LOOKSfilm and Ulrike Dotzer, the Head of Department ARTE at Norddeutscher Rundfunk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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