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Similar TV projects that follow up the WW2 story... ?


Countdown to War (1989) (TV)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204980/
Political situation in Europe few months before, and few days during the Hitler's taking of Poland.
with Ian McKellen (Hitler)

The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314097/
Churchill's rise to power
with Albert Finney (Churchill)

Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0992993/
Churchill through the war.
with Brendan Gleeson (Churchill)

Nuremberg (2000) (TV)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208629/
Allies' trials of Nazi officials.
with Alec Baldwin (american prosecutor)


and kinda ('cause the part about the war is minimal)

HBO's Stalin (1992)
Biopic about his rise to power and rule until death.
with Robert Duvall (Stalin)


Any others? (again, made for TV films or mini-series only!, no documentaries, no movies and no full series like great but way too long "The Winds of War")

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HBO´s Conspiracy (2001) (TV)

It is about the Wannsee conference, Holocaust, Final Solution


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"Conspiracy" is a great suggestion, I would also suggest "Judgement at Nuremberg" starring Spencer Tracy. As far as some hour long Documentaries there is a great series you can find on youtube called "Hitlers Henchmen." It has profiles of all the big names & some many don't know including Admiral Canaris who was head of the Abwehr (German Intelligence) who was also a part of the 20th of July plot on Hitlers life, (Damn that Oak Table leg!, Look up the history to see what that means.) It is a terrific overview of some of the main personalities of the Third Reich which includes Himmler, Goebbels, Goring, & Reinhard Heydrich just to name a few. It really shows those who know little to nothing about these characters, & gives you a basic interesting overview of these leading personalities of the Reich. There are a some quite good dramatized films including one of my favorites of the period the German film "Speer & HItler." Albert Speer was 1st Hitlers Architect then became the extremely successful as Minister of Armaments then was convicted of War Crimes & did 20 years in Spandau Prison. He also wrote 3 books including the excellent "Inside the Third Reich, Spandau Diaries & Infiltration." Sorry I'm rambling but he was the man I have studied & am most knowledgeable about. Anyway you can find the entire 3 part mini-series on youtube & elsewhere & yes it's subtitled. It's long but if you're interested it's a great piece. Plus many interviews throughout w/his surviving kids & many places filmed where there are pictures w/Speer & Hitler. It covers his life from a young man to getting out of Prison. It is extremely thorough & Sebastian Koch does an excellent job portraying him. He also plays Lt. Colonel Claus Schenk Graf Von Stauffenberg in the excellent film "Staffenberg." Again if anybody would like to discuss the roles of the leaders of the Third Reich for Historical purposes as it is my field of study PM here. I must say probably one of the best WWII films has to be the German film "Der Untertang" or "Downfall."

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The Soviet Story (2008)

For once, a film not about the crimes of Nazi Germany.

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