The Unknown War (1979) all 20 parts. 5 x DVD5

Year: 1979
Country: USSR-USA
Director Roman Carmen
Leading Burt Lancaster

Quality: DVD5
Video: MPEG-2, PAL 4:3 (720x576) VBR
Audio:
Russian MP2, 2 ch, 192 Kbps
English MP2, 2 ch, 128 Kbps
Subtitles:
English (where there is no translation)

DVD 1:
01. June 22, 1941
02. The Battle for Moscow
03. The Siege of Leningrad
04. The Partisans
DVD 2:
05. To the East
06. War in the Arctic
07. Defense of Stalingrad
08. Survival at Stalingrad
DVD 3:
09. The Battle of Caucasus
10. The World's Greatest Tank Battle
11. War in the Air
12. The Battle of the Seas
DVD 4:
13. Liberation of the Ukraine
14. The Liberation of Belorussia
15. The Balkans to Vienna
16. The Liberation of Poland
DVD 5:
17. The Allies
18. The Battle of Berlin
19. The Last Battle of the Unknown War
20. A Soldier of the Unknown War

The Unknown War is an American documentary television series, detailing the drama of the Eastern European front. It covers the period of history from June 1941, when Germany launched its surprise attack on Russia, to the end of WWII.

The series is hosted by Academy Award Winner Burt Lancaster, who spent three weeks in eight cities in Russia, for location filming. Film footage from Soviet archives comprises a major portion of the series, supplemented by film from both the United States and British archives.

The Unknown War is a sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Each episode is about 48 minutes long, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the Soviet entry into Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series.

Produced with Soviet cooperation after the release of The World at War, which the Soviet government felt paid insufficient attention to their part in World War II.

"History knows no greater display of courage than
that shown by the people of Soviet Russia ..."

Henry L. Stimson
Secretary of War

"We and our allies owe and acknowledge an everlasting debt
of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union"

Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy

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