Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

WW II behind closed doors : Stalin, the Nazis and the West / BBC ; drama production company, MS Films, Poland ; documentary director, Laurence Rees ; drama director, Andrew Williams ; written and produced by Laurence Rees ; a BBC/KCET Hollywood co-production.

Edition:

[Widescreen ed.].

Publisher, Date:

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

Description:

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

Summary:

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.

Series:

BBC history of World War II

BBC history of World War II.

Subjects:

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Political and social views.

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Influence.

Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 -- Political and social views.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Political and social views.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.

World politics -- 1933-1945.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.

Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1917-1945.