Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

leon_k_92 This documentary is awesome for people who would take everything for granted as it stands in the recent history, I for one don't.I don't really think it is that simple, I understand the climate that the world felt when the documentary was produced, but haven't you noticed that usually the winners write the history, haven't you noticed that the climate the world felt back in 70' even now even though we are entering some kind of enlightenment which still stands for conspiracy, was determined by the winners.First of all I am not pro Hitler, I try to be neutral and honest. But do you in a sane mind think that one person alone made one of the most populated countries to hate the Jews? I didn't see one episode where they explained how, why what is the real reason Hitler came to power.What about an episode where the truth was shown, where they show what the winning countries of WWI did to the Germans after the war, how they humiliated them (even on the streets) let's not talk about the global humiliation. The Jews role in all of this, why did the Germans hated them... I didn't see any explanation on how Mussolini was hanged by his own people, at the same time kids were dying in the name of Hitler how come.. I did not see explanations on how Germany from being a humiliated country and completely broke, rose up under Hitler to become as powerful as it became, alone to handle the war against the whole world.Other things, the climate of not being able to raise your hand, the idea of not being able to have Hitler as a surname, not being able to even QUESTION anything otherwise you are anti Jews you are a racist and all of these things are really making me think you are hiding something.. How come people like Genghis Khan, Roman empire Caesars, Alexander, Muhammed and who not... people who conquered killed thousands and millions are celebrated.. Filthy conquerors aren't they by today standards.. Well if i were a German id take some pride in this, won't let just to be humiliated, after all they fought the whole world, unjustly all the greatest countries in the world conspired against ONE countries alone. They barely won.This topic has no ending.. Jews: i have nothing, literally nothing against Jews, its inspiring to see the country of Israel where it stands among other Muslim countries and it looks like different planet blossomed flower in terms of development compared to the others, it's inspiring.. Jews have produced amazing scientist and people who contributed to the development of the world we see today, my personal hero Carl Sagan is a Jew i get inspired from him every day. I will never support what was done to the Jews.. I will question weather they were 6 million but even if they were 250th, nothing justifies it.. But did Hitler had any point on what was he doing, I guess he did just as Americans did with the Indians, some do it straightforwardly some do it secretly... But the winners write the history as I said...The treatment of Jews is nothing worse compared to the treatment of the Indians and the Africans in America.. If Germans won the war this would not be such a big of a deal.. I don't see people getting crazy on the Americans for what they did to the black people.. for me it has the same severity if not even bigger.. same goes for the Indians too. plus not to mention what destruction have the human races suffered in the past but nobody seems to care anymore.I am not sure that the Brits and USA choose the right ally but time heals everything. Brits lost their empire and the world domination..(Just as it was predicted in Hitler's book.( many things were predicted in that book but never mentioned in the documentary all that was mentioned was that "if germany lose the war it will take all the world with them, which was taken out of contest anyway) ). After all i didn't see one episode where it was shown how Germans spared the whole British army at Dunkirk, all i heard was that Nazis were insane killing machine... Overall there are some great episodes too, but overall highly biased. 5.7/10

de3206 Many, many documentaries have been made about WW2, but NONE approach its completeness, nor its thoroughness in explaining the War in its entirety.It is a HUGELY ambitious undertaking, in its attempt to take the average viewer, not just historians, through the conflict step by step, decision by decision, battle by battle.It succeeds BRILLIANTLY in all of its endeavors, and as other reviewers have said, a rating of TEN does not do it justice.It painstakingly gathers archival footage, documents, letters....from all over the world and puts them back together in a way that belies the monumental effort involved.If you watch this, then "Victory at Sea", which focuses on the War in the Pacific, and includes a magnificent musical score, you will know more about WW2 than 99% of the people on the planet.I have run out of superlatives for this series. There has been nothing like it before, and nothing like it sense.It should be viewed as a an international treasure, kept forever available by some means, for all future generations. I can think of no other cinematic creation with its importance.

mm-39 I have a passion for military history, and believe The World at War is best documentary about World War 2. There is no bias with the series, just solid documented facts. The series documents battles, strategies, leaders, personalities, equipment, what the conditions where like etc. The strongest part of the series is the interviews with the people who were actually there, and many are prominent people. (I E Albert Spears). Olivier is a great narrator and creates a level of excellence for the series. The World at War never becomes dated, and can be watched repeatedly. I give the series a ten out of ten. Watch the series on the military channel.

neil-arsenal At the top of IMDb's TV show rating we have 'Planet Earth' and 'The Wire'. To get a score the show needs at least 5,000 votes. This show at the time of writing has just over 3,000...and a score of 96%.So, up in second place with 'The Wire'.This is a truly stunning piece of work. The footage and narration is outstanding and the interviews revealing.A must.Get a copy asap.Second only to 'Breaking Bad' in my opinion as the greatest TV series of all time.