12 Dec 1963
The Cardinal
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
Apocalypse: The Battle of Verdun
A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I. Between February and December 1916, the French and German armies relentlessly fought in the devastated camps around the village of Verdun.
Top Billed Cast
Mathieu Kassovitz Self - Narrator (voice)
Émile Driant Self (archive footage)
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring Self (archive footage)
Joseph Joffre Self (archive footage)
Alexander I of Yugoslavia Self (archive footage)
King George V of the United Kingdom Self (archive footage)
Erich Ludendorff Self (archive footage)
Jean Navarre Self (archive footage)
Robert Nivelle Self (archive footage)
Philippe Pétain Self (archive footage)
Wilhelm Prinz von Preußen Self (archive footage)
Paul von Hindenburg Self (archive footage)
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