Encyclopaedia Of World War 2 - Vol. 6 - Adolf Hitler To Wilhelm List DVD

Advantages: DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS.
Disadvantages: NONE

...i know strictly speaking this review is only for volume 2 but as i did not buy the box set and got the world at war in 5 seperate parts. I have combined my review. THE WORLD AT WAR DVD COLLECTION This is the definitive collection of documentaries from WWII. Coming to us more than 30 years after it was initially broadcast. It is narrated by academy award winner, Sir Lawrence Olivier. I bought all 5 volumes from retrowarez-promotions on ebay. Priced at £6.79 each with £2 postage. Volume 1 runs for 417 minutes, and features archival footage from 1933-1942 doocumenting the rise of the Nazis in Germany. And the start of the war. It also includes the making of. And more. Volume 2 features archival footage fro 1939 –1944 and documents the Russian victories and the bombing raids in England. It runs for 432 minutes. And more... Read review

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Advantages: Sucks you into a fantastical world
Disadvantages: this film tires you out just watching it because its sooooo adventurous

...skywalker who decides that he has wants an adventure and so they leave their home planet to go and deliver this message to the Princess' father. However Darth Vader gets there first and destroys the planet and so the film moves on from there..... Cutting the story short.... after having been captured by Darth Vader, Obi Wan Kanobi gets killed and they escape and then they join the rebel group after rescuing Princess Leia...and so the film continues with the rebels and our heros trying to save the universe from the Empire! BUT As some of you well know George Lucas wrote the star wars with the intention that it were to have 9 volumes. The film, initially started with volumes 4,5 and 6, was recently added to by 1 and 2. But here I shall name them so you know them Vol 1- The Phantom Menace Vol 2- Attack of the Clones Vol 3- *new... Read review

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Advantages: Very believable and eeire account of Hitler's last days
Disadvantages: Subtitled

...by Bruno Ganz, who gives an extremely confident and very realistic performance as the dictator, who knows deep in his heart that the war is over, even if he is not yet willing to admit it, intent on sacrifying every Nazi soldier to try and stave off the Russians. Although there have been many different portrayals of Hitler in recent years, it is Ganz's performance here that sticks in my mind, particularly at the end when Hitler considers his final option; suicide. You can never forgive a dictator whose policies included trying to exterminate an entire race (he actually murdered 6 million Jews in total), but you do get an insight into the people swept along by Hitler's idea of a dream world, and how they would die rather then desert their master. It is these people who have been swept along by Hitler's 'Final Solution', whether they agree... Read review

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