Miniseries · National Geographic Channel
D-Day Sacrifice
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lambert Wilson
Self - Narrator (voice)
2 eps
Kristin Scott Thomas
Kay Summersby (voice)
2 eps
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Bernard Montgomery
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
Erwin Rommel
Self (archive footage)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How D-Day Sacrifice actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
D-Day Sacrifice reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Comprised entirely of re-mastered and colorised archive footage from World War II, much of it never before seen, Sacrifice recounts the story of D-Day through the testimonies of those who lived it. These important historical days are seen through the eyes of French civilians and members of the military fighting on both sides. The testimonies of famous individuals like Dwight D. Eisenhower and Erwin Rommel are intertwined with those of anonymous soldiers and citizens, such as film director Samuel Fuller and Eisenhower's chauffeur, Kay Summersby. From the preparations for D-Day all the way through to the liberation of Paris, the accounts of these men and women provide a moving and invaluable retelling of this pivotal time in history.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 2 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
20142 episodes
Comprised entirely of re-mastered and colorised archive footage from World War II, much of it never before seen, Sacrifice recounts the story of D-Day through the testimonies of those who lived it. These important historical days are seen through the eyes of French civilians and members of the military fighting on both sides. The testimonies of famous individuals like Dwight D. Eisenhower and Erwin Rommel are intertwined with those of anonymous soldiers and citizens, such as film director Samuel Fuller and Eisenhower's chauffeur, Kay Summersby. From the preparations for D-Day all the way through to the liberation of Paris, the accounts of these men and women provide a moving and invaluable retelling of this pivotal time in history.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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