Rent A World in Arms (2002)
4.1 of 5 from 45 ratings
2h 27min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
The Revolution of 1789 transformed France from decadent monachy to modern state. It threw up the first citizens army and introduced the concept of Total War. Under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte, the greatest general of his age, France established a mighty empire. Its haughty ambitions naturally brought it into conflict with the British Empire, and the war that erupted as a result shook the world...It was, truly, the first world war. As empires clashed, five million people died in fighting that raged from Russia to Spain and from Java to the Caribbean. And when it ended with the British Empire triumphant and French ambitions crushed, nothing would ever be the same again. This major three-part series from Channel 4 brings to life the story of that epic war, combining expert commentary and analysis with dramatic battle re-enactments and journal and diary entries from those who fought. It provides vivid accounts of the key battles at Trafalgar and Waterloo as well as many lesser-known engagements, and reveals how a new kind of warfare and world was born in the maelstrom of conflict. - Actors:
- Alan Charlesworth, Paul Reynolds, Francis Kennedy, Christopher Birch, Michael Shaeffer, Miles Richardson, Joss Ackland, John Sessions, Daniel Leatherdale, Nigel Whitney, David Keller, Simon Chadwick, Robert Whitelock, Martin Hodgson
- Directors:
- Andrew Quigley, Peter Nicholson
- Producers:
- Glynis Robertson, Peter Nicholson
- Narrated By:
- Denis Lawson
- Writers:
- Simon Berthon, Ashley Gething
- Studio:
- DD Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Children & Family, TV Classics, TV Dramas, TV Military & War Dramas
