Product Details

• Actors: Aleksey Petrenko, Bob Gunton, Paul Humpoletz, Samuel West, Valeriy Zhakov
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English (Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Worldwide
• DVD Release Date: May 26, 2009
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001TKK3KM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,636 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "World War II: Behind Closed Doors" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Revealing series very well made, May 15, 2009

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R. FISCHER (Glen Ellyn, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World War II: Behind Closed Doors (DVD)

This is 20th century history that we, as Americans, are by and large fairly ignorant of. Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and Battle of the Bulge have obscured our knowledge of the most devastating and in many ways more significant aspects of World War II on the eastern front. The dramatized sections are excellently produced and portrayed, which only the BBC seems to be able to do so well. It gives us a glimpse of the power dealing leading to some of the most violent and tragic consequences of the war. Highly recommended.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY TRUE DEPICTION OF THE MONSTER: STALIN, August 27, 2009

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Forhasta (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World War II: Behind Closed Doors (DVD)

Brand new book on this topic: No Place to Call Home, The Memories of a Polish Survivor of the Soviet Gulag - incredible story,i,e., just when you thought you read it all. Polish suffering finally coming to the surface and recognized.

Should be in every library and school. The great documentary by Britsh historian Rees is a great tool for balancing all the preveous distortions of history, espacially about Poland, which deserves to be thanked and recognized as a nation that suffered os horribly and fought so bravely.

On the same theme, view Katyn about the 25,000 Polish officers Stalin had tied and shot. Also read: No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945

Rees' film is a great balancer and long overdue to portray history from a correct perspective.

Also related and superb: Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum, "The Book," on gulags.

One more: Between Nazis and Soviets: Occupation Politics in Poland, 1939-1947

All worth it, if this era interests you. These are some of the best.

33 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Revealing the truth, May 15, 2009

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Robert C. Geryk "Pan" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World War II: Behind Closed Doors (DVD)

I would say that this is probably the first time I have seen a report on the vital role the Poles played in World War II and the first to give them the credit they have long deserved. It even intimates that Churchill does not go scot-free when it comes to the duplicitous role he played in turning them over from one tyranny to another. Add to that his refusal to allow them to participate in the victory parade in London.