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    The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 1 - June 22 1941
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - June 22 1941

    S1:E1

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Roman Karmen
    Writer:Roman Karmen

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  2. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 2 - The Battle for Moscow
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Battle for Moscow

    S1:E2

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Ilya Gutman
    Writer:Konstantin Slavin

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  3. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 3 - The Siege of Leningrad
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Siege of Leningrad

    S1:E3

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Tengiz Semenov
    Writer:Edvin Polyanovskiy

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  4. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 4 - To the East
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - To the East

    S1:E4

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Igor Grigoryev
    Writer:Konstantin Slavin

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  5. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 5 - The Defense of Stalingrad
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Defense of Stalingrad

    S1:E5

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Semiramida Pumpyanskaya
    Writer:Sergei Drobashenko

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  6. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 6 - Survival at Stalingrad
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Survival at Stalingrad

    S1:E6

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Semiramida Pumpyanskaya
    Writer:Sergei Drobashenko

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  7. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 7 - The World's Greatest Tank Battle
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The World's Greatest Tank Battle

    S1:E7

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Tengiz Semenov
    Writer:Edvin Polyanovskiy

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  8. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 8 - War in the Arctic
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - War in the Arctic

    S1:E8

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Leonid Kristi
    Writer:Konstantin Slavin

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  9. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 9 - War in the Air
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - War in the Air

    S1:E9

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Zoya Fomina
    Writer:Konstantin Slavin

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  10. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 10 - The Partisans
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Partisans

    S1:E10

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Vasily Katanyan
    Writer:Aleksandr Pumpyanskiy

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  11. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 11 - The Battle of the Seas
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Battle of the Seas

    S1:E11

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Semyon Kiselyov
    Writer:Edvin Polyanovskiy

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  12. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 12 - The Battle of Caucasus
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Battle of Caucasus

    S1:E12

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Gemma Firsova
    Writer:Gemma Firsova

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  13. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 13 - Liberation of the Ukraine
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Liberation of the Ukraine

    S1:E13

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Lev Danilov
    Writer:Pavel Demidov

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  14. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 14 - The Liberation of Belorussia
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Liberation of Belorussia

    S1:E14

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Igor Gelein
    Writer:Konstantin Slavin

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  15. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 15 - The Balkans to Vienna
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Balkans to Vienna

    S1:E15

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Igor Gelein
    Writer:Igor Itskov

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  16. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 16 - The Liberation of Poland
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Liberation of Poland

    S1:E16

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Ilya Gutman
    Writer:Igor Itskov

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  17. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 17 - The Allies
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Allies

    S1:E17

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Nina Solovyova
    Writer:Igor Itskov

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  18. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 18 - The Battle of Berlin
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Battle of Berlin

    S1:E18

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Alexandra Rybakova
    Writer:Aleksandr Pumpyanskiy

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  19. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 19 - The Last Battle of the Unknown War
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Last Battle of the Unknown War

    S1:E19

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Igor Grigoryev
    Writer:Igor Itskov

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  20. The Unknown War Season 1 Episode 20 - A Soldier of the Unknown War
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - A Soldier of the Unknown War

    S1:E20

    Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series. Narrated by Burt Lancaster.

    Director:Roman Karmen
    Writer:Roman Karmen

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Worst Episodes Summary

"June 22 1941" is the worst rated episode of "The Unknown War". It scored 6/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Roman Karmen and written by Roman Karmen, it aired on 6/22/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Battle for Moscow".