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FRANCE BETWEEN THE TWO WARS

1919. After a four-year journey to the edge of hell, the French are alive again. Everyone enters the 20^th century with confidence and dreams of eternal peace. No one suspects that the "Roaring Twenties" will only be an enchanted, short-lived interlude. With fear, the French see the shadow of war reappear.

Episode 1: 1919/1929 - The Great Illusion
Episode 2: 1930/1939 - The Race to the Abyss

Direction: Romain Icard

Production: Nilaya Productions for France Télévisions

Languages: French, English

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