The Last Day of World War One (2008)

Genre : War, Documentary

Runtime : 50M

Director : John Hayes Fisher

Synopsis

Telling the stories of the last soldiers to die in the Great War.

Actors

Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Presenter

Crews

John Hayes Fisher
John Hayes Fisher
Director

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