The Great Martian War 1913–1917 (2013)
December 8, 2013Release Date
The Great Martian War 1913–1917 (2013)
December 8, 2013Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Mark Strong
Narrator (voice)
Joan Gregson
Nerys Vaughan
Briony Glassco
Alexandra Banham
Jock McLeod
Jock Donnelly
Ian Downie
Hughie Logan
Thomas Gough
Duncan Mitchell-Myers
Hazel Douglas
Alice Hale
Hazel Douglas
Alice Hale
Ashley Bomberry
Kim Lafonde
Daniel Matmor
Lawrence Hart
Walter Stegmayer
Arnold Tockelz
Howard Jerome
Howard Klee
Ross Walton
Additional Voices (voice)
Gyuri Sarossy
Additional Voices (voice)
Mike Slee
Producer / Director
Charlie Tyrell
Location Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 8, 2013
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
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The Great Martian War 1913–1917 is a 2013 Canadian/UK made-for-television science fiction docudrama film, produced by Michael Kot, Steve Maher, and Mike Slee, and also directed by Slee. It unfolds in the style of an episode from the History TV Channel.
The film as presented is an alternate history of World War I: the European Allies, and eventually America, fight Martian invaders instead of Germany and the Central Powers. Europe is on tenterhooks in the second decade of the 20th century. Everyone is expecting war between the European powers. Many references to real events in World War I are woven into the film's fictional narrative, including parallels to the conflict, such as trench warfare and the Christmas truce, and America's late entry into the war. The film also utilizes a surprising twist on the "Spanish" flu pandemic that killed more people than the conflict itself, which becomes the key development in ending the alien invasion.
The film is based on the 1897 science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, by English author H. G. Wells, and includes both new and digitally altered film footage shot from World War I to establish the scope of the interplanetary conflict.