The Great Martian War 1913–1917 (2013)

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Documentary-drama recounting the Martian War of 1913–1917. Europe was on tenterhooks in the 2nd decade of the 20th century, everyone was expecting a Great War between the major European powers. But then, in 1913, something crashed into the forests of SW Germany. Troops were sent to investigate but were wiped out. Martian fighting machines began making their way across Western Europe and the countries of Europe combined forces to resist them. With aspects taken from ‘The War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells and from WWI itself, this dramatisation presents a documentary style look at events as they unfolded and the effect they had of our world today. Lots of references to real events including the mass attacks and defeats as men were thrown against machines on the Western front, the Christmas truce and the Angel of Mons, America's isolationism and late entry into the conflict, the worldwide Spanish flu epidemic that killed more people than the war, and many other things.

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Director

Mike Slee

Stars

Mark Strong
Himself - Narrator

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

Ashley Bomberry
Kim Lafonde

Daniel Matmor
Lawrence Hart

Walter Stegmayer
Arnold Tockelz

Others...

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Keywords

mockumentary, fictional war, alien invasion, 1910s, martian

Production

Entertainment One Television, Impossible Pictures

Actor

Mark Strong, Joan Gregson, Briony Glassco, Jock McLeod, Ian Downie, Thomas Gough, Hazel Douglas, Ashley Bomberry, Daniel Matmor, Walter Stegmayer, Howard Jerome, Ross Walton, Gyuri Sarossy

Creators

Mark Korven (Music), Mike Slee (Director), Larissa Mair (Casting), Steve Maher (Creative Producer), Charlie Tyrell (Location Manager), Stephen Sarossy (Writer), Michael Kot (Executive Producer)

Alternative titles

The First Martian War (GB)
A Nagy Marsi Háború 1913–1917 (HU)
The Great Martian War (IT)

Release dates

08.12.2013 (GB)