--Frenchtitle"1945-1953:delaguerremondialealaguerrefroide"--AttheoutsetoftheYaltaConferenceonFebruary4,1945,the"BigThree"werealloptimistic:victorywasinnodoubt,andtheaccordthattheyhadachievedseemedlikelytopreservethevaluestheyhadfoughtfor.However,injustafewmonths,nothingwouldremainofthisagreementapartfromirreconcilabledifferences.Unitedinwar,theAllieswouldrevealthemselvesasdividedandrivalsinpeace.Howcansucharapidfailureofarealeffortatententebeexplained?WiththeYaltaConferencein1945to1953,discoveranewworldorderdrawnupbythreemen,lookingforalastingpeace...thatwouldleadinevitablytotheColdWar.Combiningarchivefootage,photographs,originallettersanduniquetestimonies,thesetwoepisodesrevisitthiscrucialperiodinHistory.Afullimmersionintopostwaryearsandanemergingnewworldorder.WrittenandDirectedbyEmilieLancon;MartangeProductionwithFranceTelevisions
Yalta,theTwilightoftheBigThree
HearhowtheYaltaConferenceof1945-inwhichFranklinDRoosevelt,WinstonChurchillandJosephStalinmettodiscussEurope'spost-warreorganisation-ledtoenmity.
WhatreallyhappenedinYalta?ForaweekinFebruary1945,Stalin,RooseveltandChurchill,theleadersofthethreegreatpowersalliedagainstNazism,mettodiscusstheendofthewarandthefutureoftheworld,duringoneofthemostimportantinternationalconferencesofalltime.
Whileontheground,Americans,BritishandSovietswerefightingagainstHitler,inthehushedsalonsofYaltatheBigThreewithdifferentinterestsandambitionswagedamercilessstruggle.Becausebeyondtheircommonenemy,the"bigthree"haddifferentambitionsandinterests,whichtheysometimessoughttopreserveatallcosts.Pressures,bluffs,secrets,espionage,intimidation:thisfilmtells,basedonthememoriesoftheparticipantsandtheirdiaries,thecaptivatingbackstageofoneofthegreatestconferencesofthe20thcentury.
TheDawnoftheColdWar
Learnhow,afterbeingbrothersinarmsduringWorldWarII,theAllieswouldsoonbecomedividedinpeace.Howdidapost-warconferenceinCrimealeadtotheColdWar?
Thisisthestoryofaface-offthatpittedthetwomostpowerfulmenontheplanetforeightyears:Stalin,theleaderoftheSovietUnion,andTruman,thepresidentoftheUnitedStates.Thisconfrontationheldtheworldinsuspenseandledthemtothecoldwar.WhenTrumancametopowerinthespringof1945,withWorldWarIIstillnotover,theUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnionwerealliesandfoughttogetheragainstNaziGermany.But,onceHitlerwasdefeated,theantagonismsandambitionsputtosleepduringtheconflictresurfaced.Inafewmonths,thepositionsfrozeandthetwoblocsstoodagainsteachother,irreconcilable...Itwasthebeginningofthecoldwar.Thisfilmrecountsthispivotalperiodinourhistory.Aperiodofhightension,whiletheUnitedStatesandtheUSSRacquiredatomicweapons.Kennan"LongTelegram",Berlinblockade,KoreanWar...UntilthedeathofStalinin1953,crisesfollowedoneanother.Thankstodeclassifiedarchives,theexceptionaltestimoniesofformerspiesandPresidentTruman'sgrandson,werelivethestoryfromtheinsideandunderstandhowtheterriblespiraloftheColdWarwasputinplace.
