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6.6/10   172 votes
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Director:
Joseph Sargent
Writer (WGA):
David W. Rintels (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
19 April 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History | War more
Plot:
This TV Movie is about the Tehran Conference between FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. It shows the interaction between the three leaders at the close of the Second World War. | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 8 nominations more
User Comments:
Three hours with three men more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Then There Were Giants
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Runtime:
UK:115 min (DVD version) | USA:194 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:L
Filming Locations:
Prague, Czech Republic

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This production was the first to be filmed expressly for broadcast in the high-definition television (HDTV) format. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the dinner at the Teheran Conference, Stalin tells Churchill that in Britain there are two parties, while in the Soviet Union there is only one. In fact, Churchill's Coalition government included three major parties, not two: Churchill's own Conservatives, Clement Atlee's Labour Party, and Sir Archibald Sinclair's Liberal Party. Both were in the Cabinet: Atlee was Lord Privy Seal and member of the War Cabinet; Sinclair was Secretary of State for Air. more
Quotes:
Joseph V. Stalin: Experience has taught me to face up to reality, no matter how unpleasant it may be, and to tell the truth. more

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14 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Three hours with three men, 16 November 2001
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Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

Dubbed "Then There Were Giants" on cable, this made-for-tv two part film spends three hours presenting a theatrical digest of the communication which ostensibly took place between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin during WWII. Against a backdrop of file footage and the various sets required for conferences (Teheran, Yalta, etc.), the trio of heads-of-state build complex relationships of diplomacy as they map out plans for D-Day, the UN, and more. Lithgow, Hoskins, and Caine turn in excellent performances in this sterling characterization of the men who occasioned some of the 20th centuries most momentous events. Great stuff for WWII history buffs.

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