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The Century of Icons

The Century of Icons

20227.01 Season3 EpisodesEnded
Produced by Jérôme Caza, Nicolas Traube
NetworksFrance 5Toute l'Histoire

Top Cast

Elsa Lepoivre

Elsa Lepoivre

Narrator (voice)

Themes & Keywords

historical figurearchive footagehistorical eventfamous peoplemythicalhistory of mankindhistory and legacy20th centurycontemporary historical settinghistorical documentaryhistorical events

About The Century of Icons

The Century of Icons is a documentary, war & politics series that first aired in 2022 exploring themes of historical figure, archive footage, historical event, famous people, mythical, history of mankind. it stars Elsa Lepoivre.

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