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War and Remembrance

★ 8.3 4K votes 1988–1989 1 seasons · 12 episodes Ended ABC
War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 10/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 10/10Event miniseriesPrestige limited television built as an event.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 8/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Robert MitchumJane SeymourHart BochnerVictoria TennantPolly BergenSami Frey
Starring
Robert MitchumJane SeymourHart BochnerVictoria TennantPolly BergenSami Frey
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03875113150

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"History's darkest years, rendered at epic scale"

A sprawling World War II epic following an American naval officer's family and his son's Jewish in-laws as the war engulfs Europe and the Pacific. Adapted from Herman Wouk's novel, it moves between grand naval battles, political maneuvering, and the increasingly horrifying persecution of Jews under the Nazi regime. The pace is stately and the runtime enormous, but the scope is genuinely staggering, mixing intimate family drama with sweeping historical reconstruction. It's a heavy, deliberate watch that rewards patience with real emotional and historical weight, especially in its unflinching depiction of the Holocaust.

Watch it for

the unflinching, historically grounded portrayal of the Holocaust woven into a sweeping family saga.

Maybe skip if

you want something brisk, as the miniseries is long, slow-paced, and emotionally punishing.

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All Seasons

Miniseries1988
8.41K1223h 32m
Following the attack on Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the extended Henry and Jastrow families navigate thevpersonal, social and political impacts of World War II, including the Holocaust, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Pacific theater., the extended Henry and the Jastrow families experience World War II.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Part I7.9
148149 min
2Part II8.4
131146 min
3Part III8.1
12898 min
4Part IV8.0
11197 min
5Part V8.2
11297 min
6Part VI8.2
113147 min
7Part VII8.4
118148 min
8Part VIII8.5
118145 min
9Part IX8.5
11495 min
10Part X8.6
11795 min
11Part XI9.0
13490 min
12Part XII8.6
116105 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Robert Mitchum Victor 'Pug' Henry
Jane Seymour Natalie Henry
Hart Bochner Byron Henry
Victoria Tennant Pamela Tudsbury
Polly Bergen Rhoda Henry
Sami Frey Avram Rabinovitz
William Schallert Harry Hopkins
Jeremy Kemp Brig. Gen. Armin Von Roon
Steven Berkoff Adolf Hitler
Robert Hardy Winston Churchill

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