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War and Remembrance

★ 8.3 4K votes 1988–1989 1 season · 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
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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

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Miniseries1988
8.42K1223h 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
153149 min
▶2Part II8.4
135146 min
▶3Part III8.1
13298 min
▶4Part IV8.0
11597 min
▶5Part V8.2
11697 min
▶6Part VI8.2
117147 min
▶7Part VII8.5
123148 min
▶8Part VIII8.2
123145 min
▶9Part IX8.5
11895 min
▶10Part X8.6
12095 min
▶11Part XI9.0
13890 min
▶12Part XII8.7
121105 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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