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We Were the Lucky Ones

★ 7.7 8K votes 2024–2024 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Hulu
Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 9/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 9/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10SurvivalStaying alive against nature, scarcity or pursuit.This show: 8/10Event miniseriesPrestige limited television built as an event.This show: 8/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 7/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Joey KingLogan LermanHadas YaronRobin WeigertLior AshkenaziAmit Rahav
Written by
Erica Lipez
Starring
Joey KingLogan LermanHadas YaronRobin WeigertLior AshkenaziAmit Rahav
Written by
Erica Lipez
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"a family's survival told with quiet hope"

Based on a true story, this miniseries follows a Polish Jewish family scattered across the world by the outbreak of World War II, each member fighting to survive and find their way back to one another. It moves between multiple countries and timelines, tracking siege, exile, and hiding with a steady, unhurried patience. The tone is somber but not despairing, anchored by a persistent thread of hope. It's carried by strong lead performances and a genuine emotional core rather than spectacle, favoring intimate family drama over war-movie action.

Watch it for

the true story of one family's resilience and search for each other across a shattered continent.

Maybe skip if

you find slow, dialogue-driven historical dramas about survival difficult to sit through.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2024
7.92K87h 30m
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▶6Warsaw8.1
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27073 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Joey King Halina Kurc
Logan Lerman Addy Kurc
Hadas Yaron Mila Kurc
Robin Weigert Nechuma Kurc
Lior Ashkenazi Sol Kurc
Amit Rahav Jakob Kurc
Eva Feiler Bella Tatar
Henry Lloyd-Hughes Genek Kurc
Moran Rosenblatt Herta Seifert
Sam Woolf Adam Eichenwald

Crew

Erica Lipez

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