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The War

Overview

The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.
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Cast

Tom Hanks profile
Tom Hanks

Narrator,Al McIntosh (Voice)

Total episodes: 14

Bobby Cannavale profile
Bobby Cannavale

Narrator,Babe Ciarlo (Voice)

Total episodes: 14

Robert Wahlberg profile
Robert Wahlberg

James A. Fahey (Voice),Narrator

Total episodes: 14

Keith David profile
Keith David

Narrator

Total episodes: 7

Josh Lucas profile
Josh Lucas

Narrator

Total episodes: 7

Samuel L. Jackson profile
Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator

Total episodes: 7

Eli Wallach profile
Eli Wallach

Narrator

Total episodes: 7

Adam Arkin profile
Adam Arkin

Reader

Total episodes: 7

Carolyn McCormick profile
Carolyn McCormick

Reader

Total episodes: 7

Paul Fussell profile
Paul Fussell

Self

Total episodes: 7

Quentin Aanenson profile
Quentin Aanenson

Self

Total episodes: 7

Sascha Weinzheimer profile
Sascha Weinzheimer

Self

Total episodes: 7

Tom Hanks profile
Tom Hanks

Narrator,Al McIntosh (Voice)

Total episodes: 14

Bobby Cannavale profile
Bobby Cannavale

Narrator,Babe Ciarlo (Voice)

Total episodes: 14

Robert Wahlberg profile
Robert Wahlberg

James A. Fahey (Voice),Narrator

Total episodes: 14

Keith David profile
Keith David

Narrator

Total episodes: 7

Josh Lucas profile
Josh Lucas

Narrator

Total episodes: 7

Samuel L. Jackson profile
Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator

Total episodes: 7

Eli Wallach profile
Eli Wallach

Narrator

Total episodes: 7

Adam Arkin profile
Adam Arkin

Reader

Total episodes: 7

Carolyn McCormick profile
Carolyn McCormick

Reader

Total episodes: 7

Paul Fussell profile
Paul Fussell

Self

Total episodes: 7

Quentin Aanenson profile
Quentin Aanenson

Self

Total episodes: 7

Sascha Weinzheimer profile
Sascha Weinzheimer

Self

Total episodes: 7

Extra

Release Date

March 5, 2008

Last air Date

March 26, 2008

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Networks

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Available On

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seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1

Aired on: 2008 | 7 Episodes

Six years in the making, this epic 15-hour film focuses on the stories of citizens from four geographically distributed American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and the tiny farming town of Luverne, Minnesota. The four communities stand in for - and could represent - any town in the United States that went through the war's four devastating years. Individuals from each community take the viewer through their own personal and quite often harrowing journeys into war, painting vivid portraits of how the war dramatically altered their lives and those of their neighbors, as well as the country they helped to save for generations to come.

Videos

THE WAR | A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick | PBS America thumbnail
THE WAR | A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick | PBS America

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