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The War

★ 8.1 TMDB Rating · 67 votes

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.

Seasons
1
Episodes
7
First aired
Sep 23, 2007
Networks
PBS
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of The War

  • Portrait of Keith David

    Keith David

    Narrator (voice)

  • Portrait of Tom Hanks

    Tom Hanks

    Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)

  • Portrait of Josh Lucas

    Josh Lucas

    Narrator (voice)

  • Portrait of Bobby Cannavale

    Bobby Cannavale

    Narrator / Babe Ciarlo (voice)

  • Portrait of Samuel L. Jackson

    Samuel L. Jackson

    Narrator (voice)

  • Portrait of Eli Wallach

    Eli Wallach

    Narrator (voice)

  • Portrait of Robert Wahlberg

    Robert Wahlberg

    Narrator / James A. Fahey (voice)

  • Portrait of Adam Arkin

    Adam Arkin

    Reader (voice)

  • Portrait of Carolyn McCormick

    Carolyn McCormick

    Reader (voice)

  • Paul Fussell

    Self

  • Quentin Aanenson

    Self

  • Sascha Weinzheimer

    Self

Where to Stream The War by Country

United States
Streaming on Thirteen, WETA+, KanopyRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
United Kingdom
Streaming on CuriosityStream Amazon Channel, CuriosityStream Apple TV channel, PBS America Amazon ChannelRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
India
No streaming offers listed right now
Canada
Streaming on PBS Documentaries Amazon ChannelRent or buy on Apple TV Store
Australia
Streaming on Prime Video, Foxtel Now, DocPlayRent or buy on Apple TV Store

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Seasons

  • Poster for Miniseries of The War

    Miniseries

    Sep 23, 2007

    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.

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