The War

The War85%

TV 2007-09-23 Documentary War & Politics Crime
★ 8.1 / 10 · 65 votes
Ratings
Combined
85.0 %
4 sources
IMDb
9.0 /10
6,153 votes
Letterboxd
4.3 /5
3,918 votes
Trakt
78 %
125 votes
TMDB
81 %
65 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.

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Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
7
Studios
Florentine Films , WETA
Network
PBS
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata

Awards

Nominated for 1 Directors Guild of America Award

Directors Guild of America 1 nominated

  • 2007 Outstanding Directing – Documentaries Nominated Ken Burns

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Cast
Keith David Keith David Narrator (voice) Tom Hanks Tom Hanks Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice) Josh Lucas Josh Lucas Narrator (voice) Bobby Cannavale Bobby Cannavale Narrator / Babe Ciarlo (voice) Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson Narrator (voice) Eli Wallach Eli Wallach Narrator (voice) Robert Wahlberg Robert Wahlberg Narrator / James A. Fahey (voice) Adam Arkin Adam Arkin Reader (voice) Carolyn McCormick Carolyn McCormick Reader (voice)
Paul Fussell Paul Fussell Self
Quentin Aanenson Quentin Aanenson Self
Sascha Weinzheimer Sascha Weinzheimer Self
Miniseries 2007 · 7 eps
  1. 1 A Necessary War December 1941 - December 1942: The tranquil lives of the citizens of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota are shattered on Decem… Sep 23, 2007 142m
  2. 2 When Things Get Tough January 1943 - December 1943: Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, while in North Africa and then Italy, inexperienced GIs learn … Sep 24, 2007 115m
  3. 3 A Deadly Calling November 1943 - June 1944: Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Allied forces are stalled for months at Monte Cassino, and a ris… Sep 25, 2007 110m
  4. 4 Pride of Our Nation / A Volunteer Basis June 1944 - August 1944: On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in the Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saip… Sep 26, 2007 136m
  5. 5 FUBAR September 1944 - December 1944: Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen Forest, GIs learn painful lessons as old as war itself - th… Sep 30, 2007 124m
  6. 6 The Ghost Front December 1944 - March 1945: Americans are shocked by Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes forest - but by mid-March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while the Russians … Oct 1, 2007 117m
  7. 7 A World Without War March 1945 - December 1945: A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines endure the… Oct 2, 2007 125m
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