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The War

The War

2007
Documentary, War
TV Mini-Series
A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families. (imdb)
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Directed by:

Ken Burns
Ken-Burns
54 total credits
Credits include: The Civil War, Wordplay and The Central Park Five
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Lynn Novick
Lynn-Novick
8 total credits
Credits include: The Vietnam War, The War, Prohibition and Hemingway
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Starring:

Keith David
Keith-David
198 total credits
Keith David was born in New York City's Harlem district and raised in East Elmhurst, in the Queens section of the city. As a child, he realized he wanted to act after playing the cowardly lion in his school's production of "The Wizard of Oz." He later enrolled in New York's High School of the Performing Arts and continued his studies at Juilliard... (imdb)
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Tom Hanks
Tom-Hanks
117 total credits
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander James A. Lovell in Apollo 13, Captain John H. Miller in Saving Private Ryan, Joe Fox in You've Got Mail and Chuck Noland in Cast Away. Hanks won consecutive...(Wikipedia)
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Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel-L-Jackson
173 total credits
Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor and film producer. After gaining critical acclaim for his role in Jungle Fever in 1991, he appeared in films such as Patriot Games, Amos & Andrew, True Romance and Jurassic Park. In 1994 he was cast as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction, and his performance received several award nominations and critical acclaim. Jackson has since appeared in over 100 films... (Wikipedia)
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Eli Wallach
Eli-Wallach
86 total credits
Eli Herschel Wallach is an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Other roles include his portrayal of Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Calvera in The Magnificent Seven, and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday...(Wikipedia)
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Adam Arkin
Adam-Arkin
106 total credits
He is the son of Oscar winning actor Alan Arkin. He played the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony (Best Actor, 1991, I Hate Hamlet) as well as 3 primetime Emmys, 4 SAG Awards (Ensemble, Chicago Hope), and a DGA Award (My Louisiana Sky). In 2002, Arkin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky.
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Ernie Hudson
Ernie-Hudson
127 total credits
Credits include: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Miss Congeniality, The Crow and Congo
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Genres:

Documentary, War

Country:

USA

The War

2007
Documentary, War
TV Mini-Series
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03 Jul 2018
80
96th
Excellent.
09 Oct 2020
60
70th
A "micro" account of the war, I prefer "macro". Zeroes in on a handful of Americans and their memoirs of wartime. I prefer history from causes, strategies, leaders, how countries worked together etc.
19 Aug 2016
88
93rd
It's a Ken Burns doc on WWII, I could've rated this the same in advance. It's exactly what you'd expect, with an old southern belle stealing the show just as Shelby Foote did in The Civil War.
25 Apr 2014
34
33rd
I cannot understand why this gets so great a set of reviews. Ken Burns talents and the celebrity narrators are well known - but the product here is nothing compared to what Olivier does alone in The World at War. And the humans stories have been done better elsewhere. I can only put the high scores for this down to the series pre-marketing. It is a good documentary series yes - but not stand out from many others.
17 Feb 2014
87
96th
Instead of just focusing on the battles, this series also thoroughly examines how the war affected civilian life.
20 Sep 2010
73
88th
I thought this was a very effective documentary. We have all seen a dozen or so of these retrospectives, but Burns brings some new stories and new footage. Sad, funny and almost always interesting, if you have any sense of history there should be something here for you.
09 Aug 2026
80
69th
20 Jul 2026
60
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26 May 2026
80
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04 Apr 2026
90
75th
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Several vignettes are told, weaving together a story that is both incredibly personal and yet shows the vastness of the war itself.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Ken Burns
Ken-Burns
54 total credits
Credits include: The Civil War, Wordplay and The Central Park Five
polygon
,
Lynn Novick
Lynn-Novick
8 total credits
Credits include: The Vietnam War, The War, Prohibition and Hemingway
polygon

Starring:

Keith David
Keith-David
198 total credits
Keith David was born in New York City's Harlem district and raised in East Elmhurst, in the Queens section of the city. As a child, he realized he wanted to act after playing the cowardly lion in his school's production of "The Wizard of Oz." He later enrolled in New York's High School of the Performing Arts and continued his studies at Juilliard... (imdb)
polygon
,
Tom Hanks
Tom-Hanks
117 total credits
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander James A. Lovell in Apollo 13, Captain John H. Miller in Saving Private Ryan, Joe Fox in You've Got Mail and Chuck Noland in Cast Away. Hanks won consecutive...(Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel-L-Jackson
173 total credits
Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American film and television actor and film producer. After gaining critical acclaim for his role in Jungle Fever in 1991, he appeared in films such as Patriot Games, Amos & Andrew, True Romance and Jurassic Park. In 1994 he was cast as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction, and his performance received several award nominations and critical acclaim. Jackson has since appeared in over 100 films... (Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Eli Wallach
Eli-Wallach
86 total credits
Eli Herschel Wallach is an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Other roles include his portrayal of Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Calvera in The Magnificent Seven, and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday...(Wikipedia)
polygon
,
Adam Arkin
Adam-Arkin
106 total credits
He is the son of Oscar winning actor Alan Arkin. He played the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony (Best Actor, 1991, I Hate Hamlet) as well as 3 primetime Emmys, 4 SAG Awards (Ensemble, Chicago Hope), and a DGA Award (My Louisiana Sky). In 2002, Arkin won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for My Louisiana Sky.
polygon
,
Ernie Hudson
Ernie-Hudson
127 total credits
Credits include: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Miss Congeniality, The Crow and Congo
polygon

Genres:

Documentary, War

Country:

USA
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