Transatlantic (2023)

Directed by

Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

Germany

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1940, a group of American journalists and activists in Marseille risks everything to help artists and intellectuals escape Nazi-occupied Europe. They work with the Emergency Rescue Committee to secure safe passage across Spain and Portugal. The series follows their efforts as the war closes in around them.

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What happens

Transatlantic is a historical drama miniseries created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, based on the 2019 novel The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer. The novel explores the historic Emergency Rescue Committee that operated in Marseille (France), Spain, and Portugal in 1940 after the fall of France. The series includes or refers to well-known artists or scholars of the time who were saved by the Committee or interacted with it. The series closed the 2023 Series Mania festival in March, ahead of its Netflix premiere on 7 April 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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