DocumentaryWar & Politics
20173 EpisodesTV-MA★ 7.2
Five acclaimed contemporary directors tell the story of five legendary Hollywood filmmakers who enlisted in the armed forces to document World War II.
DocumentaryWar & Politics
Five acclaimed contemporary directors tell the story of five legendary Hollywood filmmakers who enlisted in the armed forces to document World War II.
As World War II begins, five of Hollywood's top directors leave success and homes behind to join the armed forces and make films for the war effort.
Now in active service, each director learns his cinematic vision isn't always attainable within government bureaucracy and the variables of war.
At the war's end, the five come back to Hollywood to re-establish their careers, but what they've seen will haunt and change them forever.
Cast: Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, Lawrence Kasdan, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Greengrass, Guillermo del Toro, John Ford, John Huston, William Wyler, Frank Capra, George Stevens
Genres: Documentary, War & Politics
Maturity rating: TV-MA
Meryl Streep
Self - Narrator (voice)
Steven Spielberg
Self
Lawrence Kasdan
Self
Francis Ford Coppola
Self
Paul Greengrass
Self
Guillermo del Toro
Self
John Ford
Self (archive footage)
John Huston
Self (archive footage)
William Wyler
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens
Self (archive footage)
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