The War
2007•TV-14•1 Seasons•7 Episodes•8.1•Ended
DocumentaryWar & PoliticsCrime
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.
Network
PBS
Origin
US
Cast
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Tom Hanks
Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)
Josh Lucas
Narrator (voice)
Bobby Cannavale
Narrator / Babe Ciarlo (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
Narrator (voice)
Eli Wallach
Narrator (voice)
Robert Wahlberg
Narrator / James A. Fahey (voice)
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
Reader (voice)
Paul Fussell
Self
Quentin Aanenson
Self
Sascha Weinzheimer
Self
Katharine Phillips
Self
Olga Ciarlo
Self
Robert Kashiwagi
Self
Episodes
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