# War and Remembrance (1988)

> An extended American family navigates the personal and political upheaval of World War II, from Pearl Harbor to the Holocaust and the Pacific theater.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/30072

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 135 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, war, history
- Created by: Dan Curtis
- Network: ABC
- Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Polly Bergen, Sami Frey, William Schallert, Jeremy Kemp
- TMDB rating: 8.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096725/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: brutal
- Tone: elegiac, sweeping, melancholic, intimate, somber

## What critics say

Critics broadly regard War and Remembrance as an ambitious, sweeping prestige epic whose scale and strong cast outweigh its length and melodrama.

## Synopsis

War and Remembrance (1988-1989) is an American historical miniseries created by Dan Curtis for ABC. Spanning a single twelve-episode run of roughly two and a half hours per installment, it follows the extended Henry and Jastrow families as they live through the Second World War. Robert Mitchum plays Victor Pug Henry, a naval officer whose duties carry him across the globe, while Jane Seymour plays Natalie Henry, a woman whose life is shaped by the conflict's disruptions. Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Polly Bergen, and Sami Frey fill out the sprawling cast of relatives and lovers caught in distant theaters. The engine of the story is the tug between private longing and public duty, as characters chase romance, careers, and survival while news of the front arrives in letters and telegrams. Each episode juggles Pacific battles, European intrigue, and the growing horror of the Holocaust, moving between naval decks, embassy corridors, and wartime homes. The result is a grand and elegiac epic, a classic network prestige drama in the old tradition of the wartime saga, with a mood of grief and moral reckoning. Fans of The Winds of War, Band of Brothers and Upstairs Downstairs will find resonance in its sweeping scale and its intimate view of history.

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