EP 1AvailableNow playingThe Mission Begins
60m·3/31/2017·5.1
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.
Five Came Back
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDb7.2
- Released
- 3/31/2017
- Duration
- 1h 10m
- Genre
- Documentary, War & Politics
- Country
- United States of America
- Cast
- Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, Lawrence Kasdan
Overview
Five acclaimed contemporary directors tell the story of five legendary Hollywood filmmakers who enlisted in the armed forces to document World War II.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableNow playing
EP 2AvailableCombat Zones
67m·3/31/2017·5.7
Now in active service, each director learns his cinematic vision isn't always attainable within government bureaucracy and the variables of war.
EP 3AvailableThe Price of Victory
70m·3/31/2017·6.1
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
Self - Narrator (voice)
Meryl Streep
Self
Steven Spielberg
Self
Lawrence Kasdan
Self
Francis Ford Coppola
Self
Paul Greengrass
Self
Guillermo del Toro
Self (archive footage)
John Ford
Self (archive footage)
John Huston
Self (archive footage)
William Wyler
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra
Self (archive footage)
