Transatlantic

Overview

Two Americans and their allies form a scrappy rescue operation in 1940 Marseilles to help artists, writers and other refugees fleeing Europe during WWII. Transatlantic is a historical drama television 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 Marseilles, 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.

Cast

Gillian Jacobs

Mary Jayne Gold

Cory Michael Smith

Varian Fry

Lucas Englander

Albert Hirschman

Corey Stoll

Graham Patterson

Ralph Amoussou

Paul Kandjo

Deleila Piasko

Lisa Fittko

Amit Rahav

Thomas Lovegrove

Grégory Montel

Philippe Frot

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