Five Came Back

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Five present-day directors discuss five wartime directors who voluntarily joined WW2 in order to film it: William Wyler (presented by Steven Spielberg), Frank Capra (Guillermo del Toro), George Stevens (Laurence Kasdan), John Ford (Paul Greengrass) and John Huston (Francis Ford Coppola). Narrated by Meryl Streep and written by Mark Harris (adapted from his 2015 book Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War).

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3 Episodes

The Mission Begins
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Episode 1The Mission BeginsAs 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.
Combat Zones
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Episode 2Combat ZonesNow in active service, each director learns his cinematic vision isn't always attainable within government bureaucracy and the variables of war.
The Price of Victory
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Episode 3The Price of VictoryAt 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.