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.
Show Info
Status: Ended
Original Language: DE
First Aired: 4/7/2023
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Top 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
