Transatlantic
Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Transatlantic
- Release
- April 7, 2023
- Screen Time
- 1 season · 50min/ep
- Rating
- TV-14
- Direction
- Anna Winger, Daniel Hendler
- Original Language
- German
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Gillian Jacobs
Mary Jayne Gold
7 eps.
Cory Michael Smith
Varian Fry
7 eps.
Lucas Englander
Albert Hirschman
7 eps.
Corey Stoll
Graham Patterson
7 eps.
Ralph Amoussou
Paul Kandjo
7 eps.
Deleila Piasko
Lisa Fittko
7 eps.
Amit Rahav
Thomas Lovegrove
7 eps.
Grégory Montel
Philippe Frot
7 eps.
Birane Ba
Jacques 'Petit' Kandjo
7 eps.
Henriette Confurius
Lena Fischmann
7 eps.
Lolita Chammah
Lorene Letoret
6 eps.
Luke Thompson
Hiram 'Harry' Bingham
6 eps.
