World on Fire
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British actors Sean Bean and Lesley Manville lead an exquisitely-crafted and poignant ensemble piece about the ordinary lives dismantled by World War II. Spanning Manchester, Dunkirk, Berlin, Paris and Warsaw, this ambitious, enthralling British drama explores lesser-known aspects of warfare and all the ways people try to survive, and is all the better for it.
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A sweeping historical drama that depicts the intertwined lives of ordinary civilians throughout Europe who are affected by World War II. An English interpreter at the British Embassy in Warsaw attempts to smuggle his Polish lover back home, a gay couple in Paris face increasing prejudice and an American war correspondent faces censorship while trying to report the news from Berlin.