This American proposal inspired by real events is set in the French town of Marseille, in the 1940s.
Netflix has in its catalog the acclaimed series Transatlanticthe American drama based on the best seller called The Flight Portfolio. It is set in the town of Marseille, in 1940. Broadcast in 2023, it has a season of 7 episodes.
Despite the context, the film manages to show how the persecuted adapt to the horror of the Nazis’ advance in Europe and the persecution to which they are subjected and try to find the small moments of happiness in everyday life.
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What Transatlántico is about, Netflix miniseries
Transatlántico is a series based on the novel The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer, which is inspired by real events. The American journalist Varian Fry is sent to Marseille in 1940 in the context of the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC), an organization created in New York to save German refugees who fled to France.
The journalist had the mission of rescuing several artists, intellectuals and writers. His assignment took longer than expected and he ended up staying there for more than a year. He managed to rescue refugees such as Marcel Duchamp, Wilhelm Herzog, Jacques Hérold and Marc Chagall, among others.
Trailer for Transatlántico, Netflix miniseries
Cast of Transatlántico, Netflix miniseries
- Gillian Jacobs (Mary Jane Gold)
- Lucas Englander (Albert Hirschman)
- Cory Michael Smith (Varian Fry)
- Corey Stoll (Graham Patterson)
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