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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780779252022
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0779252020
Label: Bfs Entertainment
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Bfs Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 02, 2001
Running Time: 517 minutes
Sales Rank: 78078
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
Editorial Review:
Description:
In the tradition of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and featuring Susannah York, this sweeping dramatic series from Masterpiece Theatre--filmed on location in Paris, Israel, and Kenya--traces a complex friendship under fire during the post-war years.
'The first time I saw Joe Hirsch, it was as though he'd come to find me.' So thinks young Michael Jordan when a refugee student from Nazi-occupied Europe arrives at St. George's School in England, 1942. Michael and Joe share little in common. Michael is from a middle-class English family, while Joe has known only fear and isolation in Europe. Eventually, their shared Jewish heritage creates a bond between them. Their paths cross repeatedly over the years as Michael becomes a successful writer and director and Joe, a powerful media mogul. They are 'friendly enemies'--yet their rivalry takes on a dangerous tone when the love of one woman becomes the prize. One man is now willing to risk everything to win her for himself: the other will stop at nothing to prevent it.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Post-War Britain As Experienced By Two Young Men
After the War is yet another in the long line of excellent dramas produced for broadcast within the United Kingdom: the western world's great contributor of quality television. With locations on three continents and with a plethora of talented British actors in its cast, this far reaching piece lingers in one's thoughts long after first viewing.
This is the story of the lives of two British Jewish families "after the war" meaning the Second World War, a time these families once joined ... Read More
Rating:  - After the War
Totally ruined by the lack of Close Captioning. When will the Brititish learn?
Rating: - drama of mystique ...
This series offers highly intelligent drama with all the characteristic subtleties of character and human foibles that British filmmaking captures so well. But the main point of my writing this review is to tell how unique this series is on two accounts.
First, the series intricately depicts a subtle ostracism of Jews, those who were not quite of age and not in Europe during World War II, by Jews who were of age and/or were in Europe.
Also well depicted, somewhat allegorically, ... Read More
Rating: - Outstanding drama
For anyone who has enjoyed Brideshead Revisited or Lost Empires this is another example of superb drama not to be missed. Frederick Raphael and Granada TV have created a modern television masterpiece. The story is sophisticated and intelligent and the dialogue leaves one gasping at its astonishing wit.
I first saw AFTER the WAR some 18 years ago, it resonated with me then. After recently viewing it for the second time I can say that it lost has lost none of that original impression. I am delighted to ... Read More
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