PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON TRANSATLANTIC WW2 SET NETFLIX SERIES WITH CORY MICHAEL SMITH, COREY STOLL, LUKE THOMPSON AND GILLIAN JACOBS

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ARRIVES APRIL TO NETFLIX

The series starts April 7th on Netflix

Just like I promised you we are spending our third weekend in a row in France as I have that other new World War II set series to present to you today along with new cast photos and a trailer. TRANS ATLANTIC a  seven episode historical mini series on the evacuation of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust will start streaming over at Netflix on April 7th, created by Anna Winger and based on the novel “The Flight Portfolio” by Julia Orringer. The series had an exclusive premiere over at the freshly finished Series Mania and will lean more towards Casablanca than Schindler's List thanks to an element of

It will stream in seven episodes

humour and comedy in it. The trauma and drama is processed with humour and positivity which differs it from similar war shows.

 

  TRANS ATLANTIC is a fictionalised retelling of the real life story of American journalist Varian Fry (Cory Michael Smith) who, in 1940 at great personal risk, helped in establishing the Emergency Rescue Committee which oversaw the rescue and transportation to America of Jewish refugees and anti-Nazi dissidents from Nazi-occupied France. Along with American heiress Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs) and German economist Albert Hirschman (Lucas Englander), Fry and the Committee helped in saving the  lives of between 2,000-4,000 prominent thought leaders, artists, and writers, some of whom appeared on the Nazi’s most-wanted list. Among those rescued  by Varian Fry were Jewish writer Franz Werfel, poet and writer Andre Breton, painter and sculptor Max Ernst, and the relatives of novelist Thomas Mann. For his heroic efforts, Mr Fry became the first American to be named ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ in 1994 by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum. Corey Stoll plays Patterson, the American Consul in Marseille who sees the refugees as an existential threat to American values. Rounding out the main cast are Grégory Montel as Philippe Frot, Ralph Amoussou as Paul Kandjo, Deleila Piasko as Lisa Fittko, Amit Rahhav as Thomas Lovegrove, and Luke Thompson as Hiram "Harry" Bingham, an American Vice Consul in Marseilles.

NETFLIX CASTS CORY MICHAEL SMITH AS THE LEAD IN THEIR WW2 MINI TV SERIES TRANSATLANTIC ABOUT VARIAN FRY!

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CASTS CORY MICHAEL SMITH

Earlier last Autumn I informed you that an eight part series Courage on Demand on Varian Fry, who organised a rescue network in Nazi controlled France, is in works and now this Netflix mini series has been renamed into

Cory Michael Smith will take the lead role

TRANS ATLANTIC with young Cory Michael Smith taking the lead role. Gillian Jacobs, Corey Stoll, Grégory Montel, Lucas Englander, Ralph Amoussou, Deleila Piasko and Amit Rahhav round out the international cast of the series set in 1940-1941 Marseille, and based on the true story of Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold and the Emergency Rescue Committee. Risking their lives to help more than 2000 refugees escape occupied France, including many artists on the Nazis’ most-wanted list, an international gang of young superheroes and their famous charges occupy a villa at the edge of the city, where the threat of mortal danger gives way to unexpected collaborations and intense love affairs.

 

WHO WILL BE WHO?

Cory Michael Smith plays a character inspired by Varian Fry. He’s a Harvard educated American journalist who, foreseeing the horrific events of the Holocaust to come volunteers for a job no one wanted: Finding and saving the artists and intellectuals trapped in Europe. Gillian Jacobs plays a

Corey Stoll and Gillian Jacobs will also star in the series

character inspired by Mary Jayne Gold. An American heiress, she throws herself, and her trust fund, into Fry’s refugee rescue operation, excited to dedicate her considerable resources and energy to a worthy cause. Corey Stoll plays Patterson, the American Consul in Marseille who sees the refugees as an existential threat to American values.