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S01E05: Part 5 - 2nd Nov 1942

Byron and Nathalie are reunited in Marseilles but the American Consul counsels them not to try and leave France without the proper documentation, so Byron returns to Gibraltar alone. Their plans to meet in Lisbon go awry however when, in November 1942, the Allies invade North Africa. As a result, the Germans occupy Vichy France and the borders are closed. Aaron, Louis and Nathalie travel to Lourdes to await what they hope will be a quick prisoner exchange. Pamela Tudsbury and her father Alistair are in Egypt where he is reporting on the Eighth Army's defeat of Rommel's Afrika Korps. The Russians are putting up stiff resistance on the Eastern Front and Hitler approves a new battle plan. At Auschwitz, the Nazi's complete construction of the gas chambers and the crematoria. Berel Jastrow and Sammy Mutterperl are transferred to a new work gang. In the South Pacific, Pug Henry's ship, Northampton, is severely damaged in an encounter with the Japanese.

Genres:

Drama, War & Politics

Air Date:

Nov 20, 1988

Runtime:

135 minutes

Production:

Paramount , Dan Curtis Productions , ABC Circle Films , Jadran Film

Casts:

Robert Mitchum, Victoria Tennant, David Dukes, Zevi Wolmark, Robert Hardy, John Gielgud, Steven Berkoff, Robert Morley, Jeremy Kemp, Sami Frey, Polly Bergen, Ian McShane, John Rhys-Davies, William Schallert, Jane Seymour, Ralph Bellamy, Hart Bochner, Sharon Stone, Michael Woods, Nina Foch, Peter Graves, Hardy Krüger, Topol, Joachim Hansen, Mike Connors, Sky du Mont, Günther Maria Halmer, Wolfgang Preiss, Ian Abercrombie, Philippe Mareuil