"The Winds of War" (1983) TV mini-series

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

6 February 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

In the late 1930s, world politics begin to head in a dangerous direction. In Europe, Germany expands...

Plot Keywords:

Witness To History | Berlin | Imperial Japan | Japan | Asia

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Robert Mitchum	...	Victor 'Pug' Henry (7 episodes, 1983)
Ali MacGraw	...	Natalie Jastrow (7 episodes, 1983)
Jan-Michael Vincent	...	Byron Henry (7 episodes, 1983)
John Houseman	...	Aaron Jastrow (7 episodes, 1983)
Polly Bergen	...	Rhoda Henry (7 episodes, 1983)
Lisa Eilbacher	...	Madeline Henry (7 episodes, 1983)
David Dukes	...	Leslie Slote (7 episodes, 1983)
Topol	...	Berel Jastrow (7 episodes, 1983)
Ben Murphy	...	Warren Henry (7 episodes, 1983)
Jeremy Kemp	...	Brigadier General Armin Von Roon (7 episodes, 1983)
Ralph Bellamy	...	President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (7 episodes, 1983)
Victoria Tennant	...	Pamela Tudsbury (7 episodes, 1983)
Wolfgang Preiss	...	Field Marshal Walter von Brauchitsch (7 episodes, 1983)
William Woodson	...	Narrator (7 episodes, 1983)
Peter Graves	...	Palmer 'Fred' Kirby (6 episodes, 1983)
Günter Meisner	...	Adolf Hitler (6 episodes, 1983)
Reinhard Kolldehoff	...	Hermann Goering (6 episodes, 1983)
Werner Kreindl	...	Colonel General Franz Halder (6 episodes, 1983)
Rainer Penkert	...	Grand Admiral Erich Raeder (6 episodes, 1983)
Joachim Hansen	...	Field Marshal Alfred Jodl (6 episodes, 1983)
Alexander Kerst	...	Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (5 episodes, 1983)
Howard Lang	...	Winston Churchill (4 episodes, 1983)
Anton Diffring	...	Joachim von Ribbentrop (4 episodes, 1983)
Timothy Stack	...	Yeoman Ryan (4 episodes, 1983)
Barry Morse	...	Wolf Stoller (3 episodes, 1983)
Michael Logan	...	Alistair Tudsbury (3 episodes, 1983)
John Carter	...	Colonel William Forrest (3 episodes, 1983)
Tom McFadden	...	Hugh Cleveland (3 episodes, 1983)
Roy Poole	...	Harry Hopkins (3 episodes, 1983)
Deborah Winters	...	Janice Lacouture Henry (3 episodes, 1983)
Joseph Hacker	...	Lt. Carter 'Lady' Aster (3 episodes, 1983)
Allan Cuthbertson	...	Major General Tillet (2 episodes, 1983)
Scott Brady	...	Captain Red Tully (2 episodes, 1983)
Edmund Purdom	...	Luigi Gianelli (2 episodes, 1983)
Lawrence Pressman	...	Bunky Thurston (2 episodes, 1983)
Lin McCarthy	...	Blinker Vance (2 episodes, 1983)
Enzo G. Castellari	...	Benito Mussolini (2 episodes, 1983)
Edmund Pegge	...	Air Commodore Burne-Wilke (2 episodes, 1983)
Leo Gordon	...	General 'Train' Anderson (2 episodes, 1983)
Elizabeth Hoffman	...	Eleanor Roosevelt (2 episodes, 1983)
Michael McGuire	...	Fred Fearing (2 episodes, 1983)
Ferdy Mayne	...	Ludwig Rosenthal (2 episodes, 1983)
Sky Dumont	...	Count Galeazzo Ciano (2 episodes, 1983)
Judith Atwell	...	Sally Forrest (2 episodes, 1983)
James Ray	...	Chargé Reese Claremont (2 episodes, 1983)
Stelio Candelli	...	Scarfaced Gestapo Agent (2 episodes, 1983)
Karl-Otto Alberty	...	White-haired Gestapo Agent (2 episodes, 1983)
Dick Armstrong	...	Franz the Butler (2 episodes, 1983)
Eloise Hardt	...	Mrs. Lacouture (2 episodes, 1983)
Felix Nelson	...	F.D.R. Valet (2 episodes, 1983)
Henryk Rajfer	...	Groom at Wedding / ... (2 episodes, 1983)

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Series Directed by
Dan Curtis		(1 episode, 1983)

Series Writing credits
Herman Wouk		(1 episode, 1983)

Series Produced by
Dan Curtis	....	producer (1 episode, 1983)
Branko Lustig	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Barbara Steele	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Bob Cobert		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Charles Correll		(unknown episodes)
Stevan Larner		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
John F. Burnett		(unknown episodes)
Bernard Gribble		(unknown episodes)
Earle Herdan		(unknown episodes)
Gary L. Smith		(unknown episodes)
Jack Tucker		(unknown episodes)
Peter Zinner		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Reuben Cannon		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Jackson De Govia		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
John V. Cartwright		(unknown episodes)
Malcolm Middleton		(unknown episodes)
Michael Minor		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Francesco Chianese		(unknown episodes)
Hertha Hareiter		(unknown episodes)
Thomas L. Roysden		(unknown episodes)
Chuck Rutherford		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Roy Ashton	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Piero Amati	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Milan Stanisic	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Franco Amurri	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Brian James Ellis	....	second second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Penelope L. Foster	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Pamela Grant	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Michael Kennedy	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Carl Lawrence Ludwig	....	second assistant director: Austria (unknown episodes)
Carlo U. Quinterio	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Stan Cockerell	....	assistant property master (unknown episodes)
Giovanni Natalucci	....	set designer (unknown episodes)
Erik L. Nelson	....	property master (unknown episodes)
John Wood	....	art director: Europe (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Richard Adams	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Alan Bernard	....	production sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Derek Casari	....	dubbing engineer (unknown episodes)
Denis Dutton	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
James Fritch	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Robert W. Glass Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Robin Gregory	....	production sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Robert Gutknecht	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Ian MacGregor-Scott	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Carl Mahakian	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
George E. Marshall Jr.	....	sound utility (unknown episodes)
William L. McCaughey	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Lee Osborne	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Bernard F. Pincus	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Edward L. Sandlin	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Terry Sharratt	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Keith Stafford	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Allen L. Stone	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Paul Corbould	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Roy L. Downey	....	special effects coordinator (unknown episodes)
Ricky Farns	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Martin Gutteridge	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Doug Hubbard	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Garth Inns	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Kevin Pike	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Branko Repalust	....	on set props (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
William Guest	....	miniatures (unknown episodes)
Leslie Huntley	....	visual effects (unknown episodes)
Pete Kleinow	....	visual effects (unknown episodes)
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Gene Warren Jr.	....	visual effects (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Rok Cvetkov	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene Hartline	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Zbigniew Modej	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Bremner	....	gaffer: UK (unknown episodes)
Eugene Earle	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Ian Foster	....	clapper loader (unknown episodes)
Ron Green	....	best boy (unknown episodes)
Branko Knez	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Tihomir Marcius	....	electrician: Croatia (unknown episodes)
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	still photographer: visual effects and props (unknown episodes)
Jeffrey W. Petersen	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Maurizio Piano	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Michael Simpson	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Peg Halligan	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
James P. Cullen	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
John Napolitano	....	wardrobe (unknown episodes)
Johannes Nikerk	....	wardrobe (unknown episodes)
Paul Vachon	....	wardrobe (unknown episodes)
Thomas Welsh	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Ingeborg Fülepp	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Tommy Tedesco	....	musician: guitar (unknown episodes)
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Enrico Pini	....	transportation manager (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
James Butler	....	unit publicist (unknown episodes)
Steve Hinton	....	pilot (unknown episodes)
Larry K. Johnson	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Stefano Priori	....	assistant accountant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Jadran Film
• Paramount Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1983) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Home Video (1989) (USA) (DVD)
• Independent Television (ITV)
• Polyband (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Effects Associates

Other Companies

• Lee Lighting  lighting

Runtime:

USA:883 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Jadran Film

Trivia:

The attack on Pearl Harbor sequence began filming on December 7 - the anniversary of the actual historical attack.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Pug and Pam speak over the telephone in London, Pug's telephone has a modern coiled cord, not a '40's-era straight cord. [Part 4, Scene 8, time index 39:48; Part 5, Scene 2, time index 13:36]

Quotes:

Wolf Stoller: There are certain conversations that have to be forgotten. And in Germany we have a phrase for such delicate matters. We say, "under four eyes."
Victor 'Pug' Henry: I believe I've heard that phrase.
Wolf Stoller: What transpires next is under four eyes. You and Armin had a conversation about this lend-lease bill. Did he make sense to you? You prefer not to say, eh? Of course. You are a diplomat.
Victor 'Pug' Henry: I'm a gunnery expert, misplaced in diplomacy, and hoping to get the hell out of it.
Wolf Stoller: A man of honor wants to serve on the field.
[offers him a cigar]
Wolf Stoller: Would you?
Victor 'Pug' Henry: No, thank you.
Wolf Stoller: That you sympathize with England is only natural. I do. I love England. After all, I spent two years at Oxford. But we know that in your Army and Navy, there is serious opposition to this lend-lease giveaway. Which will strip you of armaments, by the way. No, in war plans, you will be in a key position to foster this wise and patriotic opposition. Frankly, Germany needs friends in influential positions, to offset the Morgenthaus and the Lehmans.
Victor 'Pug' Henry: Herr Stoller...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Winds of Whoopie (1983) (TV)

Best Movie and Love Story I have seen!

If you like war movies and love stories this is the movie for you. Multiple plots and love stories going on at the same time. Great movie I have watched it now more than 12 times. Touches your heart along with giving an idea of what that time was like for people. The story of what different parts of a family go through during the time before the beginning of World War II. I found this movie to be very informative for me in particular about the things that happened in Poland. Robert Mitchem was his normal great self in this movie. Especially the scene where he stops the German waiter and makes them apologize. Jan Michael-Vincent again was in his Element as the son of Pug Henry falling in love with the beautiful woman who Natalie who has not been home to America for years. For me it was the greatest love stories and I enjoyed it from beginning to end. I give it a Ten and more.