After the War (1989– )

Two boys Michael and Joe become friends when Joe arrives at St. George's school in England as a refugee student. Both are Jewish but one has grown up in a middle class English home, while ... See full summary »

Stars:

Adrian Lukis, Ingrid Hafner, Clare Higgins

Cast

Series cast summary:
Adrian Lukis	...	Michael Jordan (8 episodes, 1989)
Ingrid Hafner	...	Philippa Jordan (7 episodes, 1989)
Clare Higgins	...	Rachel Lucas (7 episodes, 1989)
Robert Reynolds	...	Joe Hirsch (7 episodes, 1989)
Anton Rodgers	...	Samuel Jordan (7 episodes, 1989)
Caroline Goodall	...	Sally Raglan (6 episodes, 1989)
Serena Gordon	...	Annie Rose (5 episodes, 1989)
Shaughan Seymour	...	Benedict Bligh (5 episodes, 1989)
Nicholas Day	...	Frank Kitson (4 episodes, 1989)
Michael Siberry	...	David Lucas (4 episodes, 1989)

Storyline

Two boys Michael and Joe become friends when Joe arrives at St. George's school in England as a refugee student. Both are Jewish but one has grown up in a middle class English home, while the other has grown up under the spectre of the growing Nazi movemement. Their friendship lasts beyond school when both find careers in film. When they both fall for the same girl they must decide if she is worth destroying their friendship over.

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 June 1989 (UK)

Also Known As:

Después de la guerra

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (10 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Good but far from great epic story of misery and wits

After The War starts off with lots of promise: clever dialog, intriguing storyline, and fascinating character development. The second of the ten episodes is by far the best of the whole series. The problem is the story has too many red herrings, tangents, and meandering story lines. There is an attempt to tie everything up neatly at the end but by the time you get there you are sick of hearing the whiny characters mope and whine about how horrible their lives are. It seems nobody is happy about anything and its everyone else's fault. In real life, many of the characters in the film would not be tolerated for any length of time. However, in this film everyone likes to use their friends and family as a whetstone to sharpen their wits. The writing is clever -- too clever for real dialog. The lines are too glib for conversation and yet the romantic scenes are almost laughably clumsy and simplistic with first meetings regularly turning into wedding proposals. The script desperately needed cleaning up and the story should have been edited and simplified. Its nearly impossible to remember everyone's names from one episode to the next. I gave this a 6 out of 10 mostly on the strength of the first two episodes and the promise of the writer to do better in the future.