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Episode Guide
- 1. Radom Mar 28, 2024
- The Kurc family celebrates Passover in Radom, Poland; the onset of World War II forces a separation.
- 2. Lvov Mar 28, 2024
- Halina and Bella start their passage; Addy is conscripted into a Polish unit of the French army.
- 3. Siberia Mar 28, 2024
- Genek and Herta are sent on a grueling train ride; Halina starts a new job in Soviet-Occupied Lvov.
Why to watch
- 'We Were the Lucky Ones' shows the generational trauma of World War II
- When: The first three episodes of 'We Were the Lucky Ones' stream March 28 on Hulu.
- What to know: The show is based on Georgia Hunter's bestselling 2017 historical novel of the same name.
- While the book is fictional, it's based on Hunter's own decades-long mission to learn more about her Jewish relatives' lives before, during and after World War II.
- The story follows the Kurcs, a Polish-Jewish family who lived successful, peaceful lives prior to the Holocaust.
- The family eventually splinters as they try to survive, with some members ending up in concentration camps or in hiding while others flee abroad.
- The adaptation stars Joey King and Logan Lerman as siblings Halina Kurc and Addy Kurc, respectively.
- Lerman's character is based on Hunter's grandfather Eddy, who changed his name later in life.
- — Lily Herman, The Yodel newsletter writer
- March 27, 2024
We Were The Lucky Ones is an American historical drama miniseries developed by Erica Lipez for Hulu that premiered on March 28, 2024. [1] It is an adaptation of the 2017 book of the same name by Georgia Hunter, inspired by the story of her own family. [2] It depicts the Holocaust from the perspective of the Kurc family, Polish Jews.
We Were the Lucky Ones: Created by Erica Lipez. With Joey King, Logan Lerman, Hadas Yaron, Robin Weigert. A Jewish family is determined to survive and reunite after being separated in World War II.
- Drama, History
- 3 min
- 2023
The Daily Beast via Yahoo‘We Were the Lucky Ones’: Thomas Kail on the Emotional Finale Episode
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/HuluGrowing up, Thomas Kail—the Tony- and Emmy-winning director—loved It’s A Wonderful Life. “We were this Jewish family living in Northern ...
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Henry Lloyd-Hughes (‘We Were the Lucky Ones’) describes recreating a 1940s Siberian gulag [Exclusive Video Interview]
For Henry Lloyd-Hughes, shooting the scenes of “We Were the Lucky Ones” that take place in a Soviet gulag in Siberia were taxing to shoot but in “the right way” due to how it was shot. “All ...
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Apr 19, 2024 · The Hulu miniseries is based on a real family's incredible story of escaping Poland during WWII. Joey King as Halina and Logan Lerman as Addy in "We Were the Lucky Ones." Hulu. At the beginning of ...
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Mar 28, 2024 · That moment, depicted in Hunter’s 2017 novel We Were the Lucky Ones, appears in an episode of the TV adaptation of the same name, out Mar. 28 on Hulu. Adam (played by Sam Woolf) and Hunter’s ...
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- Olivia B. Waxman
Based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times bestselling novel, the television adaptation of “We Were the Lucky Ones” is a limited series inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of WWII. The series follows them across continents as they do everything in their power to survive, and to reunite. “We Were the Luck
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- March 28, 2024
Feb 14, 2017 · We Were the Lucky Ones is the fictionalized account of the true story of the Kurc family and their experiences during WWII beginning in their home town of Radom, Poland in 1939. The book spans eight years as we follow the Kurc family members to several countries and continents including Austria, Italy, Argentina, South America, and Siberia ...
Feb 14, 2017 · Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere. An extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive.
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