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 Lucky Ones” demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. The series is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.
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About We Were the Lucky Ones
A Jewish family is determined to survive and reunite after being separated in World War II.
Watch We Were the Lucky Ones on Hulu!
About We Were the Lucky Ones
A Jewish family is determined to survive and reunite after being separated in World War II.
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:02 Hey brother, we're back from Paris.
00:04 Look at you!
00:05 Oh la la!
00:06 [LAUGHTER]
00:08 I'd like to come to Paris.
00:10 To future adventures.
00:12 I will be waiting.
00:14 My family.
00:20 I keep writing to them over and over.
00:22 It's like I'm writing a tomb void.
00:24 [MUSIC]
00:36 The Germans are already at our doorstep.
00:38 [MUSIC]
00:40 It's getting worse.
00:42 [MUSIC]
00:44 All of Europe is a war zone.
00:46 [MUSIC]
00:48 Let our family be our light.
00:50 We leave tonight.
00:52 [MUSIC]
01:12 I just want to get home.
01:14 You are a Jew.
01:15 Travel for you is a death sentence.
01:17 [MUSIC]
01:30 I understand the impossibility of getting home.
01:33 But we will find a way to be together again.
01:36 [MUSIC]
01:38 We must organize.
01:40 We've lived here for a thousand years.
01:42 We know this country, this land.
01:44 I want to do what you're doing.
01:46 To get the court that jeopardizes all of us.
01:48 I'm aware of the stakes.
01:50 [MUSIC]
01:52 You are my family.
01:54 We stay together. Always.
01:56 [MUSIC]
02:02 Faith is a choice.
02:04 [MUSIC]
02:05 It's an act of will.
02:07 [MUSIC]
02:09 Our families are out there.
02:11 [MUSIC]
02:39 The only thing I know for certain is that there's no reason I should be alive.
02:45 And yet I am.
02:47 [MUSIC]
02:50 And that means I have to keep going.
02:53 [MUSIC]