After the War [DVD]

In the tradition of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises and featuring Susannah York, this sweeping dramatic series from Masterpiece Theatre--filmed on location in Paris, Israel, and Kenya--traces a complex friendship under fire during the post-war years.

"The first time I saw Joe Hirsch, it was as though he'd come to find me." So thinks young Michael Jordan when a refugee student from Nazi-occupied Europe arrives at St. George's School in England, 1942. Michael and Joe share little in common. Michael is from a middle-class English family, while Joe has known only fear and isolation in Europe. Eventually, their shared Jewish heritage creates a bond between them. Their paths cross repeatedly over the years as Michael becomes a successful writer and director and Joe, a powerful media mogul. They are "friendly enemies"--yet their rivalry takes on a dangerous tone when the love of one woman becomes the prize. One man is now willing to risk everything to win her for himself: the other will stop at nothing to prevent it.