![poster of Five Came Back](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lQI1J0MvFmB6pREOyyBaAQpuSAE.jpg)
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The Mission Begins
As World War II begins, five of Hollywood's top directors leave success and homes behind to join the armed forces and make films for the war effort.
Writing:
Release Date:
Fri, Mar 31, 2017
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime:
Country: US
Language: En
Runtime:
Meryl Streep
Self - Narrator (voice)
Steven Spielberg
Self
Lawrence Kasdan
Self
Francis Ford Coppola
Self
Paul Greengrass
Self
Guillermo del Toro
Self
Season 1:
![The Mission Begins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hPl4NT9x3HXkrcTocTGMSsff1Hg.jpg)
As World War II begins, five of Hollywood's top directors leave success and homes behind to join the armed forces and make films for the war effort.
![Combat Zones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eigkK1dtoxlz5zYe9OqqohDgLKh.jpg)
Now in active service, each director learns his cinematic vision isn't always attainable within government bureaucracy and the variables of war.
![The Price of Victory](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/p35uZSpSRxHoBDeYym3hQH7cHwv.jpg)
At the war's end, the five come back to Hollywood to re-establish their careers, but what they've seen will haunt and change them forever.