Die Blauen und die Grauen

SERIE • 1 Staffel • Krieg & Militär, Drama, Historisches • Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika • 1982
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Das Schicksal der beiden Familien Geyser und Hale vor, während und nach dem US-amerikanischen Sezessionskrieg. Der Film schildert das Geschehen aus Sicht eines Kriegsberichterstatters. Der Kampf der Blauen, das ist die Unionsarmee des Nordens, gegen die Grauen, dem Heer der konföderierten Staaten des Südens, gerät zum blutigsten Krieg der USA. Der Zuschauer wird Zeuge vieler wichtiger Ereignisse von der ersten Schlacht am Bull Run über General Lees Kapitulation bis hin zur Ermordung Abraham Lincolns ...

Originaltitel
The Blue and the Gray
Produktionsland
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Originalsprache
Englisch
Regie
Andrew V. McLaglen
FSK
12
Untertitel
Nein
Besetzung
Gregory Peck, Rip Torn, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Vaughn, Stacy Keach, Kathleen Beller, Penny Peyser, Julia Duffy, Robin Gammell, David W. Harper, Julius Harris, Gregg Henry, Cooper Huckabee, James Carroll Jordan, Brian Kerwin, William Lucking, Charles Napier, Walter Olkewicz, Duncan Regehr, David Rounds, Christopher Stone, Diane Baker, Paul Benedict, Rory Calhoun, Colleen Dewhurst, David Doyle, Michael Horton, Warren Oates, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Geraldine Page, Dan Shor, John Vernon, Sterling Hayden, Paul Winfield, Bruce Abbott, Janice Carroll, Veronica Redd, Fred Stuthman, John Voldstad

Episoden-Guide

1. Staffel 1 (3 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
A young John Geyser sets off from the family farm to work for his uncle at a local newspaper in Gettysburg as an artist correspondent shortly before the start of the American Civil War. John’s artistic skill lands him working as an impartial observer were he covers the battle at Bull Run – the first major conflict of the war. During his travel, John meets and befriends Jonas Steele, a Union Officer who works for President Abraham Lincoln.
02
Episode 2
The war continues with both sides suffering severe causalities. Lincoln issues his Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery although the north still has to win the war to enforce it. John Geyser grows closer to Kathy Reynolds against her father’s wishes while Jonas Steele marries John’s cousin. Later, John informs a band of hiding slaves of Lincoln’s mandate.
03
Episode 3
John meets with his Confederate brother during the siege of Vicksburg, then sneaks into town to supply food to his starving sister and son. Jonas Steele senses bad news and later discovers his misgivings. John returns home to ill feeling and his impartiality is tested. Jonas is wounded. The years of the war finally see an end. Lee surrenders and Lincoln is assassinated.