![]() Patterson discovers Paul's resistance cell. Albert and Paul witness the Nazis deporting prisoners out of Marseille. Varian convinces Bingham to rapidly forge the necessary visas. Frot finds Dagobert and realizes Mary Jayne was behind the prison break.Īfter discovering the Villa has been bugged, Varian has 24 hours to fill DuBois' ship with refugees. Varian convinces Vice-Consul Bingham to disobey orders and obtain travel documents for the refugees. He consults Thomas on finding one's "compass" in a time of uncertainty. Unfortunately, Varian has been dismissed from his post at the ERC. Hannah Arendt pressures Varian to get her a visa to the US. In the chaos, Mary Jayne must leave behind her dog, Dagobert. Mary Jayne, Albert, and Paul conduct a prison break, freeing the British POWs and Lisa's husband, Hans Fittko, from Camp des Milles. Roosevelt has won a third term in office. After being released, Varian and Mary Jayne learn that the Pyrenees route has been compromised because British POWs were caught carrying a map that Mary Jayne provided. Meanwhile, Albert attempts to get Walter Mehring out of Marseille, but Mehring must eventually return to the Villa Air-Bel. Captain DuBois of the Sinaia offers to smuggle refugees, but Varian hesitates to accept. Mary Jayne tells Varian that she and Thomas are working with British Intelligence, which is treasonous to the neutral US. Patterson witnesses Varian and Thomas kissing, leading him to message to the US government questioning whether the ERC is acting in America's best interests.Ī visit from Nazi officers to Marseille causes the local police to detain the ERC and refugees on the SS Sinaia. Peggy Guggenheim visits the Villa, and Max throws himself a surrealist birthday party. Varian deals with a mix-up concerning Max Ernst's visa. Albert is jealous that Mary Jayne slept with Patterson. ![]() Hotel Splendide concierges and brothers from Ouidah, Paul and Petit, start a resistance cell. Commissaire Frot of the Marseille Police pressures Patterson to learn the whereabouts of the ERC's refugees. Mary Jayne and Thomas assist Margaux's mission to get British POWs out of French prison. Thomas introduces Mary Jayne to the mysterious Margaux, who will fund the ERC if Mary Jayne collaborates with British Intelligence. Vice-Consul Hiram Bingham informs Varian that anti-immigrant sentiment is growing in the US, making the ERC's work more difficult. While in Spain, Benjamin dies by suicide. ![]() Mary Jayne seduces American Consul Graham Patterson, hoping he will convince her father to reinstate her allowance. Lisa leads a group of refugees, including Walter Benjamin, through the mountains. Varian's old flame, Thomas Lovegrove, offers his country mansion, the Villa Air-Bel, as a safe haven. The ERC's main lodgings, the Hotel Splendide, is raided by the police. Mary Jayne's father cuts her off from the family fortune, jeopardizing the ERC's funding. Ursula continues to safety, but Albert and Lisa return to Marseille to inform Mary Jayne and Varian about the route. After an initial escape attempt on a ship fails, the refugees are led by Lisa Fittko through the Pyrenees mountains and into Spain. Meanwhile, predominantly Jewish refugees, including siblings Albert and Ursula Hirschman, seek passage to America despite lacking travel visas. In 1940 Marseille, France, American Emergency Rescue Committee operatives Mary Jayne Gold and Varian Fry attempt to help refugees escape Nazi Germany to the United States, but their efforts are hindered by the Vichy government. Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as André Breton.The series closed the 2023 Festival Séries Mania in March ahead of its Netflix premiere on 7 April 2023.Ĭast and characters Main ![]() The series includes or refers to well-known artists or scholars of the time who were saved by the Committee or interacted with it, including Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Marc Chagall and his wife, Marcel Duchamp, Andre Breton, Jacqueline Lamba, Max Ernst, Peggy Guggenheim, Walter Mehring, Victor Serge, Victor Brauner, and Hans Bellmer. The novel explores the historic Emergency Rescue Committee that operated in Marseilles, Spain and Portugal in 1940 after the fall of France. Transatlantic is a television miniseries created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler for Netflix, based on the novel The Flight Portfolio (2019) by Julie Orringer. ![]()
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