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"Band of Brothers" Why We Fight (2001)



Overview

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Director:
David Frankel
Writer:
John Orloff (writer)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
28 October 2001 (Season 1, Episode 9)
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | History | War more

Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)
Nicholas Aaron ... Pvt. Robert 'Popeye' Wynn

John Adams ... Pvt. Andrews
Doug Allen ... Sgt. Alton More
Eion Bailey ... Pvt. David Kenyon Webster

Jamie Bamber ... 2nd Lt. Jack Foley

Philip Barantini ... Sgt. Wayne 'Skinny' Sisk
Paul Bentley ... Old German in Landsberg
Dean Blanke ... German Grandson
Kristina Brändén ... German Girl with Egg
George Calil ... Pvt. James 'Moe' Alley

Michael Cudlitz ... Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman

Dale Dye ... Col. Robert Sink
Michael Fassbender ... Sgt. Burton 'Pat' Christenson

Dexter Fletcher ... SSgt. John Martin
David Forest ... Prisoner saying Danke

Rick Gomez ... Sgt. George Luz
Scott Grimes ... TSgt. Donald Malarkey
Tom Hardy ... Pfc. John Janovec
Ben Hecker ... German man in flat
Nolan Hemmings ... Sgt. Charles 'Chuck' Grant
Matt Hickey ... Pvt. Patrick O'Keefe

Mark Huberman ... Pvt. Lester 'Leo' Hashey

Corey Johnson ... Major Louis Kent
Malcolm Kaye ... Prisoner with Janovec
Goran Kostic ... Prisoner with Corpse

Robin Laing ... Pvt. Edward 'Babe' Heffron
Martin Lawton ... German Grandfather

Matthew Leitch ... SSgt. Floyd 'Tab' Talbert

Damian Lewis ... Maj. Richard D. Winters

Ron Livingston ... Capt. Lewis Nixon

James Madio ... Sgt. Frank Perconte
Christian Malcolm ... MP at Lansberg

Ross McCall ... Cpl. Joseph Liebgott
Hans-Georg Nenning ... German Baker
Kieran O'Brien ... Pvt. Allen Vest
Suzanne Roquette ... German widow
Wil Röttgen ... German officer in cart
Simon Schatzberger ... Pvt. Joseph Lesniewski
Isabella Seibert ... German girl in bed
Matthew Settle ... Capt. Ronald Speirs
Douglas Spain ... Pvt. Antonio Garcia

Anatole Taubman ... Otto Herzfeld (as Anatol Taubman)

Shane Taylor ... Cpl. Eugene Roe
Gertrude Thoma ... German woman in flat

Donnie Wahlberg ... 2nd Lt. C. Carwood Lipton

Rick Warden ... 1st Lt. Harry Welsh

Peter Youngblood Hills ... SSgt. Darrel 'Shifty' Powers
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Series Cast
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Matthew Faber

Ian Virgo ... Soldier

Stephen Milton

Tom Hanks ... British officer

Jack Gustav ... German soldier
Paul Hornsby ... German soldier
Jonathan Edwards Young ... Lt. John Kelly
Kieran O'Donnell ... German soldier
Chris Finch ... German Soldier
Paul Sacks ... Easy Company jeep driver
James Alley Jr. ... Himself

Brendan Carr ... German Soldier
Lynn 'Buck' Compton ... Himself

James Embree ... Easy Company sergeant (uncredited)

Brandon Firla ... Lt. Brewer

Chris Geere ... German Soldier
Lester Hashey ... Himself

Philip Hayden ... Corporal
Moose Heyliger ... Himself
Bruce Lawrence ... Medic (uncredited)
Joe Lesniewski ... Himself
Ben Loyd-Holmes ... Pvt Macintosh
Logan Marshall-Green ... Captured German (uncredited)
Bill Maynard ... Himself
Earl McClung ... Himself
Dean Mitchell ... American Soldier (uncredited)
Mark Oosterveen ... Camp prisoner (uncredited)
John Perkins ... German Soldier (uncredited)
Norman Campbell Rees ... German prisoner (uncredited)
Paul Rogers ... Himself
Mike Savva ... Easy Company Officer (uncredited)
J.B. Stokes ... Himself
Buck Taylor ... Himself
Ed Tipper ... Himself
Tim Wildgoose ... Prisoner
Robert 'Popeye' Wynn ... Himself
Joanna Gonet ... Choir Girl #12
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Additional Details

Runtime:
55 min (DVD version)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Easy Company enters the concentration camp, Winters asks Sgt. Christenson if any of his men speak German and he replies, "No, sir." Michael Fassbender, who portrays Christenson, is a German-born British actor who speaks German as a first language. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: At the beginning of "Why We Fight", the date states April 10, 1945 Thalheim, Germany and the scene is with Capt. Nixon addressing a couple of the men on a balcony watching musicians play a Beethoven piece. Then it flashbacks to a month earlier. At the end, it flashes forward to the original scene and Capt. Nixon states Hitler shot himself. Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945. more

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