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Amerika

TV·1987–1987·1 season, 7 episodes·ABC·Drama·1h 19m

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Amerika is a miniseries about life in the United States, ten years after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union.

Castfull cast & details

Lara Flynn BoyleLara Flynn BoyleJacqueline 'Jessie' BradfordKris KristoffersonKris KristoffersonDevin MilfordRobert UrichRobert UrichPeter BradfordSam NeillSam NeillColonel Andrei DenisovWendy HughesWendy HughesMarion AndrewsCindy PickettCindy PickettAmanda BradfordArmin Mueller-StahlArmin Mueller-StahlGeneral Petya SamanovRichard BradfordRichard BradfordWard Milford

Episodes by season

Season017Episodes1987Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Part IFebruary 15, 1987—KGB colonel Andrei Denisov plans to use patriotic pragmatist Peter Bradford to further America's pacification.
  2. S01E02Part IIFebruary 16, 1987—Family bitterness at his homecoming drives Devin Milford to live among the "exiles"; the Milford Day parade provides a surprise emotional re
  3. S01E03Part IIIFebruary 17, 1987—Bradford readies for higher office; Milford risks arrest to search for his children; UNSS forces attack the exile camp in Milford.
  4. S01E04Part IVFebruary 18, 1987—Milford rides an underground railroad to Chicago, where he links up with a resistance movement that also attracts Kimberly, whose anti-Sovie
  5. S01E05Part VFebruary 19, 1987—Caught up in a power play between Denisov and Marion, Milford is forced to stand trial and make a pro-Soviet public appearance---that's tran
  6. S01E06Part VIFebruary 20, 1987—Bradford pursues a policy of appeasement, the UNSS reasserts its control in Milford, and the USSR unleashes a brutal show of force in Washin
  7. S01E07Part VIIFebruary 21, 1987—In the wake of rescue missions and reprisals, a revolution springs up in Milford.

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