Director: Erica Lipez
Four siblings scattered across a continent try to find their way back to each other in We Were the Lucky Ones, a 2024 drama built from one family's real wartime survival.
What is We Were the Lucky Ones about?
The Kurc family is living an ordinary life in Poland when the outbreak of World War II tears them apart, scattering siblings and parents across different countries and continents, each unsure whether the others are even still alive. Told across multiple timelines and locations, the series follows each family member's separate fight to survive, hold onto identity, and eventually try to reunite once the war ends. Joey King and Logan Lerman lead an ensemble that includes Lior Ashkenazi, Amit Rahav, and Hadas Yaron, each carrying a different thread of the family's story forward. The show draws on a real family's documented history, turning years of displacement into a season-length account of endurance.
Cast & crew
Joey King and Logan Lerman anchor two of the family's separate storylines with performances that carry real emotional weight without leaning on melodrama. Lior Ashkenazi, Amit Rahav, Eva Feiler, and Hadas Yaron fill out the rest of the Kurc family across its various locations, giving each sibling's ordeal its own distinct texture.
Context & significance
Created by Erica Lipez and released in 2024, the series is based on a real family's history during World War II, adapted from Georgia Hunter's novel of the same name, which itself drew on years of research into Hunter's own family. Episodes run roughly 50 minutes and move between countries and years to track how a single family fractured and slowly found its way back together.
Where & how to watch
We Were the Lucky Ones streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available for viewers who prefer either option. A free K-Time account login is all that's needed to watch, and the platform's Farsi interface is built with Persian-speaking audiences in mind from browsing through playback, making it simple to pick up the family's story from wherever a viewer left off.