While the Men Are Away (2023)

Name: While the Men Are Away
Genre: Drama
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Michela De Rossi, Phoebe Grainer, Max McKenna, Jana Zvedeniuk, Matt Testro

Drama

While the men are away fighting in WWII, two Women’s Land Army recruits join an Italian immigrant, her Indigenous domestic, and their draft-dodging farmhand to run the family farm – but can the improbable freedom and kinship they find survive beyond the war?

IMDb rating: 6.2 (232 votes)
Episode average: 8.1 +1.9 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2023)

8.09 avg 8 episodes 7.3 → 8.5 27 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Get Behind the Girl He Left Behind!	7.3	16
2	Furrowing the Führer's Brow	8.0	11
3	God Speed the Plough and the Woman Who Drives It!	8.5	10
4	She Talked! This Happened!	8.5	10
5	Come And Join The Victory Harvest!	7.8	11
6	Catch Him With His Panzers Down!	8.1	11
7	We've Always Despised Them, Now We Must Smash Them!	8.0	10
8	We Took the Hill, Come and Help Us Keep It!	8.5	12