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Hell on wheels, Season one

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Hell on wheels, Season one
Language
eng
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Censorship classification : MA15+
Main title
Hell on wheels
Runtime
430
Summary
Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad - an engineering feat unprecedented for its time. The series documents the railroad's engineering and construction as well as institutionalised greed and corruption, the immigrant experience and the plight of newly emancipated African-Americans during Reconstruction. Hell on Wheels chronicles this potent turning point in North Americas history and how uncivilised the business of civilisation can be
Table Of Contents
Disc 1 : Pilot ; Immoral mathematics ; A new birth of freedom ; Jamais Je Ne T'oublierai -- Disc 2 : Bread and circuses ; Pride pomp and circumstance ; Revelations ; Derailed -- Disc 3 : Timshel ; God of chaos
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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