‘A World Divided’ Director Olga Chajdas Shares Trailer, Discusses Show’s Characters Nikita Khrushchev, Joan Hinton and Golda Meir: ‘We Don’t Judge These People’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarta Balaga Polish director Olga Chajdas continues chasing different projects as she follows Netflix’s “1983,” HBO’s “The Border” and award-winning features “Nina” and “Imago” with the new six-episode historical drama “A World Divided.” “A long time ago, I promised myself I wouldn’t repeat myself, ever,” she explained to Variety. “I lean towards fiction, so it seemed intriguing, but I wasn’t interested in making another documentary about World War II.
We focus on real-life characters. Some are more famous than others, but we keep things subjective, trying to reflect what they were experiencing at that very time.” She co-directed the show with Frank Devos. “We decided to ‘split’ the characters.
I ended up focusing on women, Frank focused on men, but only because these were our favorites. It was an interesting process because we work very differently.
He’s read all the books and was concentrating on the factual layer. I rely on emotions and intuition.” In “A World Divided,” decades-long narratives are split between Germany, Israel, France, the U.S., and the USSR.
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