i be not at all happy with the replacement of ali mcgraw with jane seymour while jan michael vincent with hart bochner and some of the other change . thank god they leave robert mitchum alone despite his age . i really miss john houseman in his role a aaron jastrow and while i consider the late sir john gielgud to have be a superb actor and i keep look for houseman . unfortunately his health prevent his reprisal of that role . i have nothing personal against ms. seymour but i much prefer ms. mcgraw in the role of natalie . i also prefer mr. vincent over mr. bochner a i believe he portray byron much more convincingly . i give war and remembrance a seven ( 7 ) rating a oppose to the ten ( 10 ) for wind of war . why . precisely because of the change in actor . while i could understand the change from houseman to geilgud and i think there be too many change . i be thankful they leave jeremy kemp in the role of gen. von roon however i be more impressed with gunter meisner portrayal of adolf hitler in wind of war over steven berkoff portrayal in war and remembrance . ralph bellamy do a masterful job a fdr . a to the critic of historical accuracy and the author be not present his work a a non fiction textbook while but rather a novel set against the background of event lead up to and include world war ii . and yes and there be some change from the novel to the screen and but again and this be a great work of fiction that remarkably include real life event .