TV series

Die Bertinis

1988 · 1 season

A slow, heavy chronicle of a family enduring poverty and persecution, demanding patience but rewarding with quiet emotional force.

Overview: The story of the life and survival of a half-Jewish family in Germany from 1882 to 1945. The focus is on the family of the failed pianist and conductor Alf Bertini and his Jewish wife Lea Lehmberg. They live in poor conditions in Hamburg and fight to give their children a better life until Hitler seizes power.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Survival, family, isolation, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
isolation
identity
war
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, war & politics
Created by: Egon Monk
Written by: Egon Monk
Starring: Hannelore Hoger, Peter Fitz, Florian Fitz, Gisela Trowe, Elfriede Kuzmany, Daniel Hajdu, Gerda Gmelin, Gert Haucke
Music: Alexander Goehr
Cinematography: Franz Rath
Length: 1 seasons, 5 episodes, 90 min each
Network: ZDF
Country: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France
Languages: German