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Kanzleramt

2005 · 1 season

A sober, talky political drama that moves between crisis meetings and a widower's home life, earnest but rarely gripping.

Created by
Jakob Schäuffelen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Klaus J. Behrendt, Robert Atzorn, Herbert Knaup
Overview
Kanzleramt is a German television series based on the template of the American tv series The West Wing. It is primarily set in the office of fictional Chancellor of Germany Andreas Weyher, telling stories about the German head of government's political career and private life as a widower and father of a teenage daughter. It was neither a critical nor ratings success, and was cancelled after twelve episodes.

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Created by
Jakob Schäuffelen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Klaus J. Behrendt, Robert Atzorn, Herbert Knaup
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • family
  • parenthood
  • work
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Created by
Jakob Schäuffelen
Starring
Klaus J. Behrendt, Robert Atzorn, Herbert Knaup, Claudia Michelsen, Rita Russek, Heikko Deutschmann, Karoline Teska, Vadim Glowna
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 45 min each
Network
ZDF
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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