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Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria

1987 · 1 season

A stately, talky costume drama of courtly manners, slow intrigue and lavish period detail.

Created by
Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Genres
Drama
Starring
Volkmar Kleinert, Jitka Molavcová, Marga Legal
Overview
Love, intrigue, favouritism and corruption at the Dresdner Hof.

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Created by
Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Genres
Drama
Starring
Volkmar Kleinert, Jitka Molavcová, Marga Legal
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • class
  • betrayal
  • love
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Starring
Volkmar Kleinert, Jitka Molavcová, Marga Legal, Ezard Haußmann, Monika Woytowicz, Leon Niemczyk, Irma Münch, Eberhard Esche
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 90 min each
Network
DFF 1
Country
East Germany
Languages
German

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