TV series

Dead Pool

1997 · 1 season

A sober, gripping docudrama that reconstructs a national trauma with interview testimony and tense reenactment, demanding close attention.

Overview: Docudrama in two parts, based on the abduction of the president of the employer's association of Germany, Hanns Martin Schleyer, by the Baader-Meinhof gang in the Autumn of '77.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
About: Politics, violence, crime, power
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
violence
crime
power
fate
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none