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Zarah: Wild Years

2017 · 1 season

A thoughtful, slow-burning period drama that immerses you in 1970s newsroom politics and the personal cost of idealism.

Created by
Jan Kromschröder
Genres
Drama
Starring
Claudia Eisinger, Torben Liebrecht, Svenja Jung
Overview
Hamburg 1973. When the well-known women's rights activist Zarah Wolf receives the offer to become Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the high-circulation magazine "Relevant", the dedicated journalist sees the opportunity to push forward the issue of emancipation.

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Created by
Jan Kromschröder
Genres
Drama
Starring
Claudia Eisinger, Torben Liebrecht, Svenja Jung
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • power
  • work
  • identity
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
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
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Jan Kromschröder
Starring
Claudia Eisinger, Torben Liebrecht, Svenja Jung, Uwe Preuss, Ole Puppe, Jörn Hentschel, Milena Dreißig, Theresa Underberg
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 45 min each
Network
ZDF
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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