TV series

Dirty Hands

1978 · 1 season

A slow, talky chamber piece that tightens like a wire, all ideology and dread in a single house.

Overview: The story is set in Illyria, fictional central European country, towards the end of World War II. A young man infiltrates into the house of a left-wing politician as his secretary. By order of the Communist party, the young man has to kill the politician, who is suspected of a strategy of compromise with other parties.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Politics, betrayal, loyalty, morality
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
betrayal
loyalty
morality
war
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild