TV series

Der Ochsenkrieg

1987 · 1 season

A slow, stately historical drama of peasant grievance and feudal arrogance, played with earnest gravity and a brooding sense of injustice.

Overview: Miniseries based on a 1914 historical novel by the German writer Ludwig Ganghofer - The War of the Oxen - set against the backdrop of the War of the Oxen in the 1420s.
How it feels: Earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Class, power, justice, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: class
power
justice
betrayal
war
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild