TV series

Ein Kapitel für sich

1979–1980 · 1 season

A patient, sombre postwar family chronicle that asks you to sit with loss and stubborn rebuilding.

Overview: Rostock at the turn of 1945/46. Following the death of shipowner Karl Kempowski, the next generation must step up, supported by grandfather de Bonsac and Eduard Corneli, an old friend of the family. Robert Kempowski has returned from captivity as a prisoner of war and is attempting to rebuild the family's shipbrokerage business. This requires considerable perseverance.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, survival, work
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: family
grief
survival
work
betrayal
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild