TV series

Lebenslinien

1983–1988 · 2 seasons

A patient, intimate chronicle that drifts across decades of women's lives, asking quiet attention as it lingers on the personal and the political.

Overview: Stories about four generations of women – their life at home and at work, their private and political relationships with the years.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, warm and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Family, gender, identity, work
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 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: family
gender
identity
work
politics
Places: home
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild