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Daniel Druskat

1976 · 1 season

A slow, serious rural drama about friendship souring into rivalry, carried by weighty performances and a sober look at power.

Created by
Helmut Sakowski
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hilmar Thate, Manfred Krug, Ursula Karusseit
Overview
Large-scale, five-part film about the relationship between two men caught between friendship, rivalry and hatred during the first decades of GDR in the countryside.

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Created by
Helmut Sakowski
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hilmar Thate, Manfred Krug, Ursula Karusseit
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • betrayal
    • class
    • power
    • ambition
    Places
    • countryside
    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
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Helmut Sakowski
    Written by
    Lothar Bellag
    Starring
    Hilmar Thate, Manfred Krug, Ursula Karusseit, Sabine Elsholz, Johannes Wieke, Hans Knötzsch, Ralf Schlösser, Erika Pelikowsky
    Length
    1 seasons, 5 episodes
    Network
    DFF 1
    Country
    East Germany
    Languages
    German

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