TV series

Kleiner Mann – was nun?

1967 · 1 season

A quiet, earnest portrait of a marriage under economic strain, mixing gentle warmth with the slow grind of hardship.

Created by: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Arno Wyzniewski, Jutta Hoffmann, Sabine Thalbach

Overview: The love story of Emma and Johannes begins during the hard years of the Great Depression. Emma repeatedly tries to encourage her husband, who is suffering terribly from unemployment. However, the crisis continues to intensify and social disintegration affects millions.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Add to a list: Kleiner Mann – was nun?

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

Created by: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Arno Wyzniewski, Jutta Hoffmann, Sabine Thalbach

In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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: survival
love
class
isolation
family
Places: big city
home
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
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

Titles like Kleiner Mann – was nun?

TV series

Mildred Pierce

2011

A slow, luminous plunge into a mother's quiet desperation, where every gesture and glance carries the weight of class, pride, and a love that curdles.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about class and family

Via: melancholic
earnest
class
family
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: demanding
Seasons: 1

Details

Mildred PierceHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Forever

2018

A quiet, wry look at a long marriage that drifts into strange, melancholy territory, funny and sad in equal measure.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about love and isolation

Via: melancholic
earnest
love
isolation
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details

ForeverHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Scenes from a Marriage

2021

An intimate, emotionally raw portrayal of a marriage's unraveling, demanding close attention and leaving a lingering sense of melancholy.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about love and family

Via: melancholic
earnest
love
family
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: demanding
Seasons: 1

Details

Scenes from a MarriageHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

1923

2022–2025

A slow-burning, rugged saga of family survival against harsh landscapes and brutal adversaries, demanding patience but rewarding with stark emotional weight.

Earnest, slow-burn · about survival and family

Via: earnest
survival
family
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 2

Details

1923Hidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Abschied vom Frieden

1979

A slow, serious period drama of intertwined lives and political stirrings, demanding attention but rewarding with rich historical detail.

Same writer: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik · Melancholic, slow-burn · about love and class

Also: Same writer: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Via: melancholic
love
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details

Abschied vom FriedenHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Yeditepe Istanbul

2001–2002

A slow, heartfelt plunge into hardship and community, where grief and class shock give way to small acts of kindness.

Melancholic, slow-burn · about survival and class

Via: melancholic
survival
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 2

Details

Yeditepe IstanbulHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

The Innocents

2020–2022

A long, patient family drama that lingers on duty, longing and quiet resentment, asking you to sit with its sadness.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about love and isolation

Via: melancholic
earnest
love
isolation
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 2

Details

The InnocentsHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Wind at My Back

1996–2001

A gentle, heartfelt period drama that balances Depression-era hardship with warmth, family bonds, and quiet resilience.

Melancholic, earnest · about survival and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
survival
class
Pacing: measured
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 5

Details

Wind at My BackHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Golden Marriage

2007

A slow, heartfelt journey through decades of a marriage, rich with emotional ups and downs and quiet domestic moments.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about love and family

Via: melancholic
earnest
love
family
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details

Golden MarriageHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Museum of Innocence

2026

A quiet, aching plunge into longing and memory, unfolding slowly like a keepsake examined again and again.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about love and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
love
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 1

Details

Museum of InnocenceHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

La tormenta

2005

A lush, melodramatic romance where family money troubles and a love triangle play out with earnest, heightened emotion.

Melancholic, earnest · about love and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
love
class
Pacing: measured
Attention: background
Seasons: 1

Details

La tormentaHidden from your suggestions.

TV series

Dom

1980–2000

A patient, lived-in chronicle of ordinary neighbours across decades, quietly accumulating the weight of history in small domestic moments.

Melancholic, earnest, slow-burn · about survival and class

Via: melancholic
earnest
survival
class
Pacing: slow-burn
Attention: engaged
Seasons: 4

Details

DomHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres: comedy, drama
Created by: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Written by: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik, Klaus Jörn
Starring: Arno Wyzniewski, Jutta Hoffmann, Sabine Thalbach, Wolf Kaiser, Inge Keller, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Herbert Köfer, Rolf Ludwig
Cinematography: Lothar Gerber
Length: 1 seasons, 2 episodes, 110 min each
Network: DFF 1
Country: Germany, East Germany
Languages: German

TMDB IMDb Wikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

Kleiner Mann – was nun?

How it feels

More like this

Titles like Kleiner Mann – was nun?

Where to watch in the UK

Details