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Small Hands in a Big War

2014 · 1 season

A gentle but sobering history lesson, turning a distant war into a child's-eye story you can feel.

Genres
Documentary, Drama
Overview
Small Hands In A Big War is the first docudrama bringing WWI to a young audience. In each episode we visit a different child, in a different country. We experience what the war was like for him or her related with one big topic: propaganda, revolution, honour etc.
How it feels
Earnest, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About
War, family, coming-of-age, survival
Content
Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
family
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
documentary, drama
Created by
Anna van der Heide, Matthias Zirzow, Nicole van Kilsdonk
Starring
Dolores Bouckaert, Sarah Soetaert, Holger Daemgen, Hannah Ehrlichmann, Lydia Maria Makrides, Alexander Pensel, Jens Schäfer, Dolina MacLennan
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
SRF 1, ARTE, ARTE
Country
Germany, France, United Kingdom
Languages
German

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