TV series

The Allegation

2021 · 1 season

A sober, gripping courtroom drama that weighs collective rage against individual lives, leaving a lingering unease.

Overview: 25 defendants, 300 trial days and a legal scandal that has gone down in the history of jurisprudence: In this thrilling legal drama, bestselling author Ferdinand von Schirach transports the so-called "Worms Trials", a German legal scandal from the nineties into the present. The result is a gripping, current legal drama about hysteria in social media, collective anger and how the hunger for revenge can overlook the victims.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and cynical. Measured and demanding.
About: Justice, media, morality, guilt
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
media
morality
guilt
deception
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild