TV series

Macklean

1993 · 1 season

A stately, talky costume drama of courtly manners and quiet reformist conviction, more cerebral than sensual.

Overview: Sweden in the 1780s. At the court the nobility lords and ladies dance, love, intrigue and compete for the King's favor. To this Stockholm arrives Rutger Macklean, nobleman and an officer. With a notion of an extensive re-organisation of the agricultural lands and the farm properties.
How it feels: Earnest, satirical, melancholic and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Class, power, ambition, politics
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
power
ambition
politics
work
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild