MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

TV series
Poster for Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!

Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!

2006 · 1 season

A sober, quietly harrowing childhood memoir that shows everyday racism and survival under a regime through a boy's eyes.

Created by
Jörg Grünler
Genres
Drama
Overview
This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at the age of nine, he lives with his German mother in a small flat in Hamburg's working class district Barmbek, while his father and grandfather had left the country. Although the boy is not persecuted by the Nazis and dreams of joining the Hitler Youth, his skin color makes him a target for racist abuse...

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: Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!

You have no lists yet. Name one, and this title goes into it.

All your lists

In the USNot loaded yet.
Created by
Jörg Grünler
Genres
Drama
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • school
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

More like this

Titles like Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!

TV series

Ein Stück Himmel

1982

A sober, quietly harrowing coming-of-age memoir of wartime childhood, watched with steady attention and a heavy heart.

Melancholic, earnest · about identity and coming-of-age · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Seasons
1
Details
Ein Stück HimmelHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Armageddon Time

2022

A quiet, bittersweet memory piece that lingers on small betrayals and the weight of growing up aware of injustice.

Melancholic, earnest · about race and coming-of-age · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • race
  • coming-of-age
  • true story
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
114 min
Details
Armageddon TimeHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Sam: A Saxon

2023

A heavy, restless plunge through a man's search for belonging, carrying the weight of history and the sting of being an outsider everywhere.

Melancholic, tense · about race and identity · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • race
  • identity
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Seasons
1
Details
Sam: A SaxonHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Pachinko

2022–2024

A sweeping, emotionally rich saga that immerses you in a family's struggles across generations, leaving a lingering melancholy.

Melancholic, earnest · about race and identity

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • race
  • identity
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Seasons
2
Details
PachinkoHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland

1999

A sober, diary-like chronicle that asks patience, rewarding it with quiet emotional force and a growing sense of dread.

Melancholic, earnest · about identity and survival · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • identity
  • survival
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Seasons
1
Details
Klemperer – Ein Leben in DeutschlandHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Not All Were Murderers

2006

A quiet, suffocating watch that keeps dread close while small acts of kindness flicker through a child's fragile world.

Melancholic, tense · about identity and survival · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • identity
  • survival
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
95 min
Details
Not All Were MurderersHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Colin in Black and White

2021

A thoughtful, intimate coming-of-age portrait that mixes sports drama with sharp social commentary, asking you to reflect on identity and belonging.

Melancholic, earnest · about race and identity · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • race
  • identity
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Seasons
1
Details
Colin in Black and WhiteHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

Call Me Bruna

2016–2020

A gritty, intimate plunge into a young woman's rebellion, mixing raw sexuality with a lingering sense of loss and self-invention.

Melancholic, tense · about identity and coming-of-age · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Seasons
4
Details
Call Me BrunaHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

King of the Hill

1993

A tender, bittersweet coming-of-age story that balances hardship with resilience, told through a child's eyes with warmth and honesty.

Melancholic, earnest · about coming-of-age and survival · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • earnest
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
103 min
Details
King of the HillHidden from your suggestions.
TV series

All the Light We Cannot See

2023

A somber, slow-burning wartime drama that intertwines two young lives with quiet tension and emotional weight.

Melancholic, tense · about coming-of-age and survival

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Seasons
1
Details
All the Light We Cannot SeeHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Pianist

2002

A harrowing, quietly devastating descent through ruins and hunger, sustained by fragile moments of beauty and one man's stubborn will to endure.

Melancholic, tense · about survival · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • survival
  • true story
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
150 min
Details
The PianistHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Skin

2009

A quiet, wrenching true-life drama that makes you feel the slow grind of injustice and a family torn apart by law and pride.

Melancholic, tense · about race and identity · true story

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • race
  • identity
  • true story
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
107 min
Details
SkinHidden from your suggestions.

Cast

Where to watch in the US

Change country

We have not loaded where to watch in the US for this title yet. Check again in a day or two.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Jörg Grünler
Written by
Beate Langmaack, Hans Jürgen Massaquoi
Starring
Veronica Ferres, Thando Walbaum, Petra Kelling, Götz Schubert, Charly Hübner, Adrian Topol, Tim Wilde, Frederick Lau
Cinematography
Hans Grimmelmann
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes
Network
ZDF
Country
Germany
Languages
German

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.