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Herrhausen: The Banker and the Bomb

2024 · 1 season

A sober, slow-building political thriller that hums with quiet menace as high-stakes finance meets looming violence.

Created by
Pia Strietmann
Genres
Drama
Overview
Alfred Herrhausen, CEO of Deutsche Bank, has a vision to provide debt relief to the world's poorest countries, including making a deal with the nearly bankrupt Soviet Union, but his vision quickly attracts attention from all sides.

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Created by
Pia Strietmann
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • politics
  • ambition
  • conspiracy
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Created by
Pia Strietmann
Written by
Thomas Wendrich
Starring
Oliver Masucci, Julia Koschitz, Sascha Nathan, David Schütter, Ursula Strauss, August Zirner, Franz Hartwig, Tom Keune
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes
Network
Das Erste
Country
Germany
Languages
German, Arabic, English, Russian

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