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Two Sides of the Abyss

2023 · 1 season

A slow, suffocating plunge into a mother's unraveling, where guilt and vengeance blur until you can't tell who is the victim.

Created by
Kristin Derfler
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Anne Ratte-Polle, Anton Dreger, Lea van Acken
Overview
Police officer Luise Berg heads for an inevitable catastrophe after her daughter’s murderer is released early from prison. A psychologically complex game of confusion begins in which the boundaries of guilt and innocence, perpetrators and victims, law and justice are constantly blurred.

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Created by
Kristin Derfler
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Anne Ratte-Polle, Anton Dreger, Lea van Acken
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • revenge
  • guilt
  • justice
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Kristin Derfler
Written by
Kristin Derfler
Starring
Anne Ratte-Polle, Anton Dreger, Lea van Acken, Senita Huskić, Dirk Martens, Renato Schuch, Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Claudia Eisinger
Music
Annette Focks
Cinematography
Martin L. Ludwig
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 45 min each
Network
RTL+
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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