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The Generals

1986 · 1 season

A sober, talk-heavy archival documentary that asks patience as it pieces together careers and convictions from interviews.

Genres
Documentary
Overview
Through interviews, the film reconstructs the life stories of eight former NATO generals from the FRG, France, Greece, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal.
How it feels
Earnest, dark and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
War, politics, power, memory
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Gerhard Scheumann, Walter Heynowski
Music
Udo Zimmermann
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes, 77 min each
Country
East Germany, Greece, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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