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Die VIVA-Story - Zu geil für diese Welt!

2023 · 1 season

A nostalgic, clear-eyed look back at a cultural moment, mixing fond memories with a sober sense of loss.

Created by
Luzia Niedermeier, Thorsten Berrar
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Nils Bokelberg, Dieter Gorny, Christoph Post
Overview
Stars, pop culture and the attitude to life between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11 are shown in this documentary on the 30th anniversary of the former music channel VIVA, which first shaped the zeitgeist - and was then overrun by it.

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Created by
Luzia Niedermeier, Thorsten Berrar
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Nils Bokelberg, Dieter Gorny, Christoph Post
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • music
  • memory
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism10
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Luzia Niedermeier, Thorsten Berrar
Written by
Thorsten Berrar, Luzia Niedermeier
Starring
Nils Bokelberg, Dieter Gorny, Christoph Post, Marcus Wolter, Mola Adebisi, Aleksandra Bechtel, Matthias Opdenhövel, Annekathrin Kohout
Cinematography
Fabian Uhlmann, Timo Semmler
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 103 min each
Network
WDR Fernsehen
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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