The German Lesson

A quiet, heavy chamber piece that unfolds through memory, asking you to sit with moral compromise and its slow cost.

Created by

Peter Beauvais

Starring

Wolfgang Büttner, Arno Assmann, Andreas Poliza

Overview

Siggi Jepsen, an inmate at the juvenile detention center, is assigned to write an essay in the 1950s. Topic: the joys of duty. He immediately thinks of his own father. As a police sergeant, his father took his official duties more than seriously during the Nazi regime. Siggi becomes increasingly pensive. He writes about his father, who even sacrifices his friendship with an old friend for the sake of his sense of duty. Siggi had protected this friend as a child, and now has to serve time for it…

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Guilt, loyalty, family, power

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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