TV series
Zeit zum Aufstehen
1978 · 1 season
A slow, earnest historical portrait of a working man finding his political voice amid the hardships of nineteenth-century Germany.
- Created by
- Ludwig Cremer
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Franz Xaver Kroetz, Lisa Fitz, Kathi Leitner
- Overview
- August Kühn, born in 1849 as the illegitimate child of Yette Kühn and the timber merchant Lois Heß, became a worker on the construction of the new Treuchtlingen–Nuremberg railway line after finishing school. He was drafted into military service during the wars of 1866 and 1870/71. After the war, he was employed by the Royal Bavarian State Railway, where he came into contact with class-conscious workers. After some bad experiences, he joined the Social Democratic Party.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Class, work, identity, politics
- 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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- Created by
- Ludwig Cremer
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Franz Xaver Kroetz, Lisa Fitz, Kathi Leitner








