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The Way Out

1983 · 1 season

A slow, psychologically precise chamber drama of Vienna's late imperial bourgeoisie, heavy with unspoken emotion and moral compromise.

Created by
Karin Brandauer
Genres
Drama
Starring
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Clarin, Heinz Ehrenfreund
Overview
Such a soul torments young composer Georg von Wergenthin, around whom the author creates a precise picture of the fin de siècle, its neuroses and its politics. Georg starts a relationship with a young singer, but does not confess to her in front of his friends, even when she becomes pregnant by him.

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Created by
Karin Brandauer
Genres
Drama
Starring
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Clarin, Heinz Ehrenfreund
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • love
  • betrayal
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Karin Brandauer
Written by
Heide Kouba, Karin Brandauer
Starring
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Clarin, Heinz Ehrenfreund, Brigitte Karner, Mijou Kovacs, Ursula Lingen, Krista Posch
Music
Hans Kann
Cinematography
Christian Berger, Patrick Vogel
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes
Network
BR Fernsehen
Country
Austria, Germany
Languages
German

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