Movie
Der Nachlass
1978 · 65 min
A quiet, talky East German chamber drama that ponders science and self-improvement with earnest seriousness and little visual flourish.
- Directed by
- Peter Deutsch
- Genres
- Tv movie
- Overview
- Physicist Karjoli’s death leads his pupils, Harry and Friedbert, to discover a process for transferring life experiences. They test it on a fisherman, Borkentin, hoping he’ll learn to swim. The drama reveals that true progress requires personal learning.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Science, identity, ambition, morality
- 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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- Directed by
- Peter Deutsch
- Genres
- Tv movie




