Generation War

2013 NR

GENERATION WAR vividly depicts the lives of five young German friends forced to navigate the unconscionable moral compromises of life under Hitler.

Directed by: Philipp Kadelbach
Cast: Tom Schilling · Katharina Schüttler · Volker Bruch
Genre: Drama Series

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3 Episodes

1 - Generation War Part 1 1 h 35 min

On the eve of the Russian invasion in 1941, five German friends gather in Berlin before going separate ways: army lieutenant Wilhelm, his intellectual brother Friedhelm, nurse Charlotte, Jewish tailor Viktor, and his singer girlfriend Greta.

2 - Generation War Part 2 1 h 33 min

As the war progresses, the soldiers realize they are not fighting the war that they expected. Charlotte and Greta must live with the consequences of their choices, and Viktor and Wilhelm find themselves on the run.

3 - Generation War Part 3 1 h 39 min

The German army begins to retreat from the Eastern Front, and all five friends must decide who to side with in order to survive and fulfill their pledge to reunite in Berlin.

In Berlin in 1941, on the eve of Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union, level-headed officer Wilhelm is full of patriotic fervor as he heads for the eastern front with his sensitive younger brother Friedhelm. Charlotte is a young nurse in love with Wilhelm who is serving in the Red Cross. Greta is an ambitious singer who longs to become another Marlene Dietrich, while her boyfriend Viktor faces a daily struggle for survival as a Jew in an increasingly oppressive regime.

Directed by: Philipp Kadelbach
Cast: Tom Schilling · Katharina Schüttler · Volker Bruch
Genre: Drama Series
Original title: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter
Languages: German
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