![]() ![]() ![]() The opening credits recall the crime series 4 Blocks more than straightforward documentaries. With today's classic documentaries including elements of entertainment, the production is marketed with the sexy "true crime" moniker. It deals with the still unsolved murder of Detlev Rohwedder, then head of the Treuhand, the agency responsible for liquidating physical assets of the former Communist state and transforming them into capitalist enterprises. The four-part series Rohwedder -Einigkeit und Mord und Freiheit (Rohwedder - Unity and Murder and Freedom) is another production released on September 25 through Netflix that is set in the volatile pre-unification era in Germany. The more realistic the format, the greater care given to detail. The problem with the hybrid documentary/fiction format: Affording a seemingly behind-the-scenes view, it comingles fact and interpretation and has the potential to exaggerate for dramatic effect.Įmmy-award winning Maria Schrader (left) and Florence Kasumba starred in the international hit, "Deutschland 86" True crime? Sounds interesting ![]() Die Getriebenen ( The Driven Ones), a production of ARD (German Public Broadcasting) based on the book of the same name, and the ZDF (Second German Television) film Stunden der Entscheidung (Hours of Decision), both explore the story of Angela Merkel's decision to admit refugees into Germany in September 2015. More recent history is also the stuff of several German productions. Which could explain the explosion of period dramas in the international streaming market, including in the US where series also revisit the Cold War ( The Americans), or more recently the US war on terror ( Homeland). Series like Babylon Berlin, set against the backdrop of the collapsing Weimar Republic, and Weissensee, set in 1980s East Berlin, have been hugely successful in and outside Germany.ĭocumentary or fiction? "Die Getriebenen" (The Driven Ones) reconstructs the hours before the decision made to admit refugees into Germany History in a few secondsĪ film can immediately immerse viewers in the past in ways that books leave to the imagination and might therefore lack the same historical precision. The 89 in the title points to the fateful year that marked the fall of the East German state, indicating that this will be the final installment in Martin Rauch's adventure tale of two Germanys.Įmbedding fictional material in a historically faithful setting is an established approach that sells well if the plot can both relate actual historic events and remain entertaining. In the latest sequel, another three years have passed in which the GDR has not been able to solve its foreign exchange problems. On September 25, in time for the 30th anniversary of German reunification on October 3, the streaming platform Amazon Prime released Deutschland 89, the continuation of the breakout German series Deutschland 83 and Deutschland 86. It all started with the Deutschland 83, and now the story goes on, rushing toward its historical climax. Now involuntary secret agent Jonas Nay struggles both with the impending demise of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), and his opportunistic aunt Lenora, depicted by recent Emmy award winner Maria Schrader. ![]()
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