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Career-soldier Wilhelm, his pacifist younger brother Friedhelm, and their friends Charlotte, Viktor and Greta say farewell in the summer of 1941 in Berlin, with the promise to meet again after the war.
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- E1 A Different TimeNext upMar 17, 2013 · 94 min · ★ 6.4
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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.
Guest stars: Christiane Paul (Lilja), Maxim Mehmet (Hauptmann Feigl), Johanna Gastdorf (Mother Winter), Peter Kremer (Father Winter), Trystan Pütter (Bertok), David Zimmerschied (Schneider), Joel Basman (Bartel), Anne Diemer (Dorn's Wife)
- E2 A Different WarMar 18, 2013 · 90 min · ★ 7.7
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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.
Guest stars: Alina Levshin (Alina), Lucas Gregorowicz (Jerzy), Maxim Mehmet (Hauptmann Feigl), Adam Markiewicz (Stanislawski), Johanna Gastdorf (Mother Winter), Peter Kremer (Father Winter), Trystan Pütter (Bertok), David Zimmerschied (Schneider)
- E3 A Different CountryMar 20, 2013 · 96 min · ★ 8.1
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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.
Guest stars: Christiane Paul (Lilja), Alina Levshin (Alina), Lucas Gregorowicz (Jerzy), Inga Jarkova (Sonja), Adam Markiewicz (Stanislawski), Anne Diemer (Dorn's Wife), Karina Plachetka (Erika), Judith Engel (Frau Schulze)
Cast & crew
Created by Philipp Kadelbach
Volker Bruch
Tom Schilling
Katharina Schüttler
Ludwig Trepte
Miriam Stein
Mark Waschke
Henriette Richter-Röhl
Götz Schubert
Hildegard Schroedter
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starryjasmineJun 27, 2023
Why making historical TV series based on lies? The answer is simple: propaganda. The purpose of this short series is to make German viewers proud of their history and increase the feeling of national identity in the shade of horrible crimes committed by the whole Third Reich and create a picture of Nazi Germany as a pacifist nation. The scene of Polish partizans speaking incorrect Polish with broken accent (it seems that no Polish actor was willing to collaborate) antisemitic… Read more
statements towards Jews and locking them back in a train full off ghetto survivors is yet another attempt of transferring blame about Holocaust to Poland, a policy Germany continues since 1950 when it began with term "Polish concentration camps", which is still actively in use today in German schools. To sum up, this 3-part movie is neither entertaining, nor historical. There is no reason to watch it other than to learn German propaganda.