Volker BruchWilhelm Winter
Tom SchillingFriedhelm Winter
Katharina SchüttlerGreta Müller
Ludwig TrepteViktor Goldstein
Miriam SteinCharlotte
Mark WaschkeDorn
Henriette Richter-RöhlHildegard
Götz SchubertDr. Jahn
Hildegard SchroedterBrigitte
Sylvester GrothHiemerWhy it may be worth watching
- Generation War combines War & Politics and Drama storytelling.
- The principal cast includes Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler.
- Viewers currently rate it 8.1/10 from 493 votes.
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Generation War
What happens when the country you love betray everything you believe?
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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Best suited to viewers looking for War & Politics, Drama, Action & Adventure. The available catalogue spans 1 season.
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berlin, germanynurseworld war iisoviet unionjew persecutionnazifriendsaspiring singer
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starryjasmineExternal review ·
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 statements towards Jews and locking them back in a train full off ghetto survi…
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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 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.
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