47 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestSummer 1944. Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train is blown up by partisans. Together with a scattered bunch of German soldiers, cut off from the front, he awaits certain death while the commands of his superior Willi Stehauf are becoming more and more senseless and inhuman.
Acting
Niewöhner's silent breakdowns say everything words can't
Direction
Gallenberger turns forests and ruins into psychological pressure cookers
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a fever dream you can't wake from
Creator
Florian Gallenberger
Jannis Niewöhner
Walter Proska
Małgorzata Mikołajczak
Wanda Zielinski
Leonie Benesch
Hildegard Roth
Rainer Bock
Willi Stehauf
Katharina Schüttler
Maria Rogalski
Bjarne Mädel
Ferdinand 'Baffi' Ellerbrok
Sebastian Urzendowsky
Wolfgang Kürschner
Florian Lukas
Paul Zacharias
Alexander Beyer
Martin Kunkel
Jochen Nickel
Bauer
Ulrich Tukur
Ernst Menzel
Shenja Lacher
Kurt Rogalski
Mathias Herrmann
Helmut Poppek
Adam Venhaus
Zwiczosbirski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Siegfried Lenz's 2016 novel, his final major work published at age 90 — he survived WWII as a naval deserter himself.
The series deliberately mirrors Germany's ongoing Vergangenheitsbewältigung struggle: East Germans prosecuting Nazi crimes while building their own repressive state.
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