Season 1 • Episode 3
LatestGottschalk and Wenstrup are two German veterinarians who have settled in German Southwest Africa to tend to the needs of cattle ranchers. When a rebellion by a local dissident named Morenga is brutally crushed by the Germans, the two vets get involved, at great risk to themselves, and offer help to the native revolutionaries.
Direction
Günther's restrained hand lets horror breathe.
Cinematography
Namibian landscapes as silent witness to atrocity.
Acting
Ken Gampu's Morenga—dignity that haunts.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Uwe Timm's novel, itself drawn from real 1904-1908 Namaqua/Herero genocide—Germany's first 20th-century atrocity, only officially recognized as genocide in 2021.
Shot on location in Namibia when it was still South African-occupied; cast included local non-professionals whose families had survived the actual events depicted.
