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Generation War

Generation War

This war will bring out the worst in them.

20138.01 Season3 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Five young German friends promise to meet again after WW2 ends, but soon their naive wishes of peace and happiness will become a long and tragic nightmare.

Created by Katrin Goetter
Produced by Benjamin Benedict, Nico Hofmann, Jürgen Schuster
NetworksZDF

Top Cast

Volker Bruch

Volker Bruch

Wilhelm Winter

Tom Schilling

Tom Schilling

Friedhelm Winter

Katharina Schüttler

Katharina Schüttler

Greta Müller

Ludwig Trepte

Ludwig Trepte

Viktor Goldstein

Miriam Stein

Miriam Stein

Charlotte

Mark Waschke

Mark Waschke

Dorn

Henriette Richter-Röhl

Henriette Richter-Röhl

Hildegard

Götz Schubert

Götz Schubert

Dr. Jahn

Hildegard Schroedter

Hildegard Schroedter

Brigitte

Sylvester Groth

Sylvester Groth

Hiemer

Themes & Keywords

berlin, germanyworld war iisoviet unionjew persecutionnazipartisanrussian historynazismmilitary hospital1940spolitical repression

About Generation War

Generation War is a war & politics, drama series that first aired in 2013 exploring themes of berlin, germany, world war ii, soviet union, jew persecution, nazi, partisan. Created by Katrin Goetter, it stars Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler. Five young German friends promise to meet again after WW2 ends, but soon their naive wishes of peace and happiness will become a long and tragic nightmare.

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