Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie

Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie (English title: Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy) is a 1986 German-language television miniseries directed by Bernhard Sinkel and starring Burt Lancaster, Julie Christie.

Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie
Written byBernhard Sinkel
Directed byBernhard Sinkel
StarringBurt Lancaster
Julie Christie
Bruno Ganz
Tina Engel
Country of originItaly
Germany
Original language(s)German
Production
Running time480 minutes
Release
Original networkRadiotelevisione Italiana
Original releaseNovember 12, 1986 (1986-11-12)

Plot

Two German industrial dynasties, one of Jewish bankers and a founder of a chemical empire. For three generations, their plots and plans, loves and betrayals help the rise of Germany and then to total destruction. The Deutz end up in the dock, on trial for war crimes at Nuremberg, while his trusted friends, the Bemheim, with one exception, have been killed.

Cast

ActorRole
Burt LancasterGeheimrat Carl Julius Deutz
Julie ChristieCharlotte Deutz
Bruno GanzHeinrich Beck
Laura MoranteJudith Bernheim
Tina EngelLuise Deutz
Dieter LaserFriedrich Deutz
Martin BenrathBankier Bernheim
Hannes JaenickeMax Bernheim
Herbert GrönemeyerGeorg Deutz
Rüdiger VoglerUlrich Deutz
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References

  • Film-Dienst, Vol 58,Number 8-13, by Katholisches Institut für Medieninformation (Germany), Katholische Filmkommission für Deutschland


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