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Generation War - Season 1

Series: Generation War

4.7

(101)

Episodes

Rating

TVMA

Year

2014

About

Valor, courage, and betrayal come to the fore in this remarkable epic that shows the everyday realities of wartime life from a deeply personal perspective. Billed as a German Band of Brothers, Generation War vividly depicts the lives of five young German friends forced to navigate the unconscionable moral compromises of life under Hitler.

Related Subjects

Drama

Episodes

1. A Different Time

1h 30m

On the eve of the Russian invasion in 1941, five German friends gather in Berlin before going separate ways: army lieutenant Wilhelm, his intellectual brother Friedhelm, nurse Charlotte, Jewish tailor Viktor, and his singer girlfriend Greta.

2. A Different War

1h 28m

As the war progresses, the soldiers realize they are not fighting the war that they expected. Charlotte and Greta must live with the consequences of their choices, and Viktor and Wilhelm find themselves on the run.

3. A Different Country

1h 44m

The German army begins to retreat from the Eastern Front, and all five friends must decide who to side with in order to survive and fulfill their pledge to reunite in Berlin.

Reviews

"A remarkable success! Generation War has galvanized a new discussion about Germany's War Guilt."

"Absorbing, exciting...Battles are staged with SAVING PRIVATE RYAN-like intensity and precision...has a sweep and vigor that recall GONE WITH THE WIND."

"A German Band of Brothers!"