Summaries

Unterleuten - A village in the Brandenburg province 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. An investor plans to build a wind farm. This leads to conflicts between the villagers and the landowners.

Adapted from the hugely popular German eponymous novel by Julia Zeh and from the successful writer/director duo Magnus Vattrodt and Matti Geschonneck (Südstadt, Das Zeugenhaus), Unterleuten is set in a small town near Berlin in the former DDR and is a story about happiness and what keeps us together. Unterleuten is a village set in the deepest province not far from Berlin in a state once part of the former GDR. 30 years after Germany's reunification, the village is an uneasy mix of those who profited from the fall of the Wall and those who lost out, all living side-by-side as friends, enemies and neighbors. Then there are the newbies from the West, whose dream to breed horses together with their fear of pollution and the sighting of rare birds lead them to abandon Berlin and head to this idyllic hamlet in the sticks. Chaos ensues when the mayor announces surprise plans for a wind farm and introduces the Bavarian consultant and the engineering firm who plan to confiscate private property for the second time in the town's history. As secrets are unveiled, the whole town begins to turn on itself and the outsiders. But who will win?

Details

Keywords
  • tv mini series
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Mar 1, 2020
Countries of origin Germany
Language German
Filming locations Brandenburg, Germany
Production companies Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Network Movie Film-und Fernsehproduktion

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Tech specs

Runtime 4h 30m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 16:9 HD

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