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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 languageEnglish
Production
Running time480 min
Original release
NetworkRadiotelevisione Italiana
ReleaseJuly 10, 1988 (1988-07-10)

Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986) is an Italy-Germany TV mini-series, starring Burt Lancaster - Julie Christie and directed by Bernhard Sinkel.

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

Actor Role
Burt Lancaster Geheimrat Carl Julius Deutz
Julie Christie Charlotte Deutz
Bruno Ganz Heinrich Beck
Laura Morante Judith Bernheim
Tina Engel Luise Deutz
Dieter Laser Friedrich Deutz
Martin Benrath Bankier Bernheim
Hannes Jaenicke Max Bernheim
Herbert Grönemeyer Georg Deutz
Rüdiger Vogler Ulrich Deutz

References

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