Creators:
Annette HessDirected by:
Sven BohseScreenplay:
Annette HessCinematography:
Michael SchreitelCast:
Claudia Michelsen, Sonja Gerhardt, Maria Ehrich, Emilia Schüle, Trystan Pütter, Sabin Tambrea, August Wittgenstein, Laura de Boer, Andreas Pietschmann (more)Episodes(3)
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Nicki und Freddy machen Musik (E01)
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Der Skandal (E02)
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Im Urwald (E03)
Plots(1)
The often employed concept of a retro TV show in which family melodrama provides an opportunity to revisit the Cold War period, receives a new treatment in this hit German TV series thanks to the fact that the focus is not on nostalgia induced by faithfully reproduced props, but rather on women’s stories. Seen from the perspective of three sisters and their domineering mother living in the divided Berlin in late 1950’s and set during the heyday of rock’n’roll, the series shows the different careers, positions and fates available to women in the society at the time. The first miniseries, called Ku'damm 56, received wide international recognition, including an Emmy nomination for one of the lead actresses. In the new instalment, writer Annette Hess focuses even more on the subject of the different social ranks and opportunities of men and women that still resonates in today’s society. (Serial Killer)
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Much changes in the second series of this window into the hypocrisy of the 1950s. The duo from Nicki und Freddy machen Musik just had a successful tour, are making a movie, and are fighting the demons of the past. Reality is intertwined with fiction, and it's truly successful at times to see what the film industry of the late 1950s looks like, with an old director capable of groping both mother and daughter, and of course memories of the conscious films of the Third Reich. Other demons are memories of concentration camps, homosexuality, denunciations between the West and the East... and single motherhood and marriage. There is much to explain, and much to experience. Nowadays, such a family would no longer hold together under any circumstances. But if we keep our fingers crossed, we'll find out how the Schöllack family steps into the 1960s in Ku'damm 63.
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