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Line of Separation

Line of Separation

TV-142015•1h 30m•7.5/10
Drama

Ratings

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7.5/10(21)

After the fall of the Third Reich, the small town of Tannbach is cruelly divided between East and West regimes and the town’s inhabitants suffer the consequences. A gripping historical drama exploring the devastating effects decades of conflict had on communities from the end of the Second War War to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Production

EuroVideo Medien GmbH

Language

DE

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 4, 2015

Last Aired

January 11, 2018

Networks

ZDF

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Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 1
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 2015-01-04
Germany, 1945. In a small provincial town on the Thuringian-Bavarian border, people are waiting for the war to end. Young aristocrat Anna must take charge of the family estate.
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2015-01-05
1946. Tannbach is chucked between the hands of the Americans and Russians, and the lives of those who live there are all thrown into doubt.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2015-01-07
1948. After the Americans advance too far, the Russians take back control and with them comes a new regime. The divided town is thrown into disarray when they begin work on the policy of dispossession - reassigning the land owned by the few to the many. Is the approach too hard-lined, or will it win over the people of Tannbach? Residents try to organize their lives under the new conditions.

Cast

Henriette Confurius

Henriette Confurius

Anna Erler

Heiner Lauterbach

Heiner Lauterbach

Georg von Striesow

Martina Gedeck

Martina Gedeck

Hilde Vöckler

Peter Schneider

Peter Schneider

Adolph Herrmann

Jonathan Berlin

Jonathan Berlin

Walter Imhoff

Alexander Held

Alexander Held

Franz Schober

Rainer Bock

Rainer Bock

Robert Leonhardt

Florian Brückner

Florian Brückner

Heinrich Schober

Mercedes Müller

Mercedes Müller

Christa Schober

Johanna Bittenbinder

Johanna Bittenbinder

Kathi Schober

Maximilian Brückner

Maximilian Brückner

Gustl Schober

Wowo Habdank

Wowo Habdank

Hubertus Prantl

Anna Loos

Anna Loos

Rosemarie Czerni

Robert Stadlober

Robert Stadlober

Horst Vöckler

Eli Wasserscheid

Eli Wasserscheid

Theresa Schober

Clemens Schick

Clemens Schick

Wolfgang Herder

Senta Auth

Inga Busch

Inga Busch

Cilly Imhof

Max Hopp

Max Hopp

Ramona Kunze-Libnow

Ramona Kunze-Libnow

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