The German Lesson
January 24, 1971 – January 28, 1971
(began 55 years ago)
Ended
1 Season
2 Episodes
Siggi Jepsen, an inmate at the juvenile detention center, is assigned to write an essay in the 1950s. Topic: the joys of duty. He immediately thinks of his own father. As a police sergeant, his father took his official duties more than seriously during the Nazi regime. Siggi becomes increasingly pensive. He writes about his father, who even sacrifices his friendship with an old friend for the sake of his sense of duty. Siggi had protected this friend as a child, and now has to serve time for it…
Cast (20)
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Original Name
Deutschstunde
Original Language
de
Spoken Languages
German
Production Countries
DE
Production Companies
Sender Freies Berlin