''Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie'' (English title: ''Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy'') is a 1986 German-language television

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directed by

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and starring

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Plot

The series explores the lives of two German industrial dynasties, one of Jewish bankers and the other the founders 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

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, while his trusted friends, the Bemheim, with one exception, have been killed.

Cast

References

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

External links

* 1986 films 1986 television films 1986 drama films 1980s business films Das Erste original programming Films about families Films about Nazi Germany Films directed by Bernhard Sinkel Films set in the 1910s Films set in the 1920s Films set in the 1930s Films set in the 1940s French drama films 1980s French television miniseries German drama films German-language television shows 1980s German television miniseries Italian drama films Italian television miniseries West German films 1980s Italian films 1980s French films 1980s German films {{tv-drama-film-stub