Line of Separation

Season 2

TV-14

A little German town located on the Bavarian and Thuringian border gets caught in the current of world history at the end of the Second World War. Family, friends and lovers are separated from each other, first by a wooden fence, later by a border with shoot-to-kill order. "Tannbach" is a German-German story under the burning glass, exemplified by the fate of a small village community.

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3 Episodes

Schatten des Krieges
E1
Schatten des KriegesTannbach, 1960. The Cold War claims its victims. In the west a child dies in a grenade incident, the east enforces collectivization by all means. Unrest is growing in the village.
Frieden aus Stein
E2
Frieden aus SteinSummer 1961. In the divided village of Tannbach, no one suspects that it is the last days before the wall is built and Germany will be divided into East and West for the next few decades.
Traum von Frühling
E3
Traum von Frühling1968. The Prague Spring brings hope for a world without walls. But fear grows in the divided village of Tannbach. Those who believe in a new beginning will be bitterly disappointed.