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Bella Germania (2018)

Bella Germania poster
Directed by
Gregor Schnitzler
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
6
Rating
3.6 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The story follows three generations of a German-Italian family from 1954 to 2019. It shows how their lives and relationships are shaped by migration, cultural ties, and personal dreams.

emotionalgenerationalbittersweetnostalgicslow-burnfamily-centeredromanticmelancholic

What happens

Bella Germania ("Beautiful Germany" in Italian) is a 2019 German 3-part miniseries directed by Gregor Schnitzler, based on Daniel Speck's 2016 book of the same name. The series, consisting of three 90-minute episodes, narrates a German-Italian family story through three generations over 65 years (1954-2019). The series premiered in Germany on ZDF in March 2019, with the episodes shown on 10, 11 and 13 March. In Italy, the series was first shown on Rai 1 on 3–4 June 2019, edited into two 135-minute episodes, under the name "Volevamo andare lontano - Bella Germania" (loosely translated as "We wanted to get far away"), which was the original Italian title for the Daniel Speck's book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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