Tod eines Schülers (1981)

Directed by

Claus Peter Witt

Genre

drama

Country

Germany

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A six-part series where each episode starts with a student killing himself by jumping in front of a train. It then looks at the event from a different person's perspective, like his parents, teachers, or classmates.

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What happens

Tod eines Schülers (A student's death) is a German television series directed by Claus Peter Witt, based on a script by Robert Stromberger. The premiere took place in 1981 on the ZDF television channel. The series is about the fictional suicide by train of student Claus Wagner. Each episode begins with Wagner's death, looking into the subject from different points of view. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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