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Die Fussbroichs (1990)

Die Fussbroichs poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Length
1 season, 100 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series follows a working class family from Cologne over many years. It shows their daily life, routines, and changes without any dramatic scripting.

observationalintimateeverydayunhurriedgroundedearthywarmhonest

What happens

Die Fussbroichs (German pronunciation: [ˈdiː ˈfuːsbʁɔʏçs]) is a German television series by WDR Fernsehen. It was the offspring of a German documentary Die Fussbroichs - Ein Kinderzimmer 1979 by Westdeutsches Fernsehen, former name of WDR Fernsehen, shown on 19 August 1979. The pilot Die Fussbroichs — Eine Kölner Arbeiterfamilie - a documentary of 85 minutes — was shown on 13 February 1990. The television series launched in 1991, the first episode was shown on 22 December 1991, and ended in 2002. The 100th and last — former unbroadcast - episode Check-up was shown on 26 December 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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