Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Wordiezett So much average

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

hatlad Firstly, who in the hell consulted them on US military uniforms and insignia? Whoever it was really took the producers' money. Staff Sergeant stripes AND 1st Lieutenant bars? Or even worse with Major's oak leaves? Good night! And all the homosexual love scenes was just ridiculous. Nothing more than an amateurist attempt at being so politically-correct as to attract followers just for that and not the amateuristic production.Mostly symbolism and little substance. And really amateur mistakes in wardrobe to boot.

rasavirtually Agree, this series incorporate a multitude of well-researched characters and subplots. To the credit of the creative team - the portrayal of east and west is quite balanced without dismissing the dehumanizing effects of communist dystopia. Unquestionably the portrayal is astute and brilliant of the grotesque distortion of human dignity forced by the system. In some ways this series remind me of Dante's inferno - I want to see who will have dignity in the face of adversity, how will they survive? In that respect these series are brilliant!*Spoiler alert* In contrast some other reviewers, I do not believe in being spoon fed overdigested characters. One does not have to be a genius to understand that Sabine and Lars are twins (the same picture in Gregor Weber and Dagmar Cutter apartments). I am eager to see season 2 - one should lobe eager to see whether Lars will become a double agent. How will Lars figure out that Dagmar is his mother - will he discover his picture from Dagmar's secret chest? Gregor Weber will be in precarious situation - his petty "spying" for the system is his mandatory benevolence for his wife defecting to the West. The overzealous factory worker will likely to start reporting on Lars' father - the same way this youngster started reporting on his own family members (Stazi has converted him to a psychopath social climber, eager to please his masters). I am sure some people in the West can relate to this character. A separate moral predicament in the subsequent season should relate to Dagmar Weber - she will regret not disclosing to her daughter Sabine their origins from East Berlin. If Sabine would have known, perhaps she would have figured and would have not committed incest with Lars. Emil Faber was the only one who have seen that Lars was seducing his mother Lauren (in the photo booth pictures from his mother's wallet). The most surprising to me was the question by reviewer "Who are the "loosers" digging the tunnel?" It does not take a genius to notice that socialism "encase" people - a paint-red haired teenager does not fit in the predetermined ideal of socialist youth. His father (Barmann baker) would sacrifice his life to allow his son to live (otherwise his son would be in the psychiatric system or alcoholic in this environment). They are not losers - they are outcasts of socialism, who have courageous personalities (unlike sleazy insecure coward Tobias), they have a dream, Just like Axel has - they are talented personalities with dignity. What is not to understand?!

resireg-31415 I just watched the series on netflix (until episode 4) and I am really hooked by the series. Essentially the main story is how much the former German Democratic Republic (communist East Germany) invested time, resources and talent to keep their crumbling regime alive. In order to silence any opposition, they employ this network of informants, whose main job is to accuse someone of being a subversive (even jokes about their leader was a crime), and they would arrest and probably torture any person caught trying to emigrate.Despite so much oppression, life goes on, and we can see the contradictions of a communist life, where everyone is supposed to be from the same class, but families are ambitious, materialistic and competitive just like their compatriots in capitalist West Germany. There is a mother who's watching her daughter's life being ruined by the regime (they are giving her hormones and steroids to enhance her swimming performance), but she hopes that that sacrifice will Be worth if they get a larger apartment as a reward for her daughter success in sports.My main criticism is that we have a few American and British characters, but they don't behave like either American or British and they speak German with their own children (normally you speak at home your mother tongue), besides anglos are notorious for being monolingual. Their flawless German is just not plausible.The secret police from East Germany creates this ruthless program of strategic seduction, where agents infiltrate West Germany, and have manipulated affairs with American and British women who work for the military, and they discard them once they get all "intelligence" necessary. Watching that series makes you see how much communism relied on destroying people's lives in order to keep the system alive, but we don't see anybody happy in that country, nobody can have a normal life, and every neighbor and coworker might report you to the secret police, where you would be tortured despite being innocent.It is very educational, I recommend the series.

melberlin89 Living in the states as a German immigrant I am always excited to find intriguing mini series like "Generation War" on platforms like Netflix. This one started of extremely promising with wonderful cinematography, great costumes, interesting characters and great acting performances. Needless to say that Tom Schilling's talent adds to any production. When I watched the last episode everything began to shatter for me. None of the character's story lines were finished, no conclusions given. If this was a continuing TV Show I could deal with this a whole lot better but so far a second season has not been confirmed. The ratings on German television were rather mediocre so I doubt we will get the answers the viewers and the show deserved.