Braun family
Television series | |
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Original title | Braun family |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
year | 2016 |
Production company |
Polyphonic |
length | 3 to 7 minutes, approx. 42 minutes in total |
Episodes | 8 in 1 season |
genre | Dramedy |
Theme music | Marti Fischer and Max Krüger - Hitler in the brain |
Director | Maurice Huebner |
script | Manuel Meimberg |
production |
Christoph Bicker , Beatrice Kramm , Uwe Urbas |
music |
Marti Fischer , Max Krüger, Maik Oehme , Jool |
camera | Julia Hönemann |
First broadcast | February 12, 2016 on ZDF |
occupation | |
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The Braun family is a dramedy series about two neo-Nazis who suddenly have to take care of their six-year-old black daughter. The series, consisting of eight episodes each lasting a few minutes, was shown in advance on YouTube and was broadcast for the first time from February 12, 2016 as part of the series Das kleine Fernsehspiel on ZDF . At the start of the broadcast, all episodes were already available in the broadcaster's media library .
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Thomas and Kai are two young neo-Nazis who live together in a prefabricated apartment in Berlin. One day a young woman from Eritrea , with whom Thomas had a one night stand in 2009, stands at the door . The result of that night is six-year-old Lara. From now on, Thomas should take care of Lara, because the woman should be deported.
While Thomas is rather at a loss, Kai doesn't want anything to do with the black girl. He wants to get rid of her under all circumstances, but does not succeed. Over time, Thomas grows into his father role and increasingly questions his previous attitude . As a result, he repeatedly clashes with his roommate. Finally the two of them part ways, Thomas and Lara move out and Kai has to look for a new roommate.
Reviews
Henryk M. Broder writes in Die Welt that the series is surprisingly poisonous for ZDF, and says that the station was "a great success, apart from the cruel uprightness that characterizes the station's productions otherwise". The series has what it takes to be a hit. On the other hand, Heike Kunert thinks the series “went really wrong” at the time . The dialogues are "hard to beat in terms of platitude" and if the creators had the intention to shake up, this was "thoroughly unsuccessful".
Awards
- 2016: Romy - Prize of the Academy to Manuel Meimberg, Nomie Laine Tucker, Uwe Urbas and Maurice Hübner for the Braun family .
- 2016: German Comedy Award - Best Innovation ( ZDF )
- 2017: International Emmy Award in the Short Format Series category
Web links
- Braun family in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Braun family at Fernsehserien.de
- The Braun family on the ZDF page for the program (all episodes are available in the ZDF media library until September 18, 2018)
- Title song Hitler im Hirn (on YouTube)
Individual evidence
- ^ Henryk M. Broder: Where the Negro child grows up under the image of Hitler , review on welt.de, accessed on February 15, 2016
- ↑ Heike Kunert: At home with the Führer , review on zeit.de, accessed on February 15, 2016
- ↑ derStandard.at - Romy Academy Awards: ATV and Puls 4 share the best program idea . Article dated April 15, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016.
- ^ ZDF production "Familie Braun" awarded Akademie-Romy on Presseportal.de from April 15, 2016; accessed on April 15, 2016
- ↑ Emmy for "Familie Braun". In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .