Märkische Chronik

Television series
Original title	Märkische Chronik
Country of production	GDR
original language	German
Year (s)	1981/82, 1988
Production company	DEFA for television in the GDR
length	55-60 minutes
Episodes	18 in 2 seasons
genre	Family series
Director	Hubert Hoelzke
idea	Bernhard Seeger
production	Siegfried Kabitzke
music	Karl-Ernst Sasse
camera	Günter Heimann
First broadcast	January 9, 1983 ( GDR ) on GDR 1
occupation
Walter Plathe : Wilm Sichler Renate Geissler : Alma Ute Lubosch : Janne / Paula Gerd Blahuschek : Hannes Ursula Karusseit : Gutsfrau Sieglinde Zahn Wolfgang Dehler : Grauling Hans Klering : Stellmacher Kleinert Christel Peters : Mother Kleinert Jürgen Heinrich : Jupp Keuner Horst Schulze : Postman Dreibrot Heide Kipp : Mrs. Dreibrot Martin Hellberg : Pastor Weihmann Klaus-Peter Thiele : Siegfried Zahn Helga Piur : Susi Edgar Külow : Teacher Dudei

Märkische Chronik is an 18-part television series that was produced for feature films by the DEFA studio for GDR television . The focus of the plot is on the events in the Brandenburg village of Güterlohe between 1939 and 1945 (1st season) and between 1947 and 1960 (2nd season).

production

The series was produced in two seasons. The first season (episodes 1 to 12) experienced its first broadcast from January 9th to February 16, 1983, the second season (episodes 13 to 18) from January 6th to February 10th 1989 in the first program of the GDR Television. The series is written by Bernhard Seeger, who wrote the scenario based on his novel Menschenwege . Hubert Hoelzke directed all episodes and also played a small role as driver for Jupp Keuner in the last parts of the first season. Hubert Hoelzke also wrote the scripts, which is not mentioned in the credits of the series.

The outdoor shots for the series were mainly shot in the Potsdam district, in the municipalities of Tremsdorf , Stücken and Wildenbruch .

Episode overview

1st season

• 1. 1939 - Young people
• 2. 1939 - A storm is brewing
• 3. 1940 - gifts of love from France
• 4. 1941 - The messengers of fate
• 5. 1941 - The landlady and her master
• 6. 1944 - The letter from Breslau
• 7. 1944 - No grass grows over it
• 8. 1945 - The rescue of the village
• 9. 1945 - Stations of the Cross
• 10. 1945 - The new mayor
• 11. 1945 - The hen party
• 12. 1945 - The Legacy

2nd season

• 13. The hump - 1947
• 14. The great money - 1948
• 15th years of apprenticeship - 1951
• 16th days in June - 1953
• 17. Bread is a must - 1959
• 18. Summer Paths - 1960

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: List of contributors on the DVD release of the series, Icestorm Entertainment GmbH, 2010

Web links

• Märkische Chronik in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Synopsis: https://www.fernsehserien.de/maerkische-chronik/episodenguide/0/1535