PROFISTAT

Creative Europe

Media

580168-CREA-1-2016-2-DE-MED-TV

500 000,00 €

The series explores the dramatic years between 1918 and 1939. It follows the fates of 14 extraordinary men, women and children from France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Austria, Sweden, Poland and the Soviet Union as they make (and lose) their way in the exciting new world that emerged after the end of World War I. Through their dreams and fears, loves and decisions, these people bring to life the history of the 1920s and 30s in all its contradictions.Right after the Great War, the vision of a peaceful, democratic Europe, built on the reconciliation of interests and mutual friendship, came into competition with two other different and extremely powerful utopias – fascism and communism. In “Clash of Futures – 18”, we will experience the emotional battle between these three ideologies and the dreams of a better, fairer world that they offered. Our protagonists, like e.g. French anarchist May Picqueray, German communist Hans Beimler, Italian entrepreneur and fascist Silvio Crespi, Polish film star Pola Negri, German Nazi Rudolf Höss or the British sisters Jessica and Unity Mitford, recorded this battle in their diaries, in letters and telegrams, in newspaper articles and memoirs. Condensed down into one compelling story arc, their ego-documents form the basis of our filmic story. The authentic, personal stories of our protagonists, filmed in high-gloss drama sequences, will be artfully and closely interwoven with original archive footage from the 1920s and 30s, very often from private sources. In this way, history is brought to television, vividly and emotionally in a series format that is a real modern TV experience.

https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/projects/ce-project-details/#project/580168-CREA-1-2016-2-DE-MED-TV

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