Adapted in five parts from the novel by HANS FALLADA
In 1929, with Germany still years away from the Nazi domination, the country is in the grip of economic crises. Taxation is crippling, and the farmers of Schleswig-Holstein can no longer pay. Government seizures of livestock and farms have become routine. Part 3
Herman Stuff , the right-wing editor of the Altholm Chronicle, publishes a forged letter about the intended boycott of the town by the farmers. Burgermeister Gareis loses the support of Altholm's business community, and the businessmen, against his advice, attempt to negotiate a reconciliation with the implacable farmers ...
Music by ALEXANDER GOEHR
Produced by DIETER MEICHSNER Directed by EGON MONK
English version directed by MICHAEL BAKEWELL for
World Wide Sound, London
An NDR Studio Hamburg production