Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 | 49m 24s | Video has closed captioning.
In a small, provincial town, young aristocrat Anna must take charge of the family estate.
Aired: 08/01/19
Expires: 05/31/25
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ANNOUNCER: COMING UP NEXT FROM WALTER'S CHOICE ON PBS, "LINE OF SEPARATION."
THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM CONTAINS CONTENT WHICH MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AUDIENCES, INCLUDING DEPICTIONS OF SELF-HARM.
VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
SPRING 1945.
IN THE SMALL TOWN OF TANNBACH, A FANATICAL BAND OF NAZI SOLDIERS STAGES ONE LAST MURDEROUS ATTACK ON THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS... FIRE!
BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICANS, WHO FINALLY END THE WAR.
HE'S DEAD.
[CHEERING] WALTER: BUT AMERICAN PEACE IS SHORT-LIVED, AND DEMOCRACY COLLAPSES WHEN THE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARRIVE.
BOTH SUPERPOWERS CLAIM TANNBACH FOR THEMSELVES IN THIS MINIATURE VERSION OF THE DAWN OF THE COLD WAR.
[SPEAKING GERMAN] WALTER: "LINE OF SEPARATION" IS A POWERFUL GERMAN SERIES, TELLING THE STORY OF TANNBACH, A TOWN CUT IN TWO BY DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNISM.
16-YEAR-OLD BARONESS ANNA IS REVOLTED BY THE HORRORS COMMITTED BY THE NAZIS.
DESPERATE FOR CHANGE, SHE EMBRACES COMMUNISM, INSPIRED BY THE MAN SHE LOVES FRIEDRICH, A YOUNG REFUGEE.
BUT ANNA AND FRIEDRICH'S DREAMS FOR A BETTER FUTURE WILL BE HEAVILY TESTED IN THIS MORALLY COMPROMISED AND POLITICALLY DANGEROUS WORLD OF DIEHARD NAZIS, IDEALISTIC SOCIALISTS, AND DANGEROUS COMMUNISTS FIGHTING EACH OTHER IN A MAZE OF LIES, BETRAYALS, BLACKMAIL AND SENSELESS VIOLENCE.
INSPIRED BY THE TRUE EVENTS SPANNING THE YEARS 1945-1961, THE SERIES EXPLORES A LITTLE-KNOWN CHAPTER OF POST-WAR GERMANY, TELLING THE STORY OF PERPETRATORS, VICTIMS, OPPORTUNISTS, WINNERS, AND LOSERS, WHO EMERGE FROM WORLD WAR II ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES TRAPPED IN A NEW ANT POTENTIALLY MORE DEVASTATING CONFLICT, THE COLD WAR.
[GUNSHOT] THIS IS SERIOUSLY CLASSY, GRIPPING DRAMA THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
ANNOUNCER: THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU.
♪ ♪ [HORSE NEIGHS] ♪ [SPEAKING GERMAN] ♪ ♪ [ANNA SCREAMING] AGH!
[MUFFLED SCREAMS] [MAN GRUNTING] [RABBIT SQUEALING] ♪ ♪ ♪ [HONKS HORN] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [FOOTSTEPS] [RUMBLING] ♪ [AIRPLANES FLYING OVERHEAD] ♪ [AIRPLANE FLYING] [DOOR OPENS] ♪ ♪ MOVE IT UP.
COME ON, COME ON.
COME ON.
LET'S GO.
THIS WAY.
[SNIFFS] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [SCREAMS] [GUNSHOT] [MACHINE GUNFIRE] TAKE COVER!
INCOMING!
ENEMY FIRE!
ENEMY FIRE!
UNH!
SOLDIER: GO, GO, GO!
WE'RE ALL CLEAR!
THE WINDOW!
[SOLDIER SHOUTS] [GUNFIRE CONTINUES] ♪ GO, GO, GO!
COVER ME!
UNH!
GO, GO, GO!
♪ NO, NO!
DROP IT!
HEY!
GET UP!
GET UP!
COME ON!
OK. JUST MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!
DON'T LOOK BACK.
JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
GO, GO!
IT'S OK. YOU'RE SAFE NOW.
COME WITH US.
♪ ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET THE MEN INTO THE VILLAGE.
[HORSE NEIGHING] GO, GO, GO!
GET DOWN.
UP AGAINST THE WALL!
[SOLDIERS SHOUTING] GO!
GO FASTER!
FASTER!
FASTER!
MOVE!
GO FAST!
COME ON!
GET IN THERE!
MAN: TIROLEAN BEER, HUH?
SECOND MAN: WELL, CHEERS, BOYS.
MAN: YOUR I.D.
MAN: IDENTIFICATION.
[HISSES] ♪ MAN: CAN YOU HELP WITH THIS FOR A SECOND?
SOLDIER.
THESE TWO PAINTINGS OFF THE WALL AND MOVE THIS.
MAN: CAPTAIN EDWARDS.
COME AND TALK TO ME TOMORROW MORNING.
MAN: YEAH.
SET IT DOWN OVER THERE.
♪ ♪ ♪ [PANICKED CHATTER] MAN: PLEASE.
SOME SPACE, PLEASE.
ERWIN!
SECOND MAN: SIR, UP ON THE TRUCK NOW!
MAN: WE TOLD YOU YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME SPACE, OK?
PLEASE RELAX.
MAN: SEPARATION HERE, SEPARATION HERE.
GET THE KIDS OFF THE TRUCK.
[COUGHS] ♪ ♪ ANNA!
♪ MAN: MR. STRIESOW, CAPTAIN.
NO.
I.D.
SIT DOWN.
PRIVATE.
MAN: REPORTS FOR THE CAPTAIN, SIR.
♪ HMM.
♪ ♪ OF COURSE.
THANK YOU.
A LOUSY NAZI PIG.
YEAH...
BUT A VERY USEFUL ONE, I ASSURE YOU.
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