DIE SPALTUNG DER WELT
Series | 2024 | 6 x 52 min
Six people. Their dreams. Their struggles.
When World War II breaks out on September 1, 1939, the world is on the brink of disaster. Six people in different countries and from different walks of life must make decisions: What are they willing to fight for? The series follows them into the 1960s, when the division of the world is becoming apparent.
Cast: Max Wagner, Lara Mandoki, Denis Rodnyansky, Meriel Hinsching, Delia Mayer, Moussa Sylla
Created By: Jan Peter & Gunnar Dedio
Directors: Olga Chajdas, Frank Devos
Production: LOOKSfilm
Head Writer: Jan Peter
Co-Writer: Jasmin Wind
Executive Script Consultant: Eva-Maria Fahmüller
Cinematography: Mateusz Wichłacz (PSC)
Editors: Christian Krämer, Marco Rottig, Claudia Nagel
Editing Assistant: Caro Eibl
Music: Maarten Buning, Stan Koch
Casting: Cornelia Mareth Cmr Casting (Bvc), Annekathrin Heubner (Bvc), Paulina Krajnik, Kadija Leclere, Olga Lyubarova
Production Design: Christina Schaffer
Costume Design: Uli Simon
Make-Up Artist: Véronique Dubray
Original Sound: Céline Bodson, Alain Goniva, Steffen Graubaum, Carlo Thoss
Postproduction Supervisor: Martin Ritter
Sound Design: Axel Steichen, Hugo Fernandez
Sound Mix: Loïc Collignon, Anthony Juret, Kai Hoffmann
Creative Producer: Martin Philipp Graf
Archive Producer: Katarina Rakić
Line Producer: Nathalie Dietrich
Consulting Producer: Guido Schwab
Producers: Regina Bouchehri (Looksfilm), Gunnar Dedio (Looksfilm), Birgit Rasch (Looksfilm), Katarzyna Ozga (Iris Group), Nicolas Steil (Iris Group), Fabrice Delville (Beside Productions), Katarzyna Gromadzka (Momakin), Tomek Morawski (Haka Films)
Commissioning Editors: Ulrike Becker (SWR) Sigrid Faltin (SWR) Susanne Gebhardt (SWR) Christian Jakob (SWR) Gabriele Trost (SWR) Mark Willock (SWR) Alexander Von Harling (ARTE) Thorge Thomsen (ARTE) Peter Gottschalk (ARTE) Caroline Haidacher (ORF) Stefan Binder (ORF) Josef Peter Glanz (ORF) Hans Wu (ORF) Monika Bobková (ČT) Lenka Poláková (ČT)
Award: Nomination for the Grimme Prize 2025