Summary
A six-part film series addressing the problems of rural Austria from 1900 to 1945. Contrary to the traditional "Heimatfilm", the Alpensaga detaches itself from typical clichés and tries to depict a critical view of societal structures of the time. World history is shown from the view of a peasant family living in a small village in Upper Austria.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 79GoodWatch 79
IMDb7.9
Time to watch it all
9 h
6 episodes, about 90 min each
An episode a night: done in 6 nights.
First aired
1976
December 1, 1976
Ended 1980
Genre
DramaLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
Austria
Germany
Switzerland
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 3 moreDirecting · 2
- Dieter Berner Director, Writer
- Käthe Kratz Second Unit Director, Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Peter Turrini Writer
- Wilhelm Pevny Writer
Production · 8
- Anton Dvorak Unit Manager
- Hermann Wolf Unit Manager
- Trixi Waizenauer Production Assistant
- Doris Wallentin Production Assistant
- Ingrid Durst Production Assistant
- Erhart Puschnig Unit Manager
Camera · 3
- Xaver Schwarzenberger Director of Photography
- Horst Knechtel Director of Photography, Assistant Camera
- Michael Ballhaus Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Erika Geiger Editor
- Elisabeth Anselmi Assistant Editor
Sound · 5
- Rolf Schmidt-Gentner Sound
- Peter Hofmann Sound Assistant
- Kurt Schwarz Sound Mixer
- Karl Schlifelner Sound Mixer
- Hannes Mack Sound
Art · 7
- Fritz Hollergschwandtner Production Design
- Hertha Hareiter Production Design
- Wolf Witzemann Production Design
- Johannes Slapa Props
- Margarete Graef Props
- Günter Guttermann Props
Costume & Make-Up · 10
- Xenia Hausner Costume Design, Costume Designer
- Barbara Langbein Costume Design
- Therese Hofbauer Costume Design
- Heidi Kreuter Costume Design
- Ilse Weisz-Stainer Makeup Artist, Makeup Designer
- Martina Angeletti Makeup Artist
Lighting · 2
- Helmut Ehringer Gaffer
- Gerhard Ehringer Gaffer
Other crew · 14
- Peer Raben Music
- Alfred Nathan Commissioning Editor
- Werner Swossil Commissioning Editor
- Catherine Steghens Script
- Josef Vavra Assistant Camera
- Burgi Mattuschka Assistant Director
Die Alpensaga episodes
1 season · 6 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Liebe im Dorf, 8.0
- S1 E2 Der Kaiser am Lande, 7.7
- S1 E3 Das große Fest, 7.6
- S1 E4 Die feindlichen Brüder, 7.6
- S1 E5 Der deutsche Frühling, 8.2
- S1 E6 Ende und Anfang, 8.3
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