Germany: Literature
A selection of plays and readings celebrating a diverse range of German literature.
The Riddle—Philip Pullman - Grimm Tales
A prince takes it into his head to travel the world with his faithful servant.
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Episode 1—Goethe - Faust
A man with an insatiable thirst for knowledge makes a pact with Devil. Can it end well?
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Episode 1—Classic Serial, Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks
A German family fight to keep their supremacy in the changing world of 1840s Europe.
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Heinrich Boll - Murke's Collected Silences
Murke is a radio producer. One day, he is asked to take words out of a programme.
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Episode 1—Gunter Grass - The Tin Drum
As Hitler rises to power, three-year-old Oskar decides he doesn't want to grow up.
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RW Fassbinder - No-One Is Evil and No-One Is Good
Can the end of the world spell hope? Petrov and Elvira recall all that we take for granted
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Wolfgang Borchert - The Man Outside
Corporal Beckmann is ready for death after the war, but is death ready for him?
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Episode 1—15 Minute Drama, Heinrich Boll - The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
A forensic insight into the corrosive impact of tabloid press journalism on one woman.
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Bertolt Brecht - Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage follows warring armies with her travelling canteen. But at what cost?
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