Tannbach is a German television series that first aired on ZDF in 2015. It is a fictionalized story inspired by the village of Mödlareuth and its families that were divided by the Iron Curtain along a brook known as the Tannbach. The series explores the traumatic period of German history between the end of World War II and 1968. For the people of the village, the end of the war does not mean the end of hardship, soon the Cold War takes over and the village as well as the people become divided along geographic and political lines. The series has 2 seasons and is known as "Line of Separation" in the United States. "Line of Separation" was picked up by PBS as a streaming offering.
Main cast
Heiner Lauterbach as Georg von Striesow
Natalia Wörner as Caroline von Striesow
Henriette Confurius as Anna von Striesow
Nadja Uhl as Liesbeth Erler
Jonas Nay as Friedrich Erler
Ludwig Trepte as Lothar Erler
Martina Gedeck as Hilde Vöckler
David Zimmerschied as Horst Vöckler
Alexander Held as Franz Schober
Florian Brückner as Heinrich Schober
Maximilian Brückner as Gustl Schober
Johanna Bittenbinder as Kathi Schober
Maria Dragus as Theresa Prantl
Senta Auth as Lisa Prantl
Inga Busch as Cilly Imhoff
Jonathan Berlin as Walter Imhoff
Ronald Zehrfeld as Konrad Werner
Vladimír Lach as das Kind