Bauhaus – A New Era2019

Director
Lars Kraume

Actors

August Diehl (Walter Gropius)
Anna Maria Muehe (Doerte Helm)
Trine Dyrholm (Stine Branderup)
Valerie Pachner (Gunta Stoelzl)
Ludwig Trepte (Marcel Breuer)
Sven Schelker (Johannes Itten)

Year 1919, WWI has just ended; the old imperial empires have collapsed. With the old ways bringing nothing but destruction, Europe is swept up in a wave of modern ideas.

During this age of turmoil, a young woman named Doerte Helm is studying arts. When she hears Walter Gropius’ first speech about a new era at the newly-founded Bauhaus school, she follows his call. His innovative approach is too provocative for many but exciting to Doerte. Like so many others, she becomes a true disciple of the new movement – but something more to Gropius as they begin to fall in love. They are young, resilient and radical. The school becomes a breeding ground for modernity, jazz, innovative architecture – and feminism. But while at the Bauhaus a new form of life evolves, and with it new hopes, inflation leaves many hungry and worried about the future…

“What is in the Bauhaus is actually the finest Shakespearean material; it offers aesthetic pleasure in its purest form.” – Neue Zuercher Zeitung

“A sensual work of art that brings the pioneering significance of the Bauhaus to life with various visual elements, meticulous equipment and musical verve.” – Tittelbach.tv

“A successful drama series, high above the usual ‘event’ series on German TV.” – TV Wunschliste