Television is an odd medium, in that the serial drama is an excellent way to build a character, which is much harder a process in a film, which usually runs just over two hours...unless you're Sion Sono. And although American cinema has sucked since the mid 70's, American television drama's have stood out as being as good, or even better than British t.v. dramas.
So when L&S and I watched Im Angesicht des Verbrechens, we did some eye-rolling because this German series is desperately trying to mimic the H.B.O style of the Sopranos and the Wire. But they will only get better at it and overall, this is a surprisingly solid series.
I'll shut up now. Check it out, it's a quick download.
From Cathy de Haan at the Goethe Institut:
The Berlinale provided an opportunity to see what films would be heading our way in 2010, at least what German films were in the pipeline – many of the films shown at the festival are shown in cinemas either immediately after the festival or in the course of the year.
For many the best German film at the Berlinale was in the section known as “Forum”. It was Dominik Graf’s Im Angesichts des Verbrechens (In the Face of Crime) – a ten-part TV series commissioned by the WDR radio and TV station. The intense 490-minute screenplay was by Rolf Basedow and focuses on the bloody war between two Russian mafia clans. The cast is made up of interesting newcomers and award-winning, well-established performers: Max Riemelt, Ronald Zehrfeld, Misel Maticevic and Marie Bäumer brilliantly ensure that there is never a dull moment. Cameraman, Michael Wiesweg, illustrates the story with images that are of a hitherto unknown quality for German television – images that were equally as convincing on the screen of the Arsenal festival cinema at the Berlinale.
Technical Information:
Show Title: Im Angesicht des Verbrechens/In the Face of Crime
Country: Germany
Director: Dominik Graf
Source: DVD Rip
Video Codec: 480p-x264
Container: .mkv
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Resolution: 720x576
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Video: MPEG4 AVC H264 @ 2048 kb/s
Frame Rate: 25 fps
Audio 1: German/Russian- Dolby AC3 @ 224 kb/s
Audio 2: French/Russian- Dolby AC3 @ 224 kb/s
Subtitles: English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, French
Episode Title: 01. Berlin ist das Paradies
Original Airdate: April 27, 2010
Size: 872 MB
Length: 0:48:49
01. Berlin ist das Paradies Megaupload Link
Episode Title: 02. Wo wir sind, ist vorne
Original Airdate: April 27, 2010
Size: 854 MB
Length: 0:47:49
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Episode Title: 03. Der Überfall
Original Airdate: May 1, 2010
Size: 853 MB
Length: 0:47:45
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Episode Title: 04. Der Verrat
Original Airdate: May 1, 2010
Size: 851 MB
Length: 0:47:39
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Episode Title: 05. Nur ehrliche Liebe ist gute Liebe
Original Airdate: May 4, 2010
Size: 848 MB
Length: 0:47:29
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Episode Title: 06. Rosen fallen vom Himmel
Original Airdate: May 4, 2010
Size: 852 MB
Length: 0:47:41
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Episode Title: 07. Wer Angst hat, verliert
Original Airdate: May 8, 2010
Size: 821 MB
Length: 0:45:58
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Episode Title: 08. Was kostet Berlin?
Original Airdate: May 8, 2010
Size: 842 MB
Length: 0:47:08
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Episode Title: 09. Du bekommst, was dir zusteht
Original Airdate: May 11, 2010
Size: 840 MB
Length: 0:47:02
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Episode Title: 10. Alles hat seine Zeit
Original Airdate: May 11, 2010
Size: 838 MB
Length: 0:46:54
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