Lemmings 1979
What is Lemmings?
Lemmings is a 1979 two-part television drama directed by Michael Haneke that examines the fate of the generation of Austrians which came of age after World War II. Its cultural significance lies in being regarded as the most significant of Michael Haneke's early works, containing incipient treatments of many of the themes he would later elaborate on in his theatrical features.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1979
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 2
- Runtime
- 110 minutes
- First aired
- May 2, 1979
- Networks
- ORF 1
- Genres
- Drama
- Updated
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Lemmings is a 1979 two-part television drama directed by Michael Haneke that examines the fate of the generation of Austrians which came of age after World War II. Its cultural significance lies in being regarded as the most significant of Michael Haneke's early works, containing incipient treatments of many of the themes he would later elaborate on in his theatrical features.
The drama is structured in two parts, with the first part, titled Arcadia, depicting the generational gap between 1950s teenagers and their parents. The second part, titled Injuries, shows this same group of characters twenty years later as they have grown up to become dysfunctional and suicidal adults.
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“This two-part drama examines the fate of the generation of Austrians coming of age after World War II.”
- It is regarded as the most significant of Michael Haneke's early works.
- It features a two-part structure depicting characters in the 1950s and twenty years later.
- It contains incipient treatments of themes Haneke would later elaborate on in his theatrical features.
- The second part depicts characters as they have grown up to become dysfunctional and suicidal adults.
Watch it if you want to examine the fate of the generation of Austrians which came of age after World War II.
Tone and pacing reflect a two-part drama examining post-World War II Austrian generations through the early works of Michael Haneke.
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Is it worth watching?
It is regarded as the most significant of Michael Haneke's early works and contains incipient treatments of themes he would later elaborate on in his theatrical features.
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What are the essential parts?
The two-part drama consists of the first part, Arcadia, and the second part, Injuries.
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