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Eva Bruhns is about to get engaged when she is asked to interpret at a trial of SS officers. Her parents and fiancé-to-be try to dissuade her, but she follows her instincts and accepts the job. She soon realizes that she has a more personal connection to the trial than she could have ever imagined.

  1. Annette Hess

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Katharina Stark

    Eva Bruhns

  2. Cast 1

    Anke Engelke

    Edith Bruhns

  3. Cast 1

    Hans-Jochen Wagner

    Ludwig Bruhns

  4. Cast 1

    Thomas Prenn

    Jürgen Schoormann

  5. Cast 1

    Ricarda Seifried

    Annegret Bruhns

  6. Ares Kloß

    Stefan Bruhns

  7. Cast 1

    Heiner Lauterbach

    Wilhelm Boger

  8. Cast 1

    Max von der Groeben

    Hans Kübler

  9. Cast 1

    Uwe Preuss

    Hans Hofmeyer

Last Season

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Season 1

2023 | 5 episodes

Eva agrees to interpret at the first Auschwitz trial, never imagining how it will affect her life.

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Whilst The Interpreter of Silence does have a story to tell, its at times almost neurotic overtones, undermine its impact. Firstly this is a well acted, mostly well written, mini series that tries and partially succeeds, in taking a look the consequences of Nazi-ism and the final solution, from a German perspective. In terms of the inherited guilt and the lack of awareness of many younger Germans, its probably partly on target. The trial scenes are engaging and no doubt, accurately reflect the denial-ist attitudes, of those placed on trial. Where, it veers off course, I suspect, is ...

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Status Ended

Network Network

TypeMiniseries

Original LanguageGerman 

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