Bauhaus - A New Era

Season 1 - 6x45' | World Premiere
In German and English with French & English subtitles
Ep. 1 & 2

1919. World War I has just ended. During this age of turmoil, Dörte Helm, a young art student in Weimar, follows Walter Gropius’ call and joins the newly-founded Bauhaus school. His innovative approach is provocative for many but exciting to Dörte and she becomes a true disciple of the new movement that challenges not only artistic conceptions, but societal structures as well. The school becomes a breeding ground for modernity, jazz – and feminism. A love story grows between Gropius and Dörte, adding fuel to the fire to the ensuing scandal threatening the very existence of the Bauhaus; the school of art that would go on to shape the 20th century like no other…

Credits : © Julia Terjung

Orginal Title 
Die neue Zeit

Written by  
Lars Kraume & Judith Angerbauer

Directed by  
Lars Kraume

Photography  
Jens Harant

Editing 
Barbara Gies & Jens Klüber

Music
Julian Maas & Christoph M. Kaiser

Cast
Anna Maria Mühe, August Diehl, Trine Dyrholm, Valerie Pachner, Ludwig Trepte, Birgit Minichmayr

Production  
zero one film en co-production avec ZDF/ARTE, Constantin Television, Nadcon Film

Sales
Beta Film

Broadcast 
ZDF / ARTE