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11 Episodes 1984 - 1984
Episode 1
118 mins
Paul Simon returns to his home village of Schabbach after World War I.
Episode 2
89 mins
Paul Simon's brother Eduard moves to Berlin and meets the socialite Lucie.
Episode 3
58 mins
In 1935, happiness finally returns to the Hünsruck, despite the grip of the rising Nazi party, culminating in everybody enjoying a Catholic 'silent night' mass. Eduard finally becomes mayor and acquires a grand villa, where his ambitious wife Lucie can entertain, notably Nazi officials of regional section and the Todt organization, receiving Gauleiter Simon, to plan a road. Loyal rising SD officer Wilfried Wiegand isn't amused that Marie spoils from the profits of the jewelry business her sons, especially nerdy Anton, who is nowhere getting athletically ready for due military training in three years.
Episode 4
58 mins
A highway is built near Schabbach, and one of the engineers, Otto, becomes Maria's lover.
Episode 5
58 mins
Paul writes from the United States that he is visiting, forcing his ex-wife Maria to break up with Otto. However, without proof of his Aryan lineage, Paul is unable to enter Germany.
Episode 6
58 mins
Anton Simon, fighting on the Russian front, marries Martha Hanke via a telephone wedding. Schabbach villagers confront the morality of Nazism.
Episode 7
59 mins
The Simon family deals with the waning years of the Second World War.
Episode 8
102 mins
Paul returns to Germany. The Simon family struggles for prosperity in the lean post-war years.
Episode 9
138 mins
Hermann has a love affair with 26-year-old Klärchen, who is ostracised from Schabbach.
Episode 10
82 mins
It is 1967. Anton is debating over whether to sell his company off. With help from Paul, Hermann performs his first radio broadcast of his music.
Episode 11
100 mins
It is the twilight years of the older generation of the Simons, with a flashback to Maria's 70th birthday party and then her funeral.