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Legacy
It tells the story of Alexander Münninghoff (Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen) who fell in love with the self-assured, free-spirited Ellen (Sallie Harmsen) in the late 1960s. When, after a beautiful night of love, he confesses that his father, Frans Münninghoff (Robert de Hoog, as a young Frans, Marcel Hensema as an old Frans), was an SS man during the war, Ellen reacts dismissively. Her family suffered greatly from the war. She disappears from his life ... only to reappear in it a good month later. She is pregnant. The twenties want to keep the child and decide to get married. But then on the condition that Alexander deals with his dark family past. Alexander finds out that he knows very little about his parents and grandfather (Gijs Scholten van Aschat).
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Episode 1
Make love, not war
50 mins
The Hague, 1969. The unworldly Alexander falls head over heels in love with the hip, free-spirited Ellen. When she discovers that Alexander's family is hiding a dark war past, she resolutely breaks with him. Shocked by Ellen's rejection, Alexander reconnects with his embittered father and tries to find out what he did as an SS soldier during World War II.
Awards
- 2023 - Program Award - Best Miniseries - nominated
