Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestThe rise of Albrecht von Wallenstein from minor Moravian nobleman to imperialist generalissimo in the Thirty Years-War, and his fall once the emperor begins to doubt his loyalty.
Acting
Rolf Boysen's Wallenstein: charming, terrifying, never blinking
Production
1978 West German budget stretched to look like actual 1630s
Writing
Golo Mann adapting his own dad's history book, no notes
Creator
Golo Mann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Golo Mann was Thomas Mann's son; this adaptation carries that literary weight into West German television.
Rolf Boysen reportedly refused to blink on camera for entire scenes to convey Wallenstein's unsettling stillness.
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