

5.043 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestA Christmas reunion becomes a gateway to the past in this three-part series that explores the intimate complexities of one family's history.
Acting
Corinna Harfouch's matriarch could freeze eggnog.
Direction
Eyssen turns Christmas lights into interrogation lamps.
Writing
Subtext so dense you'll need therapy after.
Creator
Katharina Eyssen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak 'Berliner Schule' television—emotionally restrained, visually precise, deeply suspicious of happy endings. Germans do Christmas trauma like nobody else.
The 3-episode structure mirrors the three generations of women, with each episode peeling back another layer of inherited damage.