Hitler in his manger.

VIENNA BLOOD

French version below

In this series, PBS explores the slow and violent rise of ultranationalist German movements in Austria when Adolf Hitler is being born and raised. The series is rather harsh because kind of graphic, but it sure is worth a small trip in time.

ENDOR PRODUCTIONS LTD — VIENNE BLOOD — FIRST SEASON — 2019

Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century, before World War 1, is a very cosmopolitan city that is still the crossroads it had been for several centuries as the capital of the German Empire. Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Polish, and above all Jewish people are living there and the Germanic Austrians resent this situation. At the same time, this society is rich with music and culture, and Mozart’s Zauber Flöte is always present with its magical and somber forces that are tearing this society apart, even if the vision that is given in one episode of this series is closer to Siegfried and his dragon than the charming bird…