Miniseries · ORF 1
Braunschlag 1986
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Robert Palfrader
Gerri Tschach
5 eps
Nicholas Ofczarek
Richard Pfeisinger
5 eps
Maria Hofstätter
Herta Tschach
5 eps
Nina Proll
Elfi Pfeisinger
5 eps
Raimund Wallisch
Reinhard Matussek
5 eps
Manuel Rubey
Banyardi
5 eps
Simon Schwarz
Katzlbrunner
5 eps
Stefanie Reinsperger
Polizistin Gerti
5 eps
Erol Nowak
Polizist Hannes
5 eps
Thomas Stipsits
Feist Jr.
5 eps
Nora Waldstätten
Deborah Feist
5 eps
Sabrina Reiter
Babs Tschach
5 eps
David Miesmer
Kevin
5 eps
Christopher Schärf
Ronnie
5 eps
Stefan Gorski
Sigmund
5 eps
Arthur Vischer
B.B.
5 eps
Lilian Rosskopf
Winni
5 eps
David Wurawa
Riccardo
5 eps
Martina Spitzer
Mucki
5 eps
Gabriela Garcia Vargas
Ronda
5 eps
Stefko Hanushevsky
Helfried
5 eps
Dominik Warta
Rudi
5 eps
Thomas Mraz
Frosch
5 eps
Margarethe Tiesel
Wirtin
5 eps
Eva Maria Marold
Majko
5 eps
Branko Samarovski
Feist Sr.
5 eps
Karl Fischer
Kortner
5 eps
Marie-Luise Stockinger
Sigrid Marschall
5 eps
Inge Maux
Mutter von Herta
5 eps
Tom Heinz Breitenecker
Chauffeur von Katzlbrunner
5 eps
Heinrich Mayr
Herbst
5 eps
Karl Proll
Wirt
5 eps
Sabine Herget
Frau Pichler
5 eps
Christoph Fritz
Vortragender
5 eps
Zoë Straub
Alleinunterhalterin
5 eps
Christian Dungl
Herr Pfaffenschlager
5 eps
Sibylle Kos
Frau Sweppes
5 eps
Sebastian Thiers
Ostdeutscher Kellner
5 eps
Roman Johannes Kornfeld
Postbote
5 eps
Marion Steinbach
Bankangestellte
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Braunschlag 1986 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Braunschlag 1986 reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
14 years after the events that led to a mass exodus of its residents which left the town of Braunschlag deserted, its mayor comes up with a cunning plan - from now on, within the towns borders the year is 1986, a return to times long gone.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- John LüftnerProducer
- Katharina TheissenProducer
- David SchalkoProducer
Writing
- David SchalkoWriter
Direction
- David SchalkoDirector
Cinematography
- Marcus KanterDirector of Photography
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