Dignity

This series was torturously slow, and filled with so much ancillary drama it was hard to watch. But I did endure the entire series mostly to see whether justice for the evil perpetrators at Colonia Dignidad were ver brought to justice.

I don't want to be a spoiler (though by reading the historical account you can find out what their fate was), so I will only say that the ending left me quite disappointed.

The acting was OK, but the pace was utterly glacial to the extreme and fictional drama created around the historical aspect was drawn out almost unbearably.

The only reason I gave it a five is for points for someone at least making some kind of film about this hell on earth that existed literally for decades and was guilty of the most heinous acts and crimes imaginable. I'd never heard about it and it is just another clue as to the depths of depravity man is capable of.

In my estimation true justice was never really served in this case, most likely to protect the vast network of the powerful guilty parties involved. Just another sad commentary on the world in which we live.

It's a good story but as has been said by others here it's far too long and slow. It could have been told in a few less episodes with less useless background noise which did nothing to drive the plot. Also some of the acting was wooden and just looked artificial, even groanworthy at times, such as one of the main detectives who kept smiling a truly ghastly smile all the way through. The 'brother' Pedro needs to take more acting lessons. The most unconvincing character in the entire series.

Nevertheless, I watched it all the way through just to see a decent enough conclusion and a hopefully happy one.

If you want to loose your precious time, that´s the show. Horrible

This is an heavily imagined rewriting of the days and weeks leading up to the flight of Paul Schäfer from the "Colony" he had founded in Chile after escaping criminal charges in Germany. Dead for many years, Shafer's legacy lives on in the many lives he shattered. Using invented characters, it recounts, partly in flashback, the horrors of life in the colony where abuse of children was rife as detailed in the series.

The colony, set up as a charitable association, performed this role for the surrounding area with its hospital and educational facilities. However, it was a front for a cult centred on Schäfer as God's representative on the one hand and a conduit for illegal arms transfers alongside torture and abuse on the other.

In the series a dogged prosecutor and a cop take on the power of the colony still protected by powerful men left over from Pinochet's rule and for whom it had "disappeared" hundreds of people. We know from history that Schäfer was ousted, so the thrust of the plot leads to that end via many a twist and turn.

It's worth a watch even though much doesn't ring true. Why weren't the goodies, who had no protection and were living openly, simply bumped off? Nonetheless, I saw it through to the end and wasn't sorry.

Colonia Dignidad was a very dark chapter in the German and in the Chilenean history. We should handle this topic with respect, not as an interesting idea for a fancy fake story. It is filmed good, the actors play quite well, but still there is the sad feeling about endless fake facts smearing dirt on this serious history.