Drama

The Master Butcher

After WWI, butcher Fidelis Waldvogel starts afresh in North Dakota and founds a singing club for the local emigre community, but disaster strikes. Based on the bestseller "The Master Butchers Singing Club" by Louise Erdrich. From Walter Presents, in German with English subtitles.

Part 1

44m 30s

Both Fidelis, a butcher just back from the war, and young circus performer Delphine, dream of new beginnings and decide to emigrate to America.

Episodes

  • Part 1: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Part 1

    S1 E1 - 44m 30s

    Both Fidelis, a butcher just back from the war, and young circus performer Delphine, dream of new beginnings and decide to emigrate to America.

  • Part 2: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Part 2

    S1 E2 - 44m 25s

    Everything seems fine when Fidelis manages to open his own shop and gets his new family to come to Argus, but hard times are just around the corner.

  • Part 3: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Part 3

    S1 E3 - 45m 4s

    Fidelis founds a singing club to help fellow local emigres fight homesickness. However, happiness doesn’t last long when Eva suddenly falls ill.

  • Part 4: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Part 4

    S1 E4 - 47m 10s

    Fidelis and Delphine, overwhelmed with grief, finally manage to carry on after Eva’s tragic death. Yet fate deals one final, dramatic twist.

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