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Day of Disaster

Action & AdventureDrama

In 1978, a serene Spanish beach campground bursts into chaos when a devastating accident shatters a summer getaway for German tourists. As paradise ignites, their lives intertwine, revealing hidden fears and unbreakable bonds amid the flames.

Sep 9, 20071 seasons2 episodesEndedDE

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Tim Bergmann

Dietmar Fechter

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Sophie von Kessel

Ulrike Braun

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Johannes Brandrup

Andreas Braun

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Herbert Knaup

Martin Feldmann

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Laura Tonke

Katharina Wolters

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Hanns Zischler

Walter Köhler

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Nina Proll

Bärbel

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Roeland Wiesnekker

Hans Bach

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Johannes Zirner

Dirk Köhler

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Peter Benedict

Hannah's brother-in-law

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Emmanuelle Boidron

Hannah

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Carlos Leal

José Rodríguez

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Sergi Mateu

Miguel Mendes

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François Goeske

Michael

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Seasons

Season 1

2 episodes

Premiered Sep 9, 2007

Episodes

1–2 of 2

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Ep 1

Episode 1

Sep 9, 2007

89m

Spain in the height of summer 1978: Experienced truck driver Miguel Mendes fills his tanker with highly explosive propylene gas. But today he is distracted by his son Mauricio. Unnoticed, he overloads the tank of his truck. He is looking forward to the next day. Together with Mauricio, he wants to head south to deliver the cargo. The overloaded truck becomes a ticking time bomb! Meanwhile, hundreds of sun-seeking vacationers, mostly Germans, are bustling about the Spanish campground, for whom a summer vacation on the Spanish coast is the highlight of the year.

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Ep 2

Episode 2

Sep 10, 2007

91m

This moving drama is based on the true events of the 1978 fire disaster, when a truck carrying liquid gas exploded right next to a campsite, causing an inferno to break out within seconds and killing several hundred people. At the end of the 1970s, the fates of various German vacationers intersect at a Spanish campsite. They want to enjoy the best time of the year there, unaware that shortly afterwards a catastrophe will befall them that will change their lives forever.