▁social ▁violence ▁played ▁a ▁large ▁part . ▁Another ▁consideration , ▁according ▁to ▁Berg , ▁ ▁was ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁adapt ▁the ▁story line ▁and ▁scenes ▁to ▁suit ▁European ▁and ▁in ▁particular ▁German ▁aud ien ces . ▁There ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁adapt ▁certain ▁so cio - polit ical ▁and ▁so cio - e conom ic ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁to ▁reflect ▁the ▁standards ▁of ▁real ism ▁in ▁art ▁and ▁film ▁both ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁western ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Broadcast ▁The ▁t elen ov ela ▁was ▁a ired ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁in ▁three ▁European ▁countries , ▁including ▁Germany . ▁The ▁other ▁two ▁countries ▁were ▁Austria ▁and ▁Switzerland . ▁The ▁t elen ov ela ▁is ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁a ▁co - production ▁between ▁these ▁three ▁countries , ▁with ▁the ▁Z DF ▁in ▁Germany ▁as ▁the ▁main ▁contrib utor ▁and ▁partner ▁of ▁End em ol . ▁In ▁all ▁three ▁countries ▁L ena ▁- ▁Lie be ▁me ines ▁Lebens ▁ ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁time ▁slot ▁of ▁an ▁earlier ▁t elen ov ela ▁H anna ▁- ▁Folge ▁den im ▁Her zen ▁. ▁In ▁Est onia ▁this ▁t elen ov ela ▁was ▁a ired ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁ ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁in ▁Lat via . ▁ ▁Broad c aster s ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁ ▁Category : 2 0 1 0 ▁t elen ov el as ▁Category : 2 0 1 0 ▁German ▁television