TELEVISION - DEUTSCHLAND '83 / '86 / '89
The Deutschland '83/'86/'89 trilogy is a German-American spy thriller/comedy, set in Communist East Berlin as it is struggling to cope with the rise of Western Capitalism. The story follows East German spy Martin Rauch as he becomes involved in the Nuclear Cold War, the rise of the ANC in South Africa and Colonel Gaddafi in Libya and finally the fall of the Berlin Wall. The show is in German with English subtitles.
Cast
Jonas Nay - Martin Rauch, BND spy with the code name Kolibri ('83/'86/'89)
Maria Schrader - Lenora Rauch, Martin's aunt and BND handler ('83/'86/'89)
Carina Wiese - Ingrid Rauch, Martin's mother ('83/'86/'89)
Sylvester Groth - Walter Schweppenstette, Martin's father and BND employee ('83/'86/'89)
Sonja Gerhardt - Annett Schneider, Martin's girlfriend and mother to Max ('83/'86/'89)
Ari Kurecki - Max, Martin's son ('86/'89)
Alexander Beyer - Tobias Tischbier, a professor at the University of Bonn and BND handler ('83/'86/'89)
Fritzi Haberlandt - Tina Fischer, an East German doctor and sister of Thomas Posimski ('86/'89)
Vladimir Burlakov - Thomas Posimski, a novelist ('83/'86)
Uwe Preuss - Markus Fuchs, a BND employee ('83/'86/'89)
Niels Borman - Fritz Hartmann, a BND employee ('83/'86/'89)
Anke Engelke - Barbara Dietrich, a financial consultant in the BND ('86/'89)
Michaela Caspar - Mrs. Netz, General Edel's secretary and a BND agent ('83/'86)
Lena Lauzemis - Nina Rudow, a BND spy and assassin ('83/'86/'89)
Corinna Harfouch - Beate, an HVA agent posing as Walter's wife in Frankfurt ('89)
Ludwig Trepte - Alex Edel, General Edel's son ('83/'86)
Florence Kasumba - Rose Seithathi, ANC operative and Lenora's partner ('86/'89)
Lavinia Wilson - Brigitte Winkelmann, a BND agent ('86/'89)
Svenja Jung - Nicole Zangen, Max's teacher ('89)
2016 - Deutschland '83
2021 Re-Broadcasts - All 8 episodes (9, 4 Discs, Channel 4, PAL)
Episode 1 - "Quantum Jump" - Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to be an East German spy.
Episode 2 - "Brave Guy" - Martin has a bad day trying to juggle spying with retrieving General Edel's daughter from Cologne
Episode 3 - "Atlantic Lion" - Martin is tasked with seducing Henrik Mayer's secretary, Linda Seiler / Alex meets Tischbier at a Peace rally
Episode 4 - "Northern Wedding" - Mayer finds the bug Martin planted / Martin and Linda reach a crossroads
Episode 5 - "Cold Fire" - Ingrid falls gravely ill / Martin unwittingly becomes involved in a bombing before returning to East Berlin
Episode 6 - "Brandy Station" - Alex makes a dangerous choice / The HVA finish decoding the NATO report and make a startling conclusion
Episode 7 - "Bold Guard" - NATO start "Able Archer" - a Nuclear war simulation / Martin finds out that East Germany are preparing for a war and makes a big decision
Episode 8 - "Able Archer" - Martin races against time and the State to warn his bosses that "Able Archer" is a simulation
2019 - Deutschland '86
Original Channel 4 broadcasts - All 10 episodes (10, 5 Discs, Channel 4, PAL
Episode 1 - "Tar Baby" - Lenora retrieves Martin from exile in Angola to help her sell West German weapons to the South African Army in Cape Town / Martin meets Brigitte Winkelmann
Episode 2 - "Ommegang" - Lenora and Martin find a guide to bring the weapons shipment into Angola, but he is not all he seems
Episode 3 - "Dragon Rouge" - Lenora and Martin find themselves in an explosive situation at the refinery, which Martin tries to resolve with tragic consequences
Episode 4 - "Le Cafard" - Martin finds himself in Libya, at a time when Gaddafi is at war with the west
Episode 5 - "Green Book" - Martin finds out Brigitte is a West German spy and she hides him in Paris / Martin figures out that there is a Libyan terrorist attack imminent
Episode 6 - "Tjello" - Martin returns to West Berlin to prove he wasn't involved in the bombing and meets Thomas Posimnski
Episode 7 - "El Dorado Canyon" - Martin strikes a deal to get back in to East Germany / Tina and her family try to cross the border with tragic consequences
Episode 8 - "Vula" - Martin needs to prove himself to the HVA / Tina is imprisoned in a Stasi prison
Episode 9 - "Chickenfeed" - Tina is released to the West / Martin returns to the East and confronts Annette / Martin finds out about the Dream Ship
Episode 10 - "Total Onslaught" - Martin finalises plans to kidnap Max and run away to the West / The Dream Ship scam is revealed, costing Lenora everything
2021 - Deutschland '89
Original Channel 4 broadcasts - All 8 episodes (10, 4 Discs, Channel 4, PAL)
Episode 1 - "Kyrie Eleison" - Martin is forced out of retirement to stop a law opening the border between East and West Germany
Episode 2 - "November Nights" - Martin asks Max's teacher Miss Nicole Zangen to hide Max while he prepares for his new target / Walter prepares for a new assignment in a bank
Episode 3 - "Magic" - Martin and Walter learn of Lenora's escape from prison / Martin is drugged with Magic Mushrooms by Carl and Sabine, his new targets
Episode 4 - "Operation Condor" - Martin and Lenora's paths cross again, with tragic consequences / Fritz attempts to become an entrepreneur
Episode 5 - "Timisoara Rebellion" - Martin and Nicole travel to Romania to find Lenora / Fuchs and Dietrich arrive in Frankfurt with a request for Walter
Episode 6 - "Quando ti Guardo" - Martin and Nicole track down Fuchs, Dietrich and Lenora in Italy / Tina comes face-to-face with an enemy from her past
Episode 7 - "Phase Zwei" - Martin trails Lenora to Leipzig where she is intent on assassinating the Chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Kohl / Tina's encounter with Rudi comes to a gruesome end
Episode 8 - "The End of History" - Martin is captured by the CIA / Ingrid and Tina confront Tischbier / Beate and Nicole deal with the KGB (Last ever episode)