About
A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy. Everything is new, nothing is quite what it seems and everyone he encounters is harboring secrets, both political and personal.
Cast
Jonas Nay
as Martin Rauch / Moritz Stamm / Frank Jonas
Maria Schrader
as Lenora Rauch
Svenja Jung
as Nicole Zangen, professeur de Max
Sylvester Groth
as Walter Schweppenstette
Carina Wiese
as Ingrid Rauch
Lavinia Wilson
as Brigitte Winkelmann
Sonja Gerhardt
as Annett Schneider
Alexander Beyer
as Tobias Tischbier
Uwe Preuss
as Markus Fuchs
Fritzi Haberlandt
as Tina Fischer
Florence Kasumba
as Rose Seithathi
Ludwig Trepte
as Alex Edel
Ari Kurecki
as Max
Godehard Giese
as Karl Kramer
Vladimir Burlakov
as Thomas Posimski
Nikola Kastner
as Linda Seiler
Raul Casso
as Hector Valdez
Anna von Berg
as Ursula Edel
Errol Trotman-Harewood
as General Arnold Jackson
Florian Bartholomäi
as Felix von Schwerin
Episodes
Deutschland 83
Quantum Jump
23-year-old Martin Rauch is sent to West Germany to act as a spy, gathering intelligence for East Germany's Secret Service.
Brave Guy
Martin is ordered by Tischbier to steal a top secret security report.
Atlantic Lion
While at a NATO conference in Brussels, Martin gets his first assignment: to seduce and bug the head security analyst’s secretary, Linda.
Northern Wedding
When the bug is found in Linda's desk, NATO is placed on high alert. Linda arrives to visit Martin, who scrambles to turn her loyalties around.
Cold Fire
Martin is sent back to East Berlin, but is forced to deliver a seemingly harmless package to a mysterious man in West Berlin on the way.
Brandy Station
Martin wants to stay in East Germany after returning for his mother’s kidney transplant. Alex Edel takes General Jackson hostage.
Bold Guard
As preparations for NATO’s nuclear war game intensify, Martin receives an order from East Germany that cements his fears about their paranoia.
Able Archer
Fear of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the West has become a very real possibility at the East German HQ.
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