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Deutschland 83

★ 8.0 16K votes 2015–2015 1 season · 8 episodes Ended RTL
EspionageSpies, intelligence agencies and double lives.This show: 10/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 8/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jonas NayMaria SchraderUlrich NoethenSylvester GrothSonja GerhardtLudwig Trepte
Written by
Anna WingerJörg Winger
Starring
Jonas NayMaria SchraderUlrich NoethenSylvester GrothSonja GerhardtLudwig Trepte
Written by
Anna WingerJörg Winger
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
0200400600800

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About

"Cold War espionage told through one nervous newcomer"

A young East German soldier is blackmailed into infiltrating the West German army as an aide to a NATO general, right as Cold War tensions peak in 1983. It's a tight, tense spy thriller that doubles as a coming-of-age story, following a naive kid thrust into a world of double lives and mutual paranoia. The pace is brisk, the period detail (fashion, politics, an unforgettable synth-pop soundtrack) is vivid, and the show finds real tension in small human moments rather than big action.

Watch it for

the fish-out-of-water tension of an East German spy navigating West German life during a real nuclear scare.

Maybe skip if

you want big action set pieces rather than quiet, character-driven paranoia.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

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Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jonas Nay Martin Rauch, Moritz Stamm
Maria Schrader Lenora Rauch
Ulrich Noethen General Wolfgang Edel
Sylvester Groth Walter Schweppenstette
Sonja Gerhardt Annett Schneider
Ludwig Trepte Alex Edel
Alexander Beyer Prof. Tobias Tischbier
Lisa Tomaschewsky Yvonne Edel
Carina Wiese Ingrid Rauch
Vladimir Burlakov Thomas Posimski

Crew

Anna Winger
Jörg Winger

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