The sequel to Deutchsland83, Deutschland86, has begun production – shooting in South Africa and Berlin. The second season picks up three years later with Martin Rauch, his Aunt Lenora and their colleagues at the East German foreign intelligence agency (HVA) abandoned by Moscow and desperate for cash. A premiere date is TBD.
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SundanceTV Renews Peabody-Winning Series Deutschland83!
SundanceTV’s U.S./Germany co-produced espionage series Deutschland83 has been renewed – set three years later, it will now entitled Deutschland86 and will have Stasi agent Martin Rauch banished to South Africa. Set against the backdrop of real events during the last Summer of Anxiety, Martin’s mission will take him to Johannesburg, Tripoli, Paris, West Berlin and finally back to East […]
Deutschland 83 – Shanghaied Kid Becomes Spy!
Deutschland 83 (SundanceTV, Tuesdays, 11/10C) is a clever little espionage tale set during the Cold War. Martin Rauch, a young East German army officer finds himself shanghaied by the Stasi (East Germany’s equivalent of the KGB) and coerced/bribed to become an undercover operative in order to steal top secret NATO military intelligence. It’s the first […]
SundanceTV’s Deutschland 83 Premieres In June!
SundanceTV’s Deutschland 83 has been set to premiere on Wednesday, June 17th (11/10C). The first German language series to be broadcast on a US network, it’s a coming-of-age spy story set at the tensest point in the Cold War, as 24-year old Martin Rauch is taken from the world he knows and sent to the West […]
SundanceTV Brings First Original German-Language Series To North America
Deutschland 83, a coming of age/espionage tale set in the East and West Germanys of the 1980s, is coming to SundanceTV. It ill be the first German-language series to air on a major American network. The series follows 24-year old Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay), an East German man who has been conscripted by the Stasi […]