Scripted series · RTL
Deutschland
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jonas Nay
Martin Rauch / Moritz Stamm / Frank Jonas
26 eps
Maria Schrader
Lenora Rauch
26 eps
Svenja Jung
Nicole Zangen, professeur de Max
8 eps
Sylvester Groth
Walter Schweppenstette
26 eps
Carina Wiese
Ingrid Rauch
26 eps
Lavinia Wilson
Brigitte Winkelmann
18 eps
Sonja Gerhardt
Annett Schneider
26 eps
Alexander Beyer
Tobias Tischbier
26 eps
Uwe Preuss
Markus Fuchs
26 eps
Anke Engelke
Barbara Dietrich
10 eps
Fritzi Haberlandt
Tina Fisher
18 eps
Florence Kasumba
Rose Seithathi
18 eps
Ulrich Noethen
General Wolfgang Edel
8 eps
Ludwig Trepte
Alex Edel
26 eps
Lisa Tomaschewsky
Yvonne Edel
8 eps
Ari Kurecki
Max
8 eps
Godehard Giese
Karl Kramer
26 eps
Vladimir Burlakov
Thomas Posimski
26 eps
Nikola Kastner
Linda Seiler
26 eps
Raul Casso
Hector Valdez
8 eps
Philipp Hochmair
Frank Winkelmann
10 eps
Anna von Berg
Ursula Edel
16 eps
Errol Trotman-Harewood
General Arnold Jackson
26 eps
Michaela Caspar
Frau Netz
18 eps
Florian Bartholomäi
Felix von Schwerin
26 eps
Niels Bormann
Fritz Hartmann
26 eps
Chris Veres
Tim
10 eps
Emil Hostina
Grigore Antonescu
8 eps
Rainer Sellien
Carl Baumgarten
8 eps
Samia Chancrin
Sabine Baumgarten
8 eps
Nicolai Borger
Rolf
8 eps
Mike Davies
John Tyler
8 eps
Merab Ninidze
Alexej Stepanov
27 eps
Konstanze Dutzi
Krankenschwester Eifel
1 eps
Beate Maes
Renate Werner
1 eps
Peter Sikorski
Globowsky
1 eps
Max Rothbart
Moritz Stamm
1 eps
Lena Lauzemis
Nina
1 eps
Yvonne Yung Hee
Crystal
1 eps
Matthias Lier
Krishna
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Deutschland actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Deutschland reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's 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.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 26 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20152 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Deutschland 83
20158 episodes
6.5IMDbBest episode · S01E04 Northern Wedding
Season 2 · Complete
Deutschland 86
201810 episodes
5.8IMDbBest episode · S02E01 Tar Baby
Season 3 · Complete
Deutschland 89
20208 episodes
5.1IMDbBest episode · S03E06 Quando Ti Guardo
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
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.
- Directed by Edward Berger
S01E02
Brave Guy
Martin is ordered by Tischbier to steal a top secret security report.
- Directed by Edward Berger
S01E03
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.
- Directed by Edward Berger
S01E08
Able Archer
Fear of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the West has become a very real possibility at the East German HQ.
- Directed by Samira Radsi
S01E01
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.
- Directed by Edward Berger
S02E01
Tar Baby
Banished for his sins in 1983, Martin wallows in limbo until his Aunt Lenora conscripts him into her plan to drum up hard currency abroad.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Edward BergerDirector
- Samira RadsiDirector
Recognition
Awards
1 win
Primetime Emmy Awards
1 win · latest 2016
- WinnerInternational Emmy Award for best drama series2016
Deutschland · Deutschland 83
Where to watch
Streaming
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