Miniseries · ZDF
Putins Agenten
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Putins Agenten actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Putins Agenten reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
This three-part investigative documentary follows former members of Russian intelligence who reveal how the Kremlin’s spy networks operate. Through insider testimony and expert analysis, it examines recruitment methods, covert missions, cyber operations, and the mechanisms used to silence opposition and project influence abroad under Vladimir Putin’s rule.
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.
Executive production
- Alexander KampmeierProducer
- Caroline ReiherExecutive Producer
- Anita SoliankoProducer
- Lena LöwenProducer
- Roland AlbrechtProducer
Writing
- Johannes MüllerWriter
Direction
- Johannes MüllerDirector
Cinematography
- Leigh Lisbão UnderwoodDirector of Photography
- Maciej RolbieckiDirector of Photography
- Jürgen RehbergDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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