EPISODE
SEASON
Deutschland 83 - Season 1
Martin Rauch, a wide-eyed 24 years old East German soldier plucked from obscurity, goes undercover as a West German soldier for the East Germany Secret Service. Tischbier orders Martin to break into NATO head analyst Henrik Mayer';;;;;s hotel room to steal a secret report. He refuses until Tischbier promises to help his mother who is suffering from diabetes in East Germany.
22 July 1988, Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
17 May 1946, Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
3 January 1965, Bogense, Denmark
1960
9 September 1983, Germany
21 December 1917, Cologne, Germany
1958
1972
1983, Germany
3 November 1965, Tbilisi, USSR [now Republic of Georgia]
6 February 1911, Tampico, Illinois, USA
2 April 1989, Berlin, Germany
1961, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
3 April 1930, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
6 April 1960, Weil am Rhein, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1979, Warendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1963
1966
15 January 1983, Berlin, Germany
June 15, 2015
Deutschland 83 can be a little clunky at times, and most of it is subtitled. Nevertheless, it's a taut thriller with some cool '80s spy moments - near-miss escapes with sexual elements.
June 17, 2015
Deutschland 83 is a stylish take on the spy genre that carefully balances its humor with high stakes, and with Nay as an anchor, promises that this is a spy caper worth a few summer weeks.
June 18, 2015
It's enough to make us demand more, possibly an entire channel of German drama, if they're all this good.
June 17, 2015
The premiere episode of Deutschland 83 delivers an excellent mix of coming of age character drama and espionage derring-do. For viewers not allergic to subtitles, it's well worth watching.
January 03, 2016
This is a period drama that sometimes lacks drama but makes up for it with a deep sense of period.
June 17, 2015
It's not as intense a viewing experience as The Americans... this is more of a straightforward, slightly lighter spy thriller, with lots of tension about whether our hero will be caught and if he'll ever be allowed to return home.
June 17, 2015
Trust me, watch the first 20 minutes of Deutschland 83 and you'll be hooked for the remainder. It's an adroit spy caper rooted in vivid history.
August 31, 2015
The clunky '80s spy technology is riveting. The locations in and around Berlin add visual interest. Nay's cool, understated performance is a plus.
June 17, 2015
The threat of mutually assured destruction has never been so much fun.
July 08, 2015
Deutschland 83 is a genuine corker, with flashes of graphic style-an angular black-and-white dress, a carefully arranged drawer of cigarettes, cash, and Nescafé.

