EPISODE
SEASON
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.
3 January 1965, Bogense, Denmark
1958
18 March 1974, Bonn, Germany
18 December 1913, Lübeck [now Schleswig-Holstein], Germany
24 June 1973, Erfurt, German Democratic Republic
1966
18 November 1959, Munich, Germany
10 January 1987, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
31 March 1958, Jerichow, East Germany
29 November 1947, Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany
1987, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
1979, Thuringia, Germany
6 February 1911, Tampico, Illinois, USA
3 March 1968, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
15 January 1983, Berlin, Germany
1963
20 February 1966, Stralsund, German Democratic Republic
1975, Berlin, Germany
2 March 1931, Privolnoye, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Stavropol Krai, Russia]
9 September 1983, Germany
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.
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.
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.
June 17, 2015
The threat of mutually assured destruction has never been so much fun.
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
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 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 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.
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
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.

