Kayti Burt Oct 25, 2018
If you've never watched Deutschland 83, you now have even more reasons to catch up on the German spy period drama. Deutschland 86 is great.
It's not easy to write a compelling second season of television, especially within a format that feels more like a miniseries than a traditional TV show to begin with.
Deutschland 83—the story of a naive, 24-year-old East German man sent to West Germany against his will to act as a spy—could easily have been a standalone story. By the end of the fast-paced, eight-episode season, protagonist Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay) has made a definitive decision about where his allegiances lie; he saves the world, but loses the possibility of a return to his life in East Germany in the process.
When Deutschland 86 picks up three years later (both in the show's timeline and in our own), we find a world wearier Martin,...
If you've never watched Deutschland 83, you now have even more reasons to catch up on the German spy period drama. Deutschland 86 is great.
It's not easy to write a compelling second season of television, especially within a format that feels more like a miniseries than a traditional TV show to begin with.
Deutschland 83—the story of a naive, 24-year-old East German man sent to West Germany against his will to act as a spy—could easily have been a standalone story. By the end of the fast-paced, eight-episode season, protagonist Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay) has made a definitive decision about where his allegiances lie; he saves the world, but loses the possibility of a return to his life in East Germany in the process.
When Deutschland 86 picks up three years later (both in the show's timeline and in our own), we find a world wearier Martin,...
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