Deutschland 83
| Deutschland 83 | |
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Deutschland 83 English-subtitled intertitle
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| Genre | Cold War espionage |
| Created by |
Anna Winger Joerg Winger |
| Written by | Anna Winger |
| Directed by |
Edward Berger Samira Radsi |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "Major Tom (Coming Home)" by Peter Schilling |
| Composer(s) | Reinhold Heil |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language(s) | German |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Joerg Winger Nico Hofmann Henriette Lippold |
| Cinematography | Philipp Haberlandt Frank Küpper |
| Production company(s) | UFA Fiction |
| Distributor |
FremantleMedia International Kino Lorber |
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| First shown in | United States |
| Original release | 17 June – 5 August 2015 |
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Deutschland 83 [ˈdɔʏtʃlant dʁaɪ.ʊnt.ˈʔaxtsɪç] is an eight-episode German television series starring Jonas Nay as a 24-year-old native of East Germany who in 1983 is sent to the West as an undercover spy for the HVA, the foreign intelligence agency of the Stasi. It is a co-production of AMC Networks' SundanceTV and RTL Television by the production company, UFA Fiction, with international distribution by RTL Group's FremantleMedia International and North American distribution by Kino Lorber. The series premiered on 17 June 2015 on the SundanceTV channel in the United States, becoming the first German-language series to air on a US network. The broadcast was in the original German, with English subtitles. It subsequently aired in Germany beginning in November 2015, and in the UK on Channel 4 beginning in January 2016.
In November 2015, the series was de facto renewed (and retitled "Deutschland 86"). The second season was officially renewed on 14 October 2016; it will air in 2018. Wolf Bauer, head of producer UFA Fiction, said a second series of the show could be greenlit, even if the series does not achieve huge viewings in Germany. Deutschland 86 would be set in 1986, three years after the original series. If a second season were produced, a third season, Deutschland 89, would very likely follow. It would be set in the pivotal year of 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell.
Creator Anna Winger said that all of the episode names originate from NATO military exercises from 1983.
The show was created by the husband and wife team of American novelist Anna Winger and German TV producer Joerg Winger. It is produced by Joerg Winger, Nico Hofmann, and Henriette Lippold. Anna Winger said that they did extensive research with experts who were from both sides of Germany. Historian Klaas Voss from the Hamburg Institute for Social Research was very important in providing historical information. Jonas Nay, who played Martin, said he received technical assistance from military adviser/NATO expert Steffen Meier.
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