Deutschland 83 is a gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay) as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy. Everything is new, nothing is quite what it seems and everyone he encounters is harboring secrets, both political and personal.
Martin Rauch, a young NVA Soldier, shall be recruited to work as a spy in West Germany. His aunt Lenora Rauch, who also works for the NVA, convinces her supervisor to do so. Although Martin refuses he is transferred to West Germany.
Moritz first Mission takes places during a security conference in Bonn. While Martin enjoys the amenities of the West German Hotel, he has to hide bugs and faces a fight with an unknown enemy.
At a NATO conference in Brussels, Moritz gets his first Romeo assignment. He has to seduce secretary Linda Seiler to get secret information. He installs a microphone in Linda Seiler's desk and connects her directly to the NVA headquarter.
Martin's bug in Linda's desk is discovered by accident. Martin and Linda spend some quality time together, when he reveals his real identity to her.
Martin continues being careless about revealing his cover identity. Although he wants to quit, he changes his mind when his sick mother is helped by the Government.
Moritz doesn't want to work for the NVA any longer but when Tischbier tells him that his mother needs a kidney transplant he continues his mission. On the way to his mother in East Berlin he has to deliver a mysterious package.
Martin informs his agency that Able Archer is just a drill. He hence tries to prevent them from attacking but only gets threats in return so he's forced to blow his cover. Annett finds out about Martin and Yvonne.
Martin manages to cross the border to West Germany. He first confronts both Yvonne and Annett and then reports to HVA. Lenora continues to believe in Martin and tries to stop the attack.
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Sylvester Groth | Walter Schweppenstette |
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Ulrich Noethen | General Wolfgang Edel |
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Carina Wiese | Ingrid Rauch |
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Alexander Beyer | Prof. Tobias Tischbier |
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Maria Schrader | Lenora Rauch |
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Ludwig Trepte | Alex Edel |
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Sonja Gerhardt | Annett Schneider |
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Jonas Nay | Moritz Stamm |
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Lisa Tomaschewsky | Yvonne Edel |
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Vladimir Burlakov | Thomas Posimski |
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Anna von Berg | Ursula Edel |
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Michaela Caspar | Frau Netz |
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Godehard Giese | Karl Kramer |
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Uwe Preuss | Markus Fuchs |
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Errol Trotman-Harewood | General Arnold Jackson |
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Florian Bartholomäi | Felix von Schwerin |
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Niels Bormann | Fritz Hartmann |
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Merab Ninidze | Alexei Stepanow |
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Dieter Rupp | Techniker |
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Beate Maes | Renate Werner |
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Jens Albinus | Henrik Mayer |
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Nikola Kastner | Linda Seiler |
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Lena Lauzemis | Nina |
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Charlotte Crome | Cosima von Schwerin |
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Ronald Reagan | Self |
| Director | Edward Berger |
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| Writer | Anna LeVine, Jörg Winger, Steve Bailie, Andrea Willson, Ralph Martin, Georg Hartmann | |
| Producer | Esther Gordon, Tim Greve, Nico Hofmann, Ulrike Leibfried, Henriette Lippold, Georg Hartmann, Sebastian Werninger, Jörg Winger, Philipp G. Steffens, Anja Schakowetz | |
| Musician | Reinhold Heil | |
| Photography | Philipp Haberlandt, Frank Küpper | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Distributor | Kino Lorber |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
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| Index | 6261 |
| Added Date | May 03, 2016 09:32:06 |
| Modified Date | May 03, 2016 16:41:12 |