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 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.
Episodes
Quantum Jump
23-year-old Martin Rauch is sent to West Germany to act as a spy, gathering intelligence for East Germany's Secret Service.
Brave Guy
Martin is ordered by Tischbier to steal a top secret security report.
Atlantic Lion
While at a NATO conference in Brussels, Martin gets his first assignment: to seduce and bug the head security analyst’s secretary, Linda.
Northern Wedding
When the bug is found in Linda's desk, NATO is placed on high alert. Linda arrives to visit Martin, who scrambles to turn her loyalties around.
Cold Fire
Martin is sent back to East Berlin, but is forced to deliver a seemingly harmless package to a mysterious man in West Berlin on the way.
Brandy Station
Martin wants to stay in East Germany after returning for his mother’s kidney transplant. Alex Edel takes General Jackson hostage.
Bold Guard
As preparations for NATO’s nuclear war game intensify, Martin receives an order from East Germany that cements his fears about their paranoia.
Able Archer
Fear of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the West has become a very real possibility at the East German HQ.
Top Cast
Jonas Nay
Martin Rauch / Moritz Stamm / Frank Jonas
Maria Schrader
Lenora Rauch
Svenja Jung
Nicole Zangen, professeur de Max
Sylvester Groth
Walter Schweppenstette
Carina Wiese
Ingrid Rauch
Lavinia Wilson
Brigitte Winkelmann
Sonja Gerhardt
Annett Schneider
Alexander Beyer
Tobias Tischbier
Uwe Preuss
Markus Fuchs
Fritzi Haberlandt
Tina Fischer
