'Deutschland 89': Release date, plot, cast, trailer and all you need to know about the spy drama series on Sundance TV
The German-American television series titled 'Deutschland 89' follows Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay), an agent in East Germany, in the narrative of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It is a follow-up series to 'Deutschland 83' (2015) and 'Deutschland 86' (2018). In September 2020, Amazon Prime had streamed the episodes of the series in Germany, Austria, India and Japan. It is now set to make its American debut on Sundance TV in October end. Here is all you need to know about the upcoming series.
Release date
'Deutschland 89' Season 1 airs on October 29, 2020.
Plot
The AMC press release lists the synopsis as, "When the "anti-fascist" Berlin Wall falls on November 9th, 1989, superspy Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay) gets involved and must deal with the consequences. The peaceful revolution has thrown his world into turmoil. He and his fellow agents at the HVA (East German Foreign Intelligence) are reeling. Their government has collapsed, their organization is in chaos and their futures are uncertain, at best. How to play the next hand? Join Big Brother at the KGB? Go West and work for an enemy agency? Use international contacts to begin a new career? Or run off to paradise with hoarded gold? Our heroes need to reinvent themselves in the face of a new world order."
Cast
Jonas Nay as Martin Rauch
Nay is known for his roles as Friedrich Erler in 'Line of Separation' (2015-2018), Martin Rauch in 'Deutschland 83' (2015), Otti Sörensen in '4 Against Z' (2005-2006), and Jakob Moorman in 'Homevideo' (2011). His most recent works include 'Jennifer - Sehnsucht nach was Besseres' (2018), 'The Accidental Rebel' (2019), 'The Master Butcher' (2019), 'Persian Lessons' (2020), and 'Little America' (2020). Nay won an Adolf Grimme Award in 2012 for 'Homevideo' (2011), he shared this award with his teammates. He also won a Promotional Award in 2011, a Günter Strack TV Award, Individual Award and a New Faces Award in 2012 for the same production.
Maria Schrader as Lenora Rauch
Schrader is known for her roles as Felice Schragenheim in 'Aimee & Jaguar' (1999), Fanny Fink in 'Nobody Loves Me' (1994) and Lena Katz in 'The Giraffe' (1998). The actress is also a director and a writer - her directional credits include 'Love Life' (2007), 'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe' (2016), 'Unorthodox' (2020) and 'I Am Your Man'. This year, Schrader won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special for 'Unorthodox'.
Svenja Jung as Nicole Zangen
Jung is known for her roles as Kat in 'Centre of My World' (2016), Vivi in 'Holiday Secrets' (2019), and Maria in 'A Gschicht über d'Lieb' (2019). Her more recent works include 'Unsere wunderbaren Jahre' (2020), 'Dark' (2020), and 'Young, Fragile' (2020). She has two releases in post-production titled 'Fly' (2021) and 'Schlaf gut, Du auch' (2019). In 2019, she won a Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress for 'A Gschicht über d'Lieb' (2019).
The rest of the cast includes Sylvester Groth as Walter Schweppenstette, Corinna Harfouch as Beate, Fritzi Haberlandt as Tina Fischer, Lavinia Wilson as Brigitte Winkelmann, Florence Kasumba as Rose Seithathi, Niels Bormann as Fritz Hartmann, Uwe Preuss as Markus Fuchs, Anke Engelke as Barbara Dietrich, Carina Wiese as Ingrid Rauch, Alexander Beyer as Tobias Tischbier and many more.
Creator
The series is created by Anna Winger and Jörg Winger, with Randa Chahoud and Soleen Yusef directing. Steve Bailie, Roger Drew, Ed Dyson, Lily Idov and Michael Idov serve as writers. Daniel van den Berg serves as executive producer, and Steve Bailie and Philipp Driessen serve as co-executive producers.
Trailer
The short trailer shows action-packed scenes, hard decisions and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It states, 'One Man, Two Sides, Three Choices' - he gets killed, arrest or hired? Which one will it be?
Where to watch
Catch 'Deutschland 89' Season 1 on October 29, 2020, on Sundance TV at 11/10c.
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