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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.

3 Seasons
26 Episodes
Ended
Drama
Cast & Characters
episode image Northern Wedding
8.3/10 (536 votes)

#1 Northern Wedding

S1:E4

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.

episode image Total Onslaught
8.1/10 (244 votes)

#2 Total Onslaught

S2:E10

Lenora is grounded and demoted after the cruise ship plan is uncovered.

episode image Brave Guy
8.0/10 (566 votes)

#3 Brave Guy

S1:E2

Martin is ordered by Tischbier to steal a top secret security report.

episode image Chickenfeed
8.0/10 (242 votes)

#4 Chickenfeed

S2:E9

Martin is finally able to return to the East and see his son for the first time.

episode image Green Book
7.9/10 (264 votes)

#5 Green Book

S2:E5

Brigitte tries to convince Martin to work as a double agent.

episode image Kyrie Eleison
7.9/10 (229 votes)

#6 Kyrie Eleison

S3:E1

Martin gets into a routine until he's approached by the HVA.

episode image Operation Condor
7.9/10 (202 votes)

#7 Operation Condor

S3:E4

Martin realizes he needs to take care of Max and Nicole while figuring out what the group has planned in Frankfurt. He discovers he's in one of three terror cells involved in an assassination attempt and identifies Lenora as part of a second cell.

episode image Atlantic Lion
7.8/10 (521 votes)

#8 Atlantic Lion

S1:E3

While at a NATO conference in Brussels, Martin gets his first assignment: to seduce and bug the head security analyst’s secretary, Linda.

episode image Cold Fire
7.8/10 (467 votes)

#9 Cold Fire

S1:E5

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.

episode image El Dorado Canyon
7.8/10 (241 votes)

#10 El Dorado Canyon

S2:E7

Lenora returns to East Germany with Rose, determined to develop top-secret communication technology for the ANC in a secret operation called Operation VULA.

episode image Quantum Jump
7.7/10 (651 votes)

#11 Quantum Jump

S1:E1

23-year-old Martin Rauch is sent to West Germany to act as a spy, gathering intelligence for East Germany's Secret Service.

episode image Brandy Station
7.7/10 (444 votes)

#12 Brandy Station

S1:E6

Martin wants to stay in East Germany after returning for his mother’s kidney transplant. Alex Edel takes General Jackson hostage.

episode image Bold Guard
7.7/10 (426 votes)

#13 Bold Guard

S1:E7

As preparations for NATO’s nuclear war game intensify, Martin receives an order from East Germany that cements his fears about their paranoia.

episode image Able Archer
7.7/10 (450 votes)

#14 Able Archer

S1:E8

Fear of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the West has become a very real possibility at the East German HQ.

episode image Vula
7.7/10 (239 votes)

#15 Vula

S2:E8

Martin has positioned himself for a trade back to East Germany but needs to prove his loyalty to the BND before they accept him as a double agent. Meanwhile, Tina is incarcerated in STASI prison with no idea where her family is.

episode image Magic
7.7/10 (205 votes)

#16 Magic

S3:E3

Martin is drugged by the West Germans and interrogated. Meanwhile, the KGB endangers his new love interest, Nicole, and Max. The West Germans rope Martin into traveling with them to Frankfurt. Lenora approaches Fuchs to access a weapons stash.

episode image Dragon Rouge
7.6/10 (271 votes)

#17 Dragon Rouge

S2:E3

Gary Banks double-crosses Martin and Lenora, leading them headfirst into a proxy conflict at an Angolan oil refinery. Seriously injured in the fighting, Martin is abandoned by Lenora.

episode image Tjello
7.6/10 (247 votes)

#18 Tjello

S2:E6

Martin returns to West Berlin.

episode image Phase Zwei
7.6/10 (190 votes)

#19 Phase Zwei

S3:E7

Martin is arrested and framed for Lenora's assassination plot. As Tina manages to overpower her interrogator, Tischbier is caught up in the fray. Valdez and Brigitte pull the threads of the Kohl assassination attempt. Nicole fears for Max's safety.

episode image The End of History
7.6/10 (207 votes)

#20 The End of History

S3:E8

Martin is held and tortured by Valdez, who wants to force a false confession. Brigitte teams up with Schweppenstette to save Martin and faces off with Lenora. Nina and Fritz discover the HVA in exile and have a proposition for Fuchs and Dietrich.

episode image November Nights
7.5/10 (208 votes)

#21 November Nights

S3:E2

Various agencies vie for control of Martin, but Martin must find a way to keep Max safe. Brigitte Winkelmann and CIA agent Hector Valdez task Martin with infiltrating a group of West Germans. Lenora acts on her plan to get out of prison.

episode image Tar Baby
7.4/10 (314 votes)

#22 Tar Baby

S2:E1

Banished for his sins in 1983, Martin wallows in limbo until his Aunt Lenora conscripts him into her plan to drum up hard currency abroad.

episode image Timişoara Rebellion
7.4/10 (196 votes)

#23 Timişoara Rebellion

S3:E5

Realizing Lenora's involvement in a prominent banker's murder, Martin and Nicole chase her. Schweppenstette entraps a bank employee and brings Staatsbank to East Germany's side. Fuchs and Dietrich lay low in Italy and establish the HVA in exile.

episode image Quando Ti Guardo
7.4/10 (191 votes)

#24 Quando Ti Guardo

S3:E6

Lenora heads to Italy to meet with Fuchs for help with her next plan. Tina can't let East Germany get away with killing Christoph. Martin faces off with Lenora and she tries to convince him to join in assassinating Kohl. Fuchs teams up with Valdez.

episode image Ommegang
7.3/10 (281 votes)

#25 Ommegang

S2:E2

Martin reluctantly agrees to help Lenora.

episode image Le Cafard
7.3/10 (254 votes)

#26 Le Cafard

S2:E4

Badly injured, Martin wakes up in the Libyan desert, where he meets Samira and Khaled, and uncovers an imminent terrorist plot. Meanwhile, Lenora arrives at an Angolan hotel.

Cast & Chracters

character image Martin Rauch / Moritz Stamm / Frank Jonas

Martin Rauch / Moritz Stamm / Frank Jonas

Actor: Jonas Nay
character image Lenora Rauch

Lenora Rauch

Actor: Maria Schrader
character image Nicole Zangen, professeur de Max

Nicole Zangen, professeur de Max

Actor: Svenja Jung
character image Walter Schweppenstette

Walter Schweppenstette

Actor: Sylvester Groth
character image Ingrid Rauch

Ingrid Rauch

Actor: Carina Wiese
character image Brigitte Winkelmann

Brigitte Winkelmann

Actor: Lavinia Wilson
character image Annett Schneider

Annett Schneider

Actor: Sonja Gerhardt
character image Tobias Tischbier

Tobias Tischbier

Actor: Alexander Beyer
character image Markus Fuchs

Markus Fuchs

Actor: Uwe Preuss
character image Tina Fischer

Tina Fischer

Actor: Fritzi Haberlandt
character image Rose Seithathi

Rose Seithathi

Actor: Florence Kasumba
character image Alex Edel

Alex Edel

Actor: Ludwig Trepte

Max

Actor: Ari Kurecki
character image Karl Kramer

Karl Kramer

Actor: Godehard Giese
character image Thomas Posimski

Thomas Posimski

Actor: Vladimir Burlakov
character image Linda Seiler

Linda Seiler

Actor: Nikola Kastner
character image Hector Valdez

Hector Valdez

Actor: Raul Casso
character image Ursula Edel

Ursula Edel

Actor: Anna von Berg
character image General Arnold Jackson

General Arnold Jackson

Actor: Errol Trotman-Harewood
character image Felix von Schwerin

Felix von Schwerin

Actor: Florian Bartholomäi
character image Fritz Hartmann

Fritz Hartmann

Actor: Niels Bormann
character image Alexej Stepanov

Alexej Stepanov

Actor: Merab Ninidze
character image Grigore Antonescu

Grigore Antonescu

Actor: Emil Hostina
character image Carl Baumgarten

Carl Baumgarten

Actor: Rainer Sellien
character image Sabine Baumgarten

Sabine Baumgarten

Actor: Samia Chancrin
character image Rolf

Rolf

Actor: Nicolai Borger
character image John Tyler

John Tyler

Actor: Mike Davies

The highest rated episode of Deutschland is "Northern Wedding" (S1E4) with a rating of 8.30.

This episode received 536 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Ommegang" (S2E2) with a rating of 7.30.

This episode received 281 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Northern Wedding" (S1E4) with a rating of 8.30.

This episode received 536 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Quantum Jump" (S1E1) with a rating of 7.70.

This episode received 651 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Total Onslaught" (S2E10) with a rating of 8.10.

This episode received 244 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Ommegang" (S2E2) with a rating of 7.30.

This episode received 281 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Kyrie Eleison" (S3E1) with a rating of 7.90.

This episode received 229 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Timişoara Rebellion" (S3E5) with a rating of 7.40.

This episode received 196 votes.

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