Developed by creators Anna Winger (head writer) and Jörg Winger, “Deutschland86” was directed by Florian Cossen and Arne Feldhusen and starred an impressive ensemble cast: Alongside leading actors Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sonja Gerhardt and Sylvester Groth, Anke Engelke, Fritzi Haberlandt, Lavinia Wilson and Florence Kasumba can be seen in new roles; Vladimir Burlakov, Ludwig Trepte, Alexander Beyer, Carina Wiese and Uwe Preuss complete the prominent cast. Matthias Fleischer and Kristian Leschner are responsible for the camera. Executive producers are Jörg Winger, Sebastian Werninger and Anna Winger.

About the content: “Deutschland86” picks up the story of Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay), his aunt Lenora (Maria Schrader) and their comrades from the HVA three years after Deutschland83. Abandoned by Moscow and hungry for foreign currency, the East German leadership forces its agents into capitalist experiments around the world to save the sinking socialist ship. Banished to Africa in 1983 for his sins, Martin is now sent back into the field. Shady dealings and a dangerous mission take him to South Africa, Angola, Libya, Paris, West Berlin and finally back to the GDR – where he has to make an impossible decision.

Set to the soundtrack of international pop music, the heroes’ journey takes place against the backdrop of perestroika, dirty proxy wars, the fight against apartheid in a year of terror in Western Europe – and, back in the GDR, with the creeping feeling that the end could be near.

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“Deutschland86” is a production of UFA FICTION in cooperation with Amazon, Fremantle and UFA Distribution. Supported by the German Motion Picture Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Creative Europe Media – MEDIA Program of the European Union, Department of Trade and Industry South Africa and MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, the new episodes were shot in Berlin and South Africa.

Fremantle distributes the event series to broadcasters and streaming services worldwide, including “Deutschland86” on SundanceTV & Hulu (USA), Channel 4 & Walter Presents (Great Britain), SundanceTV & Crave (Canada), Canal Plus (France), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland), NRK (Norway), SVT (Sweden), RUV (Iceland), TV4 (Scandinavia), RTE (Ireland), Movistar+ (Spain), Sky (Italy), OTE (Greece), Telenet (Belgium), RTL Klub (Hungary), HRT (Croatia), Hotvision (Israel), Sinema TV & Blu TV (Turkey), Globosat (Brazil) and Stan (Australia and New Zealand).

The first season of the event series – “Deutschland83” – won numerous national and international awards, including the Adolf Grimme Award and the Golden Camera as well as the International Emmy and Peabody Awards. For his role as Martin Rauch, Jonas Nay received the Golden Nymph at the Festival de Television in Monte Carlo in 2016 as the best leading actor in a drama series, as well as the German Television Award. “Deutschland83” has so far been sold to 38 TV channels and video platforms, has been shown in over 110 countries and was the first German-language series to be broadcast on a major US cable channel (SundanceTV). The premiere on Channel 4 was the most-watched foreign-language series launch in the UK to date. In Germany, the series can currently be seen on Amazon Prime Video.