The Deutschland 83 TV series kicked off in June 2015 and catapulted us back to a time when war, children, was just a shot away. The East Coast-West Coast beef that some called the Cold War was a real pain in the balls for everyone concerned. For East German border guard Martin Rauch means being dropped in the belly of the beast in Bonn to impersonate Moritz Stamm the aide-de-camp to West German General Wolfgang Edel. With the threat of nuclear annihilation a daily reality Martin juggles lives, girlfriends and identities to spy on the West and get his sick mother the life-saving transplant she so desperately needs.
TV critic James Donaghy is your guide through the labyrinthine tunnels of subterfuge, espionage and daddy issues that define this bitching show. A coming-of-age drama where the stakes could barely be higher it correctly identifies the 1980s as the worst decade in recorded history - a time when a young man who could barely undo a girl's bra was all that stood between us and the end of the world.
TV critic James Donaghy is your guide through the labyrinthine tunnels of subterfuge, espionage and daddy issues that define this bitching show. A coming-of-age drama where the stakes could barely be higher it correctly identifies the 1980s as the worst decade in recorded history - a time when a young man who could barely undo a girl's bra was all that stood between us and the end of the world.
