Rent Deutschland '86 (2018)
3.8 of 5 from 79 ratings
7h 41min
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- Synopsis:
- 1986: East Germany is broke, Perestroika is real, terrorism plagues Europe, the AIDS crisis intensifies and the struggle against apartheid rages on. Banished for his sins in 1983, Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay) wallows in limbo until his Aunt Lenora (Maria Schrader) conscripts him into her plan to drum up hard currency abroad. They set off on an adventure through Africa, Western Europe and finally home to East Germany. Can mafioso-style Capitalism save Communism just in the nick of time?
- Actors:
- Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth, Sonja Gerhardt, Lavinia Wilson, Ludwig Trepte, Alexander Beyer, Fritzi Haberlandt, Uwe Preuss, Niels Bormann, Emilia Pieske, Helena Pieske, Vladimir Burlakov, Carina N. Wiese, Anke Engelke, Emma Fischer, Chris Veres, Knut Berger, Philipp Hochmair
- Directors:
- Florian Cossen, Arne Feldhusen
- Producers:
- Sebastian Werninger, Jörg Winger, Ulrike Leibfried, Anna Levine
- Creators:
- Anna Levine, Jörg Winger
- Writers:
- Steve Bailie, Anna Levine, Jörg Winger, Will Bentley, Joy C. Mitchell, Ulf Tschauder
- Aka:
- Deutschland! / Deutschland '86: Series 2
- Studio:
- Acorn Media
- Genres:
- TV Action & Adventure, TV Dramas, TV Political, TV Romance, TV Thrillers
- Countries:
- Germany
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Reviews (1) of Deutschland '86
Highly watchable German drama set in Europe and Africa - Deutschland '86 review by PV
This is the sequel to the lower budget Deutschland 83 which I actually preferred. That was set in Europe; this takes place a lot in South Africa and other African countries, which is very timely, but maybe less interesting for me.
However, this is still classy drama and better than most UK drama, for sure.
As usual, some neat twists and turns, confusion about how to trust and action scenes. Too much focus on romance this time though, which borders on treating the main actor as a sex object - feminists used to complain about when female actors were treated in the same way! Such double standards really.
4 stars
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