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The Turncoat

The Turncoat

20206.11 Season4 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Summer 1944. Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train is blown up by partisans. Together with a scattered bunch of German soldiers, cut off from the front, he awaits certain death while the commands of his superior Willi Stehauf are becoming more and more senseless and inhuman.

Created by Siegfried Lenz
Written by Siegfried Lenz, Tomasz Zuchniewicz, Florian Gallenberger
NetworksDas ErsteNDR FernsehenSWR Fernsehen

Top Cast

Jannis Niewöhner

Jannis Niewöhner

Walter Proska

Małgorzata Mikołajczak

Małgorzata Mikołajczak

Wanda Zielinski

Leonie Benesch

Leonie Benesch

Hildegard Roth

Rainer Bock

Rainer Bock

Willi Stehauf

Katharina Schüttler

Katharina Schüttler

Maria Rogalski

Bjarne Mädel

Bjarne Mädel

Ferdinand 'Baffi' Ellerbrok

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Sebastian Urzendowsky

Wolfgang Kürschner

Florian Lukas

Florian Lukas

Paul Zacharias

Alexander Beyer

Alexander Beyer

Martin Kunkel

Jochen Nickel

Jochen Nickel

Bauer

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookworld war iieast berlinpartisanpost world war iiturncoatpolitical repressionanti-fascism

About The Turncoat

The Turncoat is a drama, war & politics series that first aired in 2020 exploring themes of based on novel or book, world war ii, east berlin, partisan, post world war ii, turncoat. Created by Siegfried Lenz, it stars Jannis Niewöhner, Małgorzata Mikołajczak, Leonie Benesch. Summer 1944. Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train is blown up by partisans. Together with a scattered bunch of German soldiers, cut off from the front, he awaits certain death while the commands of his superior Willi Stehauf are becoming more and more senseless and inhuman.

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