
The Same Sky(2017)
Cold War, the seventies. Lars is a Romeo agent from East Germany: he must go to the West side and seduce and spy on Western women who work in government or defense institutions.


Michael Mendl
Willy Brandt

Jürgen Hentsch
Herbert Wehner

Dieter Pfaff
Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Matthias Brandt
Günter Guillaume

Barbara Rudnik
Rut Brandt
Michael Quast
Günter Nollau

Rudolf Kowalski
Egon Bahr

Ulrich Mühe
Günther Gaus

Markus Boysen
Helmut Schmidt

Felix von Manteuffel
Walter Scheel
Im Schatten der Macht is a war & politics, drama series that first aired in 2003. Created by Oliver Storz, it stars Michael Mendl, Jürgen Hentsch, Dieter Pfaff.
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