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The Same Sky

The Same Sky

20176.41 Season3 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Created by Paula Milne
Written by Paula Milne
Produced by Friedemann Goez
NetworksZDF

Top Cast

Tom Schilling

Tom Schilling

Lars Weber

Sofia Helin

Sofia Helin

Lauren Faber

Ben Becker

Ben Becker

Ralf Müller

Hannes Wegener

Hannes Wegener

Axel Lang

Uwe Preuss

Uwe Preuss

Meyer

Friederike Becht

Friederike Becht

Sabine Cutter

Anja Kling

Anja Kling

Gita Weber

Daniel Krejčík

Daniel Krejčík

Viktor

Christian Näthe

Christian Näthe

Florian Eberhardt

Richard Pepper

Richard Pepper

Duncan March

Themes & Keywords

berlin wallminiseriescommunist espionage

About The Same Sky

The Same Sky is a war & politics, drama series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of berlin wall, miniseries, communist espionage. Created by Paula Milne, it stars Tom Schilling, Sofia Helin, Ben Becker. 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.

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