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Cast
Jonas Nay (Martin Rauch)Maria Schrader (Lenora Rauch)Ulrich Noethen (General Wolfgang Edel)Sylvester Groth (Walter Schweppenstette)Sonja Gerhardt (Annett Schneider)Ludwig Trepte (Alex Edel)Alexander Beyer (Prof. Tobias Tischbier)Lisa Tomaschewsky (Yvonne Edel)Carina Wiese (Ingrid Rauch)Vladimir Burlakov (Thomas Posimski)Anna von Berg (Ursula Edel)Uwe Preuss (Markus Fuchs)Errol Trotman-Harewood (General Arnold Jackson)Godehard Giese (Karl Kramer)Michaela Caspar (Frau Netz)Florian Bartholomäi (Felix von Schwerin)Niels Bormann (Fritz Hartmann)Merab Ninidze (Alexej Stepanov)
Creators
Steve Bailie, Georg Hartmann, Andrea Willson, Jörg Winger, Anna Winger, Ralph Martin
Synopsis
Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.
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