The Same Sky (TV series)
The Same Sky (original title: Der gleiche Himmel) is a 2017 German TV miniseries set in Cold War Germany and portrays the fate of two families on either side of the Berlin Wall.[1][2] The story revolves around the relationship between an East German "Romeo" agent – a spy who uses seduction as a way to unearth secrets — and his female target in the West.[1]
The series was screened as three feature-length episodes or as six hour-long episodes, depending on the broadcasting service. It was written by Paula Milne and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and stars Sofia Helin and Tom Schilling.[1] The scripts were written in English and translated into German by the director.[3] The series was produced by UFA Fiction in co-production with Beta Film for ZDF and Czech TV in association with Rainmark Films.[1] It was filmed from 24 August 2015 to 6 December 2015 in Prague. The music score was written by Walter Mair and Vesselina Tchakarova. The series was originally broadcast in Germany in March 2017.
Cast
Tom Schilling | Lars Weber |
Sofia Helin | Lauren Faber |
Friederike Becht | Sabine Cutter |
Ben Becker | Ralf Müller |
Jörg Schüttauf | Gregor Weber |
Hannes Wegener | Axel Lang |
Stephanie Amarell | Klara Weber |
Godehard Giese | Conrad Weber |
Anja Kling | Gita Weber |
Steven Brand | Howard Cutter |
Claudia Michelsen | Dagmar Cutter |
Daniel Zillmann | Tobias Preuss |
Max Hopp | Wulf Dunst |
Daniel Krejcík | Viktor |
Christian Kuchenbuch | Olaf Bargmann |
Steffi Kühnert | Erika Haas |
Torsten Michaelis | Acker König |
Christian Näthe | Florian Eberhardt |
Richard Pepper | Duncan March |
Uwe Preuss | Meyer |
Jascha Rust | Emil Faber |
Udo Schenk | Lutz Janson |
Muriel Wimmer | Juliane Weber |
References
- 1 2 3 4 Barraclough, Leo (2016-10-17). "Netflix Acquires Cold War Thriller The Same Sky in English-Language Territories". Variety. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ↑ Barraclough, Leo (2016-10-17). "The Same Sky's Oliver Hirschbiegel on Spies, Communism, Virginity". Variety. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
- ↑ Lawson, Mark (26 May 2017). "Operation Romeo: TV lays bare the cold war's strangest, sexiest mission". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
External links
- The Same Sky on IMDb