Deutschland 86

Cast

Main

• Jonas Nay as Martin Rauch, a former border patrol guard from East Germany who went undercover in 1983 in West Germany, an operation which prevented a pre-emptive nuclear strike by the Soviets against NATO but forced him to go into hiding.
• Maria Schrader as Lenora Rauch, Martin's aunt and former handler for the Stasi, now operating in Cape Town.
• Florence Kasumba as Rose Seithathi, an African National Congress operative working with Lenora.
• Sylvester Groth as Walter Schweppenstette, Lenora's former boss at the East German Permanent Mission, and Martin's anonymous father, who has been demoted after the 1983 incident.
• Sonja Gerhardt as Annett Schneider, Martin's former fiancée who is now a junior intelligence agent in the inner circle of the East German StäV.
• Lavinia Wilson as Brigitte Winkelmann, dentist wife of the West German Trade Commissioner and a BND officer.
• Ludwig Trepte as Alex Edel, a gay West German who served as Oberleutnant in the military with Martin in Deutschland 83 before being dismissed. Now works in an AIDS hospice with Tim.
• Alexander Beyer as Tobias Tischbier, Martin's former handler from the Stasi's foreign arm, the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance, who is now a member of Parliament for the Alternative Party.
• Fritzi Haberlandt as Tina Fischer, an East German doctor whose novelist brother, Thomas Posimski, defected to West Germany.
• Chris Veres as Tim, a closeted gay American G.I. who works with Alex at an AIDS hospice.

  Recurring

• Vladimir Burlakov as Thomas Posimski, Annett's former lover and Tina's brother.
• Anke Engelke as Barbara Dietrich, a new financial consultant to the StäV.
• Uwe Preuss as Markus Fuchs, Walter's associate who was promoted to Walter's position at the StäV.
• Carina Wiese as Ingrid Rauch, Martin's mother
• Michaela Caspar as Mrs. Netz, the former secretary to Alex's father in the Bundeswehr, now working as an agent for the West German Intelligence Service.
• Jonathan Pienaar as Gary Banks, a South African mercenary, hired by Leonora and Martin.

  Episodes

Broadcast

Production