Deutschland 89


Deutschland 89 is an upcoming television series, starring Jonas Nay as Martin Rauch, an agent of East Germany following the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It is a sequel to the 2015 series Deutschland 83, and 2018 series Deutschland 86, and will air in 2020.

Cast

Both Jonas Nay and Maria Schrader have been confirmed to reprise their roles.

Plot

and Jörg Winger, creators and executive producers said: "When the Berlin Wall came down, Germany reinvented itself for the fourth time in the 20th century. Deutschland 89 goes back to the so-called 'end of history'. Our heroes, spies in the national security apparatus of a country that has collapsed overnight, find themselves at a dramatic crossroads, personally and professionally."
Actor Jonas Nay says of the new series, "Do not imagine you can live a simple life. You now have three options: Either you are killed, you go to court, or you work in a secret service again."

Production

The initial funding grant of 700,000 euros to UFA Fiction to begin production was approved by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and announced on 7 February 2019. In September 2019 RTL confirmed that shooting had begun, and is expected to be completed in and around Berlin by the end of 2019.
The headquarters of the former Ministry for State Security in Normannenstraße in Berlin is being used for shots on location and houses sets for the new series.
As with Deutschland 86, there is a production partnership with online service Amazon Video, who are providing additional funding. The announcement of Amazon's support for Deutschland 89 came before the release of Deutschland 86.

Broadcast

Amazon Prime Video will stream the eight new episodes exclusively in Germany, Austria, India and Japan in 2020.