The riveting german drama that became a global sensation as its blend of spy thriller, cold war tension and 1980s pop culture. A young soldier serving in the east german military in 1983 is recruited to become a secret agent. He is given a new identity and sent over the berlin wall, where he must infiltrate the west german army and uncover details of american military plans in europe. German cold war spy drama.     when it launched in 2015, german drama deutschland 83 became a global sensation as its blend of spy thriller, cold war tension and 1980s pop culture broke down the walls of foreign language drama in countries around the world, paving the way for other series to find new fans overseas. Deutschland 86 followed in 2018, continuing the story of spy martin rauch, an unassuming border control guard living in east berlin under the control of the gdr who is sent into the west as an undercover operative. Now martin’s journey is set to come to an end in deutschland 89, focusing on the pivotal year in the cold war that saw the fall of the berlin wall, which opens the eight part series. But after having a hand in the events that led to that monumental occasion, single father martin must deal with the consequences as his world is thrown into turmoil.