Renewed: Deutschland 83

Earlier this week the excellent Deutschland 83 was renewed for a second season.

The Cold War drama is the first original German-language drama to broadcast on a US TV network, SundanceTV.

The new episodes will pick up three years after Season 1 with Jonas Nay’s East German Agent Martin Rauch on the frontlines of the battle between the Ronald Reagan-led West and the Soviet Empire.

With proxy states in Africa as the backdrop in what we now know were the final years of the Cold War, the Stasi agent ends up in the Johannesburg of the Apartheid-ruled South Africa, the Tripoli of Col. Gadhafi’s Libya, Paris, and both Berlins.

An eight-episode second season, which will be known as Deutschland 86, will debut in 2018.

“Deutschland 83 is a key example of the terrific, entertaining content Sundance TV has collaborated on with creative voices from around the world,” said Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV. “Anna and Joerg Winger did an incredible job taking well-known historical events and framing them with a unique lens in the first season. We know that they will offer a fresh perspective to the events in Germany in 1986 and are thrilled to join them on their journey back in time.”

The series airs in Australia on Stan.

Source: Deadline