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SBS On Demand: Bonn, Syndrome E, Forest Of The Missing

A German period spy drama and two French thrillers drop this week.

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German period spy drama Bonn, and French thrillers Syndrome E and Forest Of The Missing screen this week on SBS On Demand.

Thursday, 24 August:

Bonn
All six episodes available. Available in German with English subtitles.
Set against the backdrop of 1950s Germany, Bonn follows the rise of a young West Germany, a country struggling to break free from the terrors and legacies of World War II and longing for a ‘normal’ life. Into this heady and volatile mix steps Toni, a young woman determined to seize every opportunity, overcome every obstacle, and make her own way in what is still a very male-dominated society. But what at first appears to be only an entry-level office job at one of the country’s two competing secret services soon sucks her ever deeper into a clandestine world of suspicion and betrayal, where nothing and nobody is as they appear.
Stars Mercedes Müller, Juergen Maurer and Martin Wuttke.

Syndrome E
All six episodes available. Available in French with English subtitles.
Frank Sharko is a brooding, loner cop who lost his family in a terrorist attack. He’s particularly struggling to get over the death of his daughter Eugenie, who appears to him in taunting visions. At work, he begins investigating a case of missing children and a disturbing 1960s movie that spurs people who watch it to commit bizarre and dangerous acts. Detective Lucie Henebelle is a single mom who joins forces with Sharko after realising that events in her own past could be tied to this case. Together, they for answers on an adrenaline-fueled journey across three continents, from France to Canada to Morocco.

Forest Of The Missing
All six episodes available. Available in French with English subtitles.
Near the French-German border, in the heart of the Black Forest and the binational military base, twelve bodies are found in a mass grave. All the victims are French and German men, whose murders were committed over a period of three decades. It soon becomes clear that Judge Camille Hartmann has a close connection to the case. But after a car accident a year earlier, Camille lost her memory and any recollection of the incident has been sidelined… How is she connected to the murders? What could she have discovered just before the accident? By joining forces with a young German police officer, and a veteran officer, the investigating judge hopes to shed light on this case, but also on her own past.
Stars Hélène de Fougerolles, Gregory Fitoussi and Tcheky Karyo.

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  1. The SBS on Demand have provided some good viewing recently, my favourite being the Irish gangster yarn ‘Kin’, which rates high on my binge meter, this is followed by ‘Headhunters’ which is slickly written and hyperactive. Looking at these three new releases they look to offer similar quality, my best pick would be ‘Bonn’. As an observation I would like to see a female police detective who isn’t a single mom, as described for Syndrome E, just for once.

  2. I do enjoy some of the European shows that SBS puts up and will have to give a couple of these a go. The first one sounds the most interesting to me. 1950’s Germany would have been a strange place to be.

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