Weissensee

The life of people of the DDR is shown very realisticly. Jörg Hartmann did an amazing job playing Falk Kupfer.

You love binge-watching? It hardly gets better than this German serie about East-Germany in the '80. It's on Netflix and a must see. Storytelling takes you up & down like a rollercoaster.

Ok, we admit to come clear... we did watched this serie in 3 days and now we have S3 to see. This is really a very good serie about how it was in those days.

Nobody could trust anyone. No one had any privacy.

This to keep the system without commercial market mechanisms etc intact. But by doing that, it corrupted the system itself. Inequality in powers is what one also can observe in todays world. Within corporations, etc.

All in all, go see this serie! Great acting, good directors work, good music, etc etc.

Also nice the way the set lights are done, old 80's style. Same with the cliff hanger stills and bits and props ...

For the last time; do see this great serie!

Having grown up in the 1980s GDR, I recognize many aspects and character types of this well-researched show. The '80s and later the transitional reunification are portrayed very well - from an elite's perspective. Weißensee is, after all, where the elite lived.

But this is not bare entertainment. The storywriting and character development are intense and extremely tragic. The show hooks you on despair and sadness, with few light spots. That's a fair warning, because they really show all the dark aspects of a dying GDR, spiced up with family drama taken to 11.

Decent actors and character development.

First year's 6 episodes were hard to watch, because of mediocre acting and script. Keep in mind that it's set in the at that time very poor DDR. Second year is much more credible, with the same actors. Historically correct!