The Same Sky (TV series)

2017 TV series directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel

The Same Sky (original title: Der gleiche Himmel) is a 2017 German TV series. It is set during the 1970s in West Germany, depicting the Cold War. It portrays the fate of two families on either side of the Berlin Wall.[1][2] The story revolves around the relationship between an East German "Romeo" agent – a spy who uses seduction as a way to unearth secrets — and his female targets in the West.[1]

The series was screened as three feature-length episodes or as six hour-long episodes, depending on the broadcasting service. It was written by Paula Milne and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and stars Sofia Helin and Tom Schilling.[1] The scripts were written in English and translated into German by the director.[3] The series was produced by UFA Fiction in co-production with Beta Film for ZDF and Czech TV in association with Rainmark Films.[1] It was filmed from 24 August 2015 to 6 December 2015 in Prague. The music score was written by Walter Mair and Vesselina Tchakarova. The series was originally broadcast in Germany in March 2017. In the UK, the series was shown on More4 in 2020.[citation needed]

The interest by Amazon and Netflix in acquiring the rights to carry The Same Sky was kindled by the earlier success of another series also featuring a young agent dispatched to West Germany under an assumed identity, Deutschland 83.[4][5]

## Cast[edit]

Tom Schilling | Lars Weber

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Sofia Helin | Lauren Faber
Friederike Becht | Sabine Cutter
Ben Becker | Ralf Müller
Jörg Schüttauf | Gregor Weber
Hannes Wegener  | Axel Lang
Stephanie Amarell  | Klara Weber
Godehard Giese | Conrad Weber
Anja Kling | Gita Weber
Steven Brand | Howard Cutter
Claudia Michelsen | Dagmar Cutter
Daniel Zillmann  | Tobias Preuss
Max Hopp  | Wulf Dunst
Daniel Krejcík  | Viktor
Christian Kuchenbuch  | Olaf Bargmann
Steffi Kühnert | Erika Haas
Torsten Michaelis  | Acker König
Christian Näthe  | Florian Eberhardt
Richard Pepper  | Duncan March
Uwe Preuss  | Meyer
Jascha Rust  | Emil Faber
Udo Schenk  | Lutz Janson
Muriel Wimmer  | Juliane Weber

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Barraclough, Leo (October 17, 2016). "Netflix Acquires Cold War Thriller The Same Sky in English-Language Territories". Variety. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
2. ^ Barraclough, Leo (October 17, 2016). "The Same Sky's Oliver Hirschbiegel on Spies, Communism, Virginity". Variety. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
3. ^ Lawson, Mark (26 May 2017). "Operation Romeo: TV lays bare the cold war's strangest, sexiest mission". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
4. ^ Grey, Tobias (February 17, 2017). "New era of big-budget drama in Berlin". FT.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
5. ^ Gibbons, Fiachra (October 18, 2016). "Netflix, Amazon battle over German Cold War spy dramas". Phys.org. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

## External links[edit]

* The Same Sky at IMDb