Deutschland 83:
The episode reflects the social contradictions in divided 1980's Germany: East Germany is represented as a rigidly controlled state that promotes women's equality, with Lenora as the powerful woman who sets up the spying operation, where as in East Germany, which is less controlled, the military is represented as rigidly patriarchal.
Both Germanys are represented as a white and the representation of the racial integration of the American military appears to add to their 'otherness'. The episode shows the influence of social anxieties about facing up to Germany's divided past.
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Narrative structure:
- Novelistic - multiple storylines and characters that stretch over a number of episodes and seasons. Cross cutting between East Germany and West Germany as well as individual character arcs for Alexander, Yvonne, Martin.
- The spy narrative is of global cultural resonance and helps explain the international success of the series, despite its poor audience figures in Germany.
West Germany
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East Germany
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- Similar to the US as under US influence - CAPITALIST ECONOMY.
- Department stores, restaurants, cars, highways, Western Entertainment - television, films etc
- Fashion was less conservative and more radical due to access to pop culture
- Vibrant music scene
- Free movement
- Large discrepancy between rich and poor
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- Under USSR control - COMMUNIST
- No billboards, neon signs or advertisements
- Very little choice of product
- State department stores were stark and was hard to find a variety of supplies
- No entertainment that wasn't politically altered or focused
- Secret police were very observant and had many informers
- Strict curfew
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It is a co-production of AMC Networks' SundanceTV and RTL Television
International distribution by RTL Group's Fremantle Media International and North American distribution by Kino Lorber.
Budget of £35 million
What is Channel 4? - it is a publically-owned and commercially-funded UK public service broadcaster, with a statutory remit to deliver high-quality, innovative, alternative content that challenges that status quo.
Walter presents is a video on demand service of channel 4
Production: created by Anna Winger and Joerg Winger.
premiered on Channel 4 on 3rd January 2016
- Direct synergy with programme and 1980's soundtrack
Intertextual link to The Loves of Others and Run Lola Run
