The Same Sky (TV series)

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The actor Tom Schilling, Director Oliver Hirschbiegel, actress Friederike Becht and actor Jorg Schuttauf of The Same Sky at the Berlinale 2017 MJK35787 Tom Schilling, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Friederike Becht und Jorg Schuttauf (Der Gleiche Himmel, Berlinale 2017).jpg
The actor Tom Schilling, Director Oliver Hirschbiegel, actress Friederike Becht and actor Jörg Schüttauf of The Same Sky at the Berlinale 2017

The Same Sky (original title: Der gleiche Himmel) is a 2017 German TV series. It is set during the 1970s in the divided city of Berlin, 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]

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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

Tom Schilling Lars Weber
Sofia Helin Lauren Faber
Friederike Becht Sabine Cutter
Ben Becker Ralf Müller
Jörg Schüttauf Gregor Weber
Hannes WegenerAxel Lang
Stephanie AmarellKlara Weber
Godehard Giese Conrad Weber
Anja Kling Gita Weber
Steven Brand Howard Cutter
Claudia Michelsen Dagmar Cutter
Daniel ZillmannTobias Preuss
Max HoppWulf Dunst
Daniel KrejcíkViktor
Christian KuchenbuchOlaf Bargmann
Steffi Kühnert Erika Haas
Torsten MichaelisAcker König
Christian NätheFlorian Eberhardt
Richard PepperDuncan March
Uwe PreussMeyer
Jascha RustEmil Faber
Udo SchenkLutz Janson
Muriel WimmerJuliane Weber

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