90 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestAs the airship Hindenburg approaches New Jersey, Merten overhears conversations about the on-board bomb - can he convince the crew he is not a killer and find the explosive before the zeppelin lands?
A chance encounter throws a young engineer into the depths of a deadly conspiracy that leads to the crash of the Hindenburg zeppelin in 1937.
Production
The CGI zeppelin actually looks expensive for once.
Costume
1930s luxury travel aesthetic is *chef's kiss*.
Maximilian Simonischek
Merten Kröger
Lauren Lee Smith
Jennifer van Zandt
Greta Scacchi
Helen van Zandt
Stacy Keach
Edward van Zandt
Ulrich Noethen
Ernst Lehmann
Jürgen Schornagel
Max Pruss
Heiner Lauterbach
Hugo Eckener
Hannes Jaenicke
Gilles Broca
Christiane Paul
Anna Kerner
Hinnerk Schönemann
Alfred Sauter
Justus von Dohnányi
Max Kaufmann
Wotan Wilke Möhring
Karl Erdmann
Pierre Besson
Gottfried Kerner
Alicia von Rittberg
Gisela Kerner
Sönke Möhring
Paul Erdmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a German-Canadian co-production, explaining why everyone sounds vaguely confused about their own accent.
The show invents a fictional terrorist plot because historians still debate the real cause—electrical discharge, sabotage, or structural failure.
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