90 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestGermany, 1993. Six years have passed since the mysterious death of Uwe Barschel, and nothing has really been resolved. As David delves deeper into the hidden life of the politician, he becomes more obsessed and paranoid, feeling haunted by real and unreal dark forces.
West Germany, 1987. The politician Uwe Barschel (1944-87), member of the Christian Democratic Union party and Minister-President of the Schleswig-Holstein region, is found dead in very sinister circumstances. Reporter David Burger pledges to find the truth behind one of the most important political scandals in German history, investigating countless speculations and conspiracy theories as he fights his own personal demons.
Acting
Fehling's jittery intensity masks profound emptiness.
Production
Ugliness as aesthetic: fluorescent-lit hellscapes of power.
Creator
Kilian Riedhof
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Barschel affair remains Germany's most notorious unsolved political death, spawning decades of competing theories from Mossad hits to Stasi operations to simple suicide.
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