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This decade, Germany has produced dozens of good films and series about life and habits during Cold War around FRG/GDR/West-Berlin, with versatile and intertwined plots, good character actors and apt understanding of environment and way of life. Der gleiche Himmel is another good brick in this wall, where focus is not entirely on one family, enabling to provide a broader picture of repressve, yet tragicomic life in socialist parts of Germany. The events seem realistic, perhaps the last episode rounded them up a bit hastily and "by halves" - apparently according to the filmmakers´vision. As mentioned, the cast is good as well, but here, I would like to spotlight the Swedish actress Sofia Helin as Lauren; for comparison, just watch here in "The Bridge" (Scandinavian version) and you will find out how talented and varied she is! Recommended to all those interested in German lifestyle prior to unification.

This was quite a good series but at the end not a single story line was tied up. Not a SINGLE ONE!!!!! It's as if the entire series is just a set up for the next series which may not even happen, obviously. Very, very disappointed to get to the end and discover this.

The show mainly revolves around Lars Weber (Tom Schilling) - A Romeo agent from East Germany sent out to seduce and retrieve information from certain female personnel of the West German government.

Though the plot seems deeply rooted in James Bond territory, the show quickly dispels this assumption by deviating from the generic alpha-male lead and instead opting for a young neophyte agent. One whose lack of experience leads him to act like an obedient schoolboy, scarcely questioning his superiors, still prone to rookie mistakes, but undoubtedly capable of maneuvering himself with impeccable finesse and apt vigilance.

Apart from Lars Weber is a multitude of well researched and astutely written characters and sub plots that successfully depict the daily struggles and momentary triumphs of Germans during the cold war. And while the story transpires in that era, many of its themes, such as the pursuit of freedom, the willingness to sacrifice oneself, or the unapologetic demonstration of fervent (albeit misguided) patriotism prove to be remarkably relevant to date.

The Same Sky is not a facile series that hinges itself on historical clichés and typical Hollywood thrills. It does not carelessly dismiss the east as a stifling communist dystopia nor does it gratify the west as a freedom-bloated paradise. Rather, it is a cleverly crafted opus that tells the story of the people of the cold war through an unbiased lens

Living in the states as a German immigrant I am always excited to find intriguing mini series like "Generation War" on platforms like Netflix. This one started of extremely promising with wonderful cinematography, great costumes, interesting characters and great acting performances. Needless to say that Tom Schilling's talent adds to any production. When I watched the last episode everything began to shatter for me. None of the character's story lines were finished, no conclusions given. If this was a continuing TV Show I could deal with this a whole lot better but so far a second season has not been confirmed. The ratings on German television were rather mediocre so I doubt we will get the answers the viewers and the show deserved.

I can understand when some shows leave an open ending but this is ridiculous! Like everyone else, i dont appreciate having to imagine at least 1/3 more of the story. I also don't like that IMDB has this as a 2017 show yet Prime video has it as 2021. It makes a difference to me. Now we know fore SURE there wont be an S2.

Anyway, it was a well-acted solid story.

I just watched the series on netflix (until episode 4) and I am really hooked by the series. Essentially the main story is how much the former German Democratic Republic (communist East Germany) invested time, resources and talent to keep their crumbling regime alive. In order to silence any opposition, they employ this network of informants, whose main job is to accuse someone of being a subversive (even jokes about their leader was a crime), and they would arrest and probably torture any person caught trying to emigrate.

Despite so much oppression, life goes on, and we can see the contradictions of a communist life, where everyone is supposed to be from the same class, but families are ambitious, materialistic and competitive just like their compatriots in capitalist West Germany. There is a mother who's watching her daughter's life being ruined by the regime (they are giving her hormones and steroids to enhance her swimming performance), but she hopes that that sacrifice will Be worth if they get a larger apartment as a reward for her daughter success in sports.

My main criticism is that we have a few American and British characters, but they don't behave like either American or British and they speak German with their own children (normally you speak at home your mother tongue), besides anglos are notorious for being monolingual. Their flawless German is just not plausible.

The secret police from East Germany creates this ruthless program of strategic seduction, where agents infiltrate West Germany, and have manipulated affairs with American and British women who work for the military, and they discard them once they get all "intelligence" necessary. Watching that series makes you see how much communism relied on destroying people's lives in order to keep the system alive, but we don't see anybody happy in that country, nobody can have a normal life, and every neighbor and coworker might report you to the secret police, where you would be tortured despite being innocent.

It is very educational, I recommend the series.

This is a wonderful series. Gives a good sense of the life in East Germany during the 70's. I hope that there will be an additional season. There are several stories well embroidered into each other and they keep getting interesting and intriguing. Everything is well done, the scripts, the acting, the directing, the art, the music and the costumes. I'm looking forward to see then next season.

Just saw 2 episodes . Acting is okay but the story about eastern Germany is without any nuances. West is good and East is bad. I believe this could be better displayed.

Sofia Henlin is great again like in the Bridge

I was actually quite enjoying it and was looking forward to see how it ended and I realized when there was about 20 minutes left of the last episode that there was no possible way the story could be wrapped up that quickly. I then assumed there must be a second season, but lo and behold, there is no second season and from what I could find out there won't be one. This isn't the first time this has happened watching a series and I can't believe I haven't learned from previous mistakes. If you want to see what life was like in East Germany during the Cold War (I can't even attest to how accurate it is) and a bit of suspense here and there I would recommend watching. If it drives you crazy to be left with all the story plot lines hanging and knowing you will never find out, then don't bother. I'm annoyed I invested almost 6 hours to be left hanging permanently.

This is a great show with wonderful characters and story arcs. However...it was left unresolved with apparently no plans for a season two. Disappointing.

Excellent reconstruction of 1970s Berlin. They must have had an immense budget for vintage cars.

Only three weaknesses:

First, the American / English characters. There are several of these. Unfortunately, they are German actors putting on very poor American accents - which is distracting and often completely incomprehensible (there are no subtitles to help). Sadly, when you can understand what these characters are saying, you realise that the English dialogue has been scripted by someone whose level of English high-school exchange at best.

Second, it is not labelled "season one". That may gives the impression that this is a complete show - but when you get to the end of the last episode, it becomes clear that this was intended to be only the first season of several. But it didn't get renewed. So don't expect any closure at all, on any of the stories.

It helps if one lived in the time when this takes place as that would confirm what you understood was the case, but if not it accurately shows the tense, edgy and somewhat disconcerting feel of the time - when spying was not linked simply to some international government secret but an undercover operation when certain hired people spied on family, friends, coworkers and reported them in such a way as to make them enemies of the state. in that sense it's scary because it lives on in radical political environments even today. the 'Romeo' is not what one might expect in that he doesn't seem to fit into that category, but he does well with the role. one has to remind oneself that he is the enemy preying on unsuspecting victims in the name of the state. the production itself is not necessarily the best I've seen. it has a sort of cheap feel to it, BUT it seems to work anyway. it was good enough as an entertainment that if there is a follow up season, i definitely want to see what happens.

'Come on' UFA Fiction "production company" -- produce! A second season couldn't be more manifestly merited. It is a rare season of television that can boast -- as this one indisputably does -- such skillful, intelligent development, production and execution of a story line that masterfully interweaves mounting dramatic tension with smooth, sensitive, orderly narrative development. On all fronts, Der gleiche Himmel, succeeds with distinction: concept, script writing, acting, narrative pacing, production value, cultural, social and historic intelligence and relevance, et. al. If you haven't seen it, do. If you have any affiliation with the copyright holders, prevail upon them to produce a subsequent season.

Apart from the anomalies in the US military uniforms, Duncan's van also had issues. Duncan was supposedly a civilian trying to set up tours in East Berlin, yet his camper van had British Forces Germany (BFG) number plates and registration number. If he was indeed working for one of the allied powers in West Berlin, he would not have been interacting with East German border guards on crossing into East Berlin. His papers would have been checked at Checkpoint Charlie before departing the West and, if he was checked at all on crossing into East Berlin, it would have been by the Soviet authorities. He would have been restricted to travelling within Berlin City limits and could not enter East Germany proper.

Although I have to read subtitles all the time and pause sometimes because of that, I absolutely enjoyed it. Couldn't stop watching it, actors play genuinely well. I caught myself at the thought that when I looked at Tom Schilling I saw Edward Norton.

I have to admit although the TV series definitely suggest that west side is better than the east. People from the east seem more alive and genuine to me.

Sitting somewhere between Deutschland 83 and Goodbye Lenin in cinematic and thematic feel, and also in run-time as neat six-part series that offers a happy medium between a standard film and longer series. It has an engaging authenticity and the acting is solid and credible with strong performances all-round, save perhaps for some of the English (American) spoken parts sometimes sounding a touch artificial. The pace is enthralling and the story-lines are simple enough to follow, but deep enough to draw you into the moral dilemmas and stark choices that life in the GDR/DDR forced its citizens to live with. It's a incredible period in time (of modern history) that is always fascinating to re-examine in film, though often risks becoming hackneyed if not done well. However, the Same Sky does it proficiently and brings in original themes, such as the consequences of sports doping and a surprising tolerance of homosexuality in the Eastern German state. The only big criticism is that the series finishes with almost everything left up in the air, open for interpretation. It's unclear if this is intentional (I.e. as a bridge to a potential second series) or purposely framed to leave the viewer to ponder upon how the lives of the protagonists will unfold by using one's own imagination and future hindsight knowledge. The latter perhaps (although not necessarily) leads to a fatalist conclusion that none of the stories are likely have happy endings, and thus all we really need is to bear witness to those characters dealing with formidable challenges, hopes and ambiguities of those moments in time.