Weissensee

You love binge-watching? It hardly gets better than this German serie about East-Germany in the '80. It's on Netflix and a must see. Storytelling takes you up & down like a rollercoaster.

God I loved this so much more than I thought I would. Please continue. I want to know more about every character. Every actor was phenomenal and the stories were compelling. That makes you want to learn a lot more about the GDR.

Having grown up in the 1980s GDR, I recognize many aspects and character types of this well-researched show. The '80s and later the transitional reunification are portrayed very well - from an elite's perspective. Weißensee is, after all, where the elite lived.

But this is not bare entertainment. The storywriting and character development are intense and extremely tragic. The show hooks you on despair and sadness, with few light spots. That's a fair warning, because they really show all the dark aspects of a dying GDR, spiced up with family drama taken to 11.

Decent actors and character development.

The life of people of the DDR is shown very realisticly. Jörg Hartmann did an amazing job playing Falk Kupfer.

We watched all four seasons on MHz and there are English subtitles. I would like to seen another season as only one of the recent story lines was concluded in Season 4 episode 4.