Deckname Luna

A tense, earnest Cold War drama of dreams and betrayal, with a melancholic edge and a slow-burning sense of entrapment.

Created by

Ute Wieland

Genres

Drama

Starring

Anna Maria Mühe, Götz George, Ludwig Trepte

Overview

East Germany in the early 1960s. Lotte Reinhardt, a 26-year-old shipyard worker, has a dream: she wants to become an astronaut. She shares her passion for space travel with her grandfather, a rocket engineer who, after fleeing the Soviet Union, develops new rocket propulsion systems in Augsburg. He and his granddaughter soon come under the Stasi’s scrutiny. After the Berlin Wall is built, Lotte joins a resistance group in the GDR. However, her boyfriend Holger informs on the group to the Stasi. Shortly thereafter, he is dead. The murder is pinned on Lotte. Her only option is to flee to the West. In Augsburg, she falls in love with Oskar, a scientist on her grandfather’s team. But Stasi officer Moll tracks Lotte down in the West and offers her a treacherous deal.

How it feels

Tense, melancholic, earnest and romantic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Betrayal, survival, ambition, love

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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