D83

Deutschland 83 (D83)

Walter presents is the producer 

Sundance in america 

RTL germany 

Comparing non-English speaking drama to English speaking drama

Season 1 episode 1 = quantum jump 

Anna and jorg winger writters 

aired in October 2015 in the us .Released in uk on channel 4 in January 2016. Aired in November 2015 Germany

sponcerd by Lexus = expensive car 

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Knowledge of Cold War

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Ability to understand and willingness to read subtitles = ABC1 AUDIENCE 

GENRES AND THEMES 

Cold War spy thriller 

Action 

Romance 

War and conflict 

= Hybrid of coming of age and spy thriller 

Steve Neil = genre code means that things are required to make show that genre for example explosion = action

Effects

Split screen ,contrsas Intertextuality 

Evil empire speech ,1983 is first thing shown shows from an East German point of view 

ting lives =Levi Strauss( binary opposites) “over the wall , undercover” 

Barths action code language 

identify with protagonist and naive young adult 80s vibe and being chased  = stranger things

80s 

Frankie goes to Hollywood two tribes mocks Cold War as split by the Berlin Wall 

Ronald Raegan = president 

Audience is both young due to young protagonist and the 80 references snd Cold War knoledge 

The protagonist 

Moritz stamm = spy socialist East people sharing everyone equal however feel controlled and may not get what you feel like you deserve 

Martin raunch = soldier West communist  

CHARACTERS  

MARITN EAST 24

MORITS WEST 

Audience 

Medium/ high production value drama e.g finding 1980s props and costume and special effects 

Significant marketing eg posters and trailer 

Berlin film festival premiere 

Globally distributed 

Critical sucessful not least for fashion and soundtrack 

70s/80s nostalgia 

Comercial sucesos 

hightest rated subtitle drama 

East German vocalist ideology almost seen as aspirational 

East German LIKE CUBA 

GAUNTLETT D83 oscillates between diversity and ending at times a singular straightforward east / west diversity 

1980s soundtrack = synergy 

Spotify playlist for each episode 

Nostalgia is key appeil 

Period drama positions with soundtrack 

TODOROV

EQURALIBRIUM = HIS NOEMAL DAY JOB SEEING MUM 

PROBLEM = GETS RECRUTED INTO WEST