Beyond Appearances
6 Episodes
Carefully crafted and emotionally involving period spy drama from Germany based in Cold War Berlin. A young East German spy has been meticulously trained to prey upon lonely female NATO analysts.
Lars Weber is pulled out of his seduction training course to commence a Romeo assignment in West Berlin. His target is Lauren Faber, a lonely NATO intelligence analyst.
Lars is proving to be a natural and gets completely under Lauren's skin, while Axel is let in on an incredible secret when he meets up with an ex-lover
Lauren is deeply torn between her feelings for Lars and her responsibility towards her wayward son, Emil. And Axel is suddenly aware of a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Lars proves every bit as successful with Sabine as he was with Lauren but is caught unaware by his own feelings for her. Axel takes a chance and approaches the diggers.
Lars fulfils his mission by capturing Sabine's family's sympathy and trust, while Conrad confronts Gita and coach Dunst after Juliane confesses her fears to him
Ralf struggles to stop Lars from succumbing to his feelings for Sabine, while Conrad must choose between saving his conscience or his family: he can't save both