Seven episodes of raincoats, radios, and absolutely zero chill in occupied Europe.
Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestShortly before the outbreak of World War II: Leopold Trepper, a colonel in the Red Army, travels to Belgium under a false name and sets up a spy ring there. Together with his employees Viktor Sukulow-Gurewitsch, Johann Wenzel, Hillel Katz and Michail Makarow, he succeeds in establishing a spy network throughout Belgium and France in a very short time. With the help of his cover companies - a chain of raincoat shops and later the import-export company Simexco ”- Trepper can collect information from the economy and the Wehrmacht, about Atlantic Wall construction sites and railway lines, and send it to Moscow. The agents also get help from patriots who want to free their countries from the occupation by the Germans.
Production
Painstaking period detail: actual raincoat shops as spy fronts.
Writing
Dense, procedural storytelling that trusts your intelligence.
Creator
Franz Peter Wirth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Franz Peter Wirth was primarily a theater director; this was his rare foray into prestige television.
Made for West German TV in 1972, it offered a rare sympathetic portrayal of Soviet intelligence during Cold War détente.
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