Following the death of her estranged father, Iris learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father’s body and meet with The Solicitor to discuss the estate. Little does she know, when the deed is signed she will become inextricably tied to an unspeakable entity that resides in the pub’s basement – Baghead – a shape-shifting creature that can transform into the dead.
During the height of the Cold War, Victor Godeanu, the right-hand man and closest advisor to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, and secret agent for the KGB, must escape Romania and Ceaușescu before his cover is blown. Helped by an undercover Stasi agent and an up-and-coming CIA agent, Godeanu must elude the KGB and his own country’s spooks, fully aware that his defection is putting his family back home in mortal danger.
Based on the true story of Sam Meffire’s rise and fall in East Germany, this miniseries follows Sam’s desperate search for a place he can call home, as he fights for recognition and justice. Sam goes from being the first Black cop in the GDR to media celebrity, and finally a criminal in the wild years following German reunification.
The actress Svenja Jung was born on May 28, 1993 in Weroth and grew up there in the southern Westerwald. In 2012 she successfully passed her Abitur and then spent six months in Australia. Here, Svenja Jung kept his head above water with various jobs. Back in Germany, Jung began working seriously on her career as an actress. Even before she graduated from high school, she had taken additional acting classes. From 2010 to 2012, Svenja Jung studied at the Juniorhouse in Cologne and from 2011 to 2012 attended the Koblenz drama school. In a commercial for Nestlé, Svenja Jung was seen as a "hero girl". This was followed by smaller roles in TV series. In "Heldt" Svenja Jung played the role of Mandy. Thanks to her convincing performance, she landed her first leading role in 2014. In the series "Unter Uns" she played Lisa Brück. The dual role as police officer and escort lady demanded a lot of empathy from the young actress. With her performance, Svenja Jung proved that she has something to offer as an actor. Svenja Jung plays the leading role in the subsequent film adaptation of "Fucking Berlin."