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Shadowplay
"Change begins in darkness."
Overview
In 1946 Berlin, an American cop searches for his missing brother while helping a novice German policewoman fight the violent crimes engulfing the city.
Status
Ended
Created By
Måns Mårlind
Network
ZDF
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Arriving in Berlin, Max quickly gets a taste of the violence plaguing the city. Elsie sets the precinct's sights on a sinister and elusive crime boss.
Episode 2
Max and Elsie investigate the murder of two American GIs. Karin falls deeper into the Angel Maker's orbit. The Russians make a brutal move.
Episode 3
Moritz's barbaric vigilante spree continues as Max learns more about the trauma he endured in the war. Elsie's suspicion closes in on Karin.
Episode 4
Izosimov exploits Elsie's vulnerabilities to coerce her cooperation. Gad helps Max pull on the tentative threads of a conspiracy.
Episode 5
Finding herself cornered, Karin makes a desperate move to escape. Tom puts Max on the trail of a suspected traitor. Moritz torments another captive.
Episode 6
Elsie and Max make a breakthrough in the case, but Karin helps the Angel Maker stay a step ahead. Elsie takes a risky step to protect Leopold.
Episode 7
Max learns the truth about the secret flights and gives Moritz an ultimatum. Karin and the Angel Maker devise a deadly assault against the precinct.
Episode 8
Max and Elsie uncover the Angel Maker's whereabouts, but the crook has a final trick up his sleeve. Moritz targets Tom, provoking a showdown with Max.
Top Cast
Taylor Kitsch
Max McLaughlin
Michael C. Hall
Tom Franklin
Nina Hoss
Elsie Garten
Sebastian Koch
Dr. Werner Gladow "Engelmacher"
Tuppence Middleton
Claire Franklin
Logan Marshall-Green
Moritz McLaughlin
Mala Emde
Karin Mann
Anne Ratte-Polle
Marianne
Lena Dörrie
Trude
Benjamin Sadler
Leopold Garten
Ivan G'Vera
Alexander Izosimov
Braxton Bjerken
Young Max
