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* IllGirl: She has a kidney problem she needs surgery for, which the state will only provide if Martin goes spying for them.
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* [[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]]: Recruits Martin into the spy business very much against his will. Is not afraid to force his hand by drugging him and dropping him of in the west, or leaving him to die to save herself. Especially in season 2 Martin doesn't trust her at all.

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* [[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]]: Recruits Martin into the spy business very much against his will. Is not afraid to force his hand by drugging him and dropping him of in the west, or leaving him to die to save herself. Especially in season 2 Martin doesn't trust her at all. Even more so by Deutschland 89, where she is very much the villain of the piece.
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* {{Gayngst: Mostly in season 1, where Alex struggles with the fact that he is a gay soldier at a time where that was forbidden.

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* {{Gayngst: {{Gayngst}}: Mostly in season 1, where Alex struggles with the fact that he is a gay soldier at a time where that was forbidden.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Wants to believe that East Germany is better then the west, to the point of offering himself as a spy.

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* WideEyedIdealist: Wants to believe that East Germany is better then than the west, to the point of offering himself as a spy.



* TookALevelInCynic: Was a true believer in season 1, but is seen to enjoy forbidden western TV in season 2 and just generally seems to have lost his belief.

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* TookALevelInCynic: Was a true believer in season 1, but is seen to enjoy forbidden western TV in season 2 and just generally seems to have lost his belief. [[spoiler: In the final scene of Season 3, he is planning to convert the Stasi headquarters into a museum recounting their crimes, which happened in real life.]]



* GoodParents: Martin and her share a close, lovign relationship.

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* GoodParents: Martin and her share a close, lovign loving relationship.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Martin has his girlfriend Annette at home, but starts a relationship with Yvonne and the secretary Linda anyway. Though, to be fair, he was more or less ordered to do so as a spy.



* YourCheatingHeart: Starts a relationship with a neighbor while Martin is spying in West Germany.
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* BiTheWay: Has a male lover at the end of season 1, but is in a relationship with South African spy Rose in season 2.

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* DisappearedDad: Martin grew up without his father, raised only by his single mom Ingrid. Schweppenstette is later revealed to be his father, but Martin doesn't learn until the second season and doesn't trust him. Martin is also a DisappearedDad to his own son, though that is not by choice, as he was forced to stay in Africa for three years.

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* DisappearedDad: Martin grew up without his father, raised only by his single mom Ingrid. Schweppenstette is later revealed to be his father, but Martin doesn't learn until the second season and doesn't trust him. Martin is also a DisappearedDad to his own son, son Max, though that is not by choice, as he was forced to stay in Africa for three years.


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* TheMole: At the University of Bonn, and later in the parliament.


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* CainAndAbel: Shades of this with Lenora


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* ObnoxiousInlaws: Sort of, she doesn't like Annett because Annett is a Stasi member.


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An East German teacher, and Martin's fiance. In season 2 they have a son named Max.

* GoodParents: Appears to be a good mom to Max.
* TheFundamentalist: Especially in season 2 she is working for the Stasi and genuily believing in the Eastern German state.
* YourCheatingHeart: Starts a relationship with a neighbor while Martin is spying in West Germany.

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* TheCynic: Martin was never much of a believer in East Germany, but season 2 sees him become an outright cyinc.

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* TheCynic: Martin was never much of a believer in East Germany, but season 2 sees him become an outright cyinc.cynic.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: The real Moritz Stamm is murdered by the HVA so Martin can take his place.



* YourCheatingHeart: Martin has his girlfriend Annette at home, but starts a relationship with Yvonne and the secretary Lisa anyway. Though, to be fair, he was more or less ordered to do so as a spy.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Martin has his girlfriend Annette at home, but starts a relationship with Yvonne and the secretary Lisa Linda anyway. Though, to be fair, he was more or less ordered to do so as a spy.



* CainAndAbel: Shades of this with her sister Ingrid, who has an underground library of forbidden books and protects Martin as best as she can while Lenora is Stasi and actively puts Martin in danger.

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* CainAndAbel: Shades of this with her sister Ingrid, who has an underground library of forbidden books and protects Martin as best as she can while Lenora is Stasi HVA and actively puts Martin in danger.



* Gayngst: Mostly in season 1, where Alex struggles with the fact that he is a gay soldier at a time where that was forbidden.

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* Gayngst: {{Gayngst: Mostly in season 1, where Alex struggles with the fact that he is a gay soldier at a time where that was forbidden.forbidden.
* {{Pacifist}}: Which causes quite a bit trouble given he's a soldier.
* TooDumbToLive: Shades of this when he kidnaps an American general.


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General Edel's daughter, pacifist and singer.

* TheHippie: Spends some time living in a commune.


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* [[spoiler:DisappearedDad]]: [[spoiler:To Martin]]


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* TookALevelInCynic: Was a true believer in season 1, but is seen to enjoy forbidden western TV in season 2 and just generally seems to have lost his belief.


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An East German teacher, and Martin's mother.

* GoodParents: Martin and her share a close, lovign relationship.
* IllGirl: She has a kidney problem she needs surgery for, which the state will only provide if Martin goes spying for them.
* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: Sort of. She's a teacher, and she also runs an underground library for forbidden books that are considered dangerous by the Stasi.

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An East German border guard who is recruited against his will to become a spy.

* TheCynic: Martin was never much of a believer in East Germany, but season 2 sees him become an outright cyinc.
* DisappearedDad: Martin grew up without his father, raised only by his single mom Ingrid. Schweppenstette is later revealed to be his father, but Martin doesn't learn until the second season and doesn't trust him. Martin is also a DisappearedDad to his own son, though that is not by choice, as he was forced to stay in Africa for three years.
* FishOutOfWater: Martin, who has only known East Germany, finds navigating in the west quite difficult at times.
* KnightInSourArmour: Martin just wants to go home and be with his mom and son. He's forced to go back into espionage anyway.
* TheMole: He is one of the moles in West German military.
* NaiveNewcomer: Martin is completely new to the world of espionage.
* YourCheatingHeart: Martin has his girlfriend Annette at home, but starts a relationship with Yvonne and the secretary Lisa anyway. Though, to be fair, he was more or less ordered to do so as a spy.



An Eastern German spy, and Martin's aunt.

* BiTheWay: Has a male lover at the end of season 1, but is in a relationship with South African spy Rose in season 2.
* CainAndAbel: Shades of this with her sister Ingrid, who has an underground library of forbidden books and protects Martin as best as she can while Lenora is Stasi and actively puts Martin in danger.
* [[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]]: Recruits Martin into the spy business very much against his will. Is not afraid to force his hand by drugging him and dropping him of in the west, or leaving him to die to save herself. Especially in season 2 Martin doesn't trust her at all.
* TheFundamentalist: Truly believes in East Germany and socialism, and is completely resistant to realizing the darker side of her own actions.



An East German spy embedded in the West.

* HoneyTrap: To Alex.
* MentorArchetype: Theaches Martin the basics of the spy trade.



The son of General Edel, a young soldier who struggles with West German military and his own sexuality.

* AntagonisticOffspring: His relationship with his father is difficult to say the least.
* Gayngst: Mostly in season 1, where Alex struggles with the fact that he is a gay soldier at a time where that was forbidden.
* WideEyedIdealist: Wants to believe that East Germany is better then the west, to the point of offering himself as a spy.




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[[folder: Ingrid Rauch]]
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[[folder: Annett Schneider]]
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Wolf Markus Wolf]].



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Wolf Markus Wolf]]
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[[folder: Markus Fuchs]]
->Played by: Uwe Preuss
The head of the HVA.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is the only character on the East German side other than Martin to [[spoiler:doubt that Able Archer is really a cover for a nuclear attack.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Wolf Markus Wolf]]
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* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather:]] [[spoiler:Is revealed to be Kolibri's father.]]

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* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather:]] [[spoiler:Is [[spoiler:He is revealed to be Kolibri's father.father, though Kolibri doesn't know it.]]
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* [[spoiler:LukeIAmYourFather:]] [[spoiler:Is revealed to be Kolibri's father.]]
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[[folder:Martin Rauch/Moritz Stamm/Kolibri]]

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[[folder:Martin Rauch/Moritz Stamm/Kolibri]]Rauch (aka: Moritz Stamm/Kolibri)]]
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[[folder:Martin Rauch/Moritz Stamm/Kolibri]]
->Played by: Jonas Nay
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[[folder:Lenora Rauch]]
->Played by: Maria Schrader
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[[folder: Tobias Tischbier]]
->Played by: Alexander Beyer
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[[folder: Alex Edel]]
->Played by: Ludwig Trepte
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[[folder: Yvonne Edel]]
->Played by: Lisa Tomaschewsky
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[[folder: General Wolfgang Edel]]
->Played by: Ulrich Noethen
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[[folder: Walter Schweppenstette]]
->Played by: Sylvester Groth
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