The Same Sky - 2017 - 7/10
AKA - Der Gleiche Himmel
East Germany, mid 70’s, Lars is training in elite spy craft to be a skilled Lothario.
Targets. Females working for NATO. Seduction followed by exploitation.
Tight series that gets the period right (music, fashions, hairstyles), also Cold War attitudes.
Secondary stories that follow an Olympic hopeful and a gay teacher are compelling.
Even tertiary stories have merit, but the meat of the series is Lars, working to make women fall for him, trying to keep his anecdotes straight, calming fears and countering feminine intuition.
Sordid, cynical, and one be forgiven rooting for the cad, although with the ending I was going, “Is that it?”