Der Überläufer: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

1. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train is blown up by his love interest, the partisan Wanda. Together with a scattered bunch of fellow soldiers, cut off from the front, he awaits certain death while his commanding officer, Willi Stehauf, issues ever more senseless and inhumane orders. Proska's encounter with a young Polish woman fighting as a partisan and his friendship with his comrade Kürschner increasingly makes him doubt his oath of allegiance. As the Red Army draws closer, Proska becomes a prisoner of war and the only way he can save himself is by defecting to the enemy.

Series details

• Title: Der Überläufer
• Format: Scripted
• Language: German
• Genres: Drama, War, History
• Premiere date: 2020-04-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-04-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Das Erste
• Network country: Germany
• Typical episode runtime: 87 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 47563
• IMDb ID: tt5917226
• TVDB ID: 379185

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-04-08; final listed air date 2020-04-10; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

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