S01E01 Episode 1
London, New Year's Eve 1953/54: The 20-year-old Toni comes into contact with Otto John, the President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BFV). The former resistance fighter is impressed by Toni's...
Bonn
Knowledge has always been power
S01E05: Episode 5
Otto John gives Toni the task of finding out who supports "Scipio" financially. She finds what she is looking for in her father's office and comes across dubious payments. When trucks are loaded with the mysterious boxes in the yard, Toni lays in wait. In an unobserved moment, she jumps onto the loading ramp.
Overview
Bonn depicts the rise of the young West Germany, a country struggling to break free from the terrors and legacies of World War II and longing for a 'normal' life. Into this heady and volatile mix steps Toni, a young woman determined to seize every opportunity, overcome every obstacle and make her own way in what is still a very male-dominated society. But what at first appears to be only an entry-level office job at one of the country's two competing secret services soon sucks her ever deeper into a clandestine world of suspicion
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
Toni's distrust of Gehlen grows when she overhears an explosive phone call about the "Scipio" secret, in which Chancellor Globke is involved. Her father is also involved. Gehlen entrusts Toni with an envelope that she...
S01E03 Episode 3
A meeting between John, Gehlen, Chancellery Minister Globke and Interior Minister Schröder takes place in the Ministry of the Interior. John is confronted with the counterfeiter Heimann about Wolfgang's "rough" interrogation methods. He prudently says...
S01E04 Episode 4
The Schmidts are in an ice age. Else refuses to accompany Gerd to the German Business Ball and Toni senses her chance. In the pompous ballroom, everything that has status and reputation in the capital...
S01E05 Episode 5
Otto John gives Toni the task of finding out who supports "Scipio" financially. She finds what she is looking for in her father's office and comes across dubious payments. When trucks are loaded with the...
S01E06 Episode 6
Tony's life has been turned upside down. After she confronts her family with a cruel truth and nobody believes her, she leaves her parents' house with a few belongings and moves in with Wolfgang. The...
Cast
Mercedes Müller
Toni Schmidt
Max Riemelt
Wolfgang Berns
Sebastian Blomberg
Otto John
Martin Wuttke
Reinhard Gehlen
Juergen Maurer
Gerd Schmidt
Katharina M. Schubert
Else Schmidt
Inga Busch
Lucie John
Luise von Finckh
Ingrid Schmidt
Julius Feldmeier
Hartmut Redlich
Johanna Gastdorf
Ursula
Carl Achleitner
Joseph von Waidburg
Sascha Nathan
Hans Globke
