If you are a user of the Netflix platform, you have probably seen the insert of the new nugget coming straight from Germany: Kleo. An 8-episode miniseries about a former Stasi spy driven by a desire for revenge after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Is this a true story?
Who has never been left empty-handed in front of the Netflix catalog? Indeed, despite the wide choice of programs offered by the platform, sometimes nothing piques our curiosity enough to encourage us to stay. Fortunately, the streaming service often conceals hidden and unsuspected treasures, which only a happy combination of circumstances allows you to discover. Since August 19, for example, there has been the German mini-series Kleo, which tells the story of a young spy from the Stasi – the political and intelligence service of East Germany – betrayed by her superiors and imprisoned just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Upon his release, which coincides with the reunification of the two Germanys, Kleo is thirsty for revenge and sets out to find answers, while meeting Sven, a policeman from the West who is interested in his case. The series takes on the features of a thriller tinged with humor and political issues, all enhanced by a very pop, colorful aesthetic. A winning cocktail of the order of fiction since neither Kleo Straub ever existed, just like the other protagonists of the story. Only the historical context told in the series is based on real facts.
Kleo: Internet users validate the German series
On Twitter, many have praised the program. “I’m addicted to Kleo on Netflix, but I finished the one and only season yesterday,” “If the other seven episodes of Kleo look like the gem I just saw… Crazy. I’m drooling”, “Kleo on Netflix, are we talking about it? Excellent series, a formidable actress, bloody humor, a world parallel to the hints of Stasi… Impossible to detach myself from it. A must see !”, can we read in the comments. Even Stephen King, the King of Horror, indulged in a bit of levity over fiction. “What a breath of fresh air! A series full of suspense and also very funny“, he commented. Words that should convince the last skeptics to get started without delay!
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Jella Haase, the interpreter of Kleo
Jella Haase at the premiere of the film ‘Django’ during the opening of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale, in Berlin, Germany on 9, 2017.
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Jella Haase at the premiere of the film ‘Django’ during the opening of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale, in Berlin, Germany on 9, 2017.
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Jella Haase – Opening ceremony of the Berlin International Film Festival (February 20 – March 1, 2020), February 20, 2020, with the screening of P. Falardeau’s film, “My Salinger Year”. 18 films are in competition at this prestigious festival, called the Berlinale.
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Jella Haase – Opening ceremony of the Berlin International Film Festival (February 20 – March 1, 2020), February 20, 2020, with the screening of P. Falardeau’s film, “My Salinger Year”. 18 films are in competition at this prestigious festival, called the Berlinale.
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Jella Haase, the interpreter of Kleo
Jella Haase – Opening ceremony of the Berlin International Film Festival (February 20 – March 1, 2020), February 20, 2020, with the screening of P. Falardeau’s film, “My Salinger Year”. 18 films are in competition at this prestigious festival, called the Berlinale.