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, first released on 17 March 2017 by

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as new characters.

Plot

Lukas Franke (

), a hotel manager in

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, is the victim of a cyber attack and has his online data altered to implicate him as a member of a terrorist-activist group. He searches for the people responsible to prove his innocence, but his friends, family and colleagues begin to doubt him. He discovers another hacking victim, Lena Arandt (

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), whom he tries to work with to find out the truth. Meanwhile, police investigator Sandra Jansen (Catrin Striebeck) is leading the investigation into Franke alongside her partner Thorsten Siebert (Edin Hasanovic), whilst the German

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, the BND, also begin to get involved.

Cast

as Lukas Franke *

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as Hanna Franke * Catrin Striebeck as Sandra Jensen * Franz Hagn as Leon Franke *

as Lena Aradnt * Tom Beck as Marc Wessling * Thomas Schmauser as Frank Jeryczek/Jens Kaufmann * Jörg Pintsch as Thomas Franke * Alexander Khuon as Johnny *

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as Dalton * Lucie Aron as Vero * Markus Gertken as Lorenz * Edin Hasanovic as Thorsten Siebert * Katrin Bauerfeind as Julia Gracht * Lorna Ishema as Dilara Dogan * Aleksandar Jovanovic as Case * Dejan Bucin as Blaschko * Ulrich Drewes as Lippel

Episodes

Reception

Awards

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- Best Foreign (TV Spot/Trailer/Teaser for a Series) (GTA18/2017) - Nominee *

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2018 Ceremony - Preis der Jury rize of the Jury- Winner

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album featuring original music composed by Josef Bach and Arne Schumann, as well as songs by Simon Hughes, Tina Pepper, Chester Travis and

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, was released alongside the series on 17 March 2017.

Track listing

References

External links

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