For the first time in Germany, a television series on the national secret services is in preparation, in the wake of successful productions of this kind like the Bureau des Légendes in France, Homeland or 24 heures chrono .
"So far no series has ever told the interior of the German external intelligence services, the BND," said the production company Ariana Krampe in charge of the project on Friday. The production called L'Agente , centered around a woman employed at the BND, "wants to bridge this gap," adds the company.
" The world changes "
German screenwriter Martin Rauhaus, known for films about the bloody attack of a Palestinian commando against the pavilion of the Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich or on the airlift of the Allied forces in Berlin in 1948, has been recruited for this project. He intends, as do other successful series of its kind elsewhere, to be in touch with the most immediate news for his stories.
" The world changes. Stuck between Trump, Putin, a growing nationalism in Europe and the terrorist threat, Germany is struggling to find a new position "on this chessboard and the series aims to show what" this new geopolitical situation "means" for the country security, "said the screenwriter.
According to the production company, and as was the case for the "Bureau des Légendes" in particular, the writers were able to have "several hours of interviews" with agents from the German BND.
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