The Riddle Of The Sands
7.8
Season 1
50 min
S1 · E1 · Oct 11, 1985
Episode 1 Episode 1
50 min
S1 · E2 · Oct 12, 1985
Episode 2 Episode 2
50 min
S1 · E3 · Oct 13, 1985
Episode 3 Episode 3
50 min
S1 · E4 · Oct 14, 1985
Episode 4 Episode 4
50 min
S1 · E5 · Oct 15, 1985
Episode 5 Episode 5
50 min
S1 · E6 · Oct 16, 1985
Episode 6 Episode 6
50 min
S1 · E7 · Oct 17, 1985
Episode 7 Episode 7
50 min
S1 · E8 · Oct 18, 1985
Episode 8 Episode 8
50 min
S1 · E9 · Oct 19, 1985
Episode 9 Episode 9
50 min
S1 · E10 · Oct 20, 1985
Episode 10 Episode 10
10 episodes in Season 1
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“The Riddle Of The Sands”
Fleet buildups in England and Germany cast the shadow of the First World War. Why do the two young Englishmen, Davis and Carruthers, go on a sailing trip through the sailing trip through the North German Wadden Sea? Why are they putting themselves and their boat in danger? On Norderney Davies gets to know the rich merchant Dollmann, supposedly a Swede. Davies lets himself be Davies is guided through the Wadden Sea by Dollmann's yacht - and almost dies. An attempted murder? Daives and Carruthers get caught in a whirlpool of mysterious of mysterious events. Is Dollman making common cause with the Germans against England? Davies falls in love with Dollman's seductive daughter Clara. Is Dollman just using her as a tool - against whom? And what role does role does Frigate Captain von Brüning play in the plot?
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Cast
16 people
Burghart Klaußner
Davies
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Peter Sattmann
Carruthers
Known for
Bandits
Gunnar Möller
Dollmann
Also in
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Isabel Varell
Clara
Also in
Gisbert
Die Oma ist tot
Dietmar Mues
von Brüning
Also in
Tod eines Schülers
We
Henning Schlüter
Sir James
Known for
What?
One, Two, Three
Joachim Regelien
Grimm
Known for
The German Lesson
Kurt Raab
Underwood
Known for
World on a Wire
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Max Volkert Martens
Kingsley
Helmut Brasch
Prof. Witherspoon
Christian Koch
Morrison
Ben Hecker
Withers
Robert Erskine Childers Creator · Rainer Boldt Director
Total runtime 8h 20m · Episode length 50 min · Country Germany
Show info
Premiered
October 11, 1985
Final episode
December 17, 1985
Status
Ended
Network
Das Erste
Country
Germany
Type
Scripted
Episode length
50 min
Total runtime
8h 20m
Original language
German
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Das Rätsel der Sandbank
Spoken on screen
German
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