The Best TV Shows on DFF 1

Every DFF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

A broadcaster of distinction, DFF 1 has aired more than 20 shows between 1959 and 1989. For top-tier entertainment, DFF 1 delivered Blaulicht and Der schwarze Kanal in 1959 and 1960. Peruse our comprehensive roster of DFF 1’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of July 2026.

  • Columbus 64
    Columbus 64 (1966)10.0

    Georg Brecher, journalist and casual writer, leads a report into the uranium mining of bismuth. Under the impression of hard work underground and the encounter with the mates, Brecher rethinks his previous life.

  • Trzecia granica
    Trzecia granica (1976)8.5

  • Gewissen in Aufruhr
    Gewissen in Aufruhr (1961)8.0

    As a German soldier in the 6th Army, Colonel Joachim Ebershagen is trapped in the Stalingrad cauldron. His experiences cause him to begin to doubt the meaning of the war. He is flown out as a wounded soldier on one of the last planes. Back home, he becomes commander of Greifswald. Towards the end of the war, he surrendered the city to the Soviet army without a fight on April 30, 1945. The death sentence pronounced by a court martial is not carried out.

  • Spuk im Hochhaus
    Spuk im Hochhaus (1982)7.0

    200 years ago, innkeepers Jette and August Deibelschmidt led a rapacious life. Out of greed, they repeatedly got their guests drunk in order to steal from them. When police commissioner Friedrich Wilhelm Licht tried to put them out of action, the house caught fire and all three died. In his last words, he curses the pair of thieves, saying that they will not find peace until they have done seven good deeds after 200 years.

  • Märkische Chronik
    Märkische Chronik (1983)7.0

  • Ghosts from Outside
    Ghosts from Outside (1987)7.0

    An adventures of a Berlin family spending summer in haunted house.

  • Polizeiruf 110
    Polizeiruf 110 (1971)6.2

    Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

  • Treffpunkt Flughafen
    Treffpunkt Flughafen (1986)5.0

    Treffpunkt Flughafen is an East-German television series produced by the DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme on behalf of Fernsehen der DDR in 1985/86. The show follows the life and adventures of the crew of a IL-62 operated by the East-German airline Interflug. Filming locations were East Germany, Vietnam, Angola and Cuba among others.

  • Ein Kessel Buntes
    Ein Kessel Buntes (1972)4.2

    The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.

  • Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
    Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965)3.8

    Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.

  • Blaulicht
    Blaulicht (1959)N/A

    Blaulicht is a German crime television drama series, whose 29 episodes were based on crime case files.

  • Der schwarze Kanal
    Der schwarze Kanal (1960)N/A

    Der schwarze Kanal was a series of political propaganda programmes broadcast weekly between 1960 and 1989 by East German television. Each edition was made up of recorded extracts from recent West German television programmes re-edited to include a Communist commentary.

  • Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa
    Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa (1968)N/A

    Russian soldier Grisha escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp in the spring of 1917. He is caught and is to be shot as a spy. This decision is controversial. The dispute continues. Grisha is executed on the orders of the army high command.

  • Denn ich sah eine neue Erde
    Denn ich sah eine neue Erde (1970)N/A

    Four-part miniseries about the theologian Thomas Müntzer, who became a revolutionary and opponent of Luther during the Peasant War in 1525.

  • Visite
    Visite (1971)N/A

  • Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita
    Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita (1973)N/A

    She is called Dona Juanita: the attractive young architect Anita Nachtigall, who manages a department on a large construction site with great success. She is said to have had many affairs and, so it is said, the death of a certain Sawallish. The evil afterspeech puts Anita so that she announces her place. But a young safety inspector on the job site doesn't want her to leave. He cares what really happened...

  • Schauspielereien
    Schauspielereien (1978)N/A

    The film is set in the 1930s in Germany. Maria Rheine and Mark Löwenthal, two young actors working in a small theater, are in love with each other. Their love affair is interrupted by Nazi racial policies; Mark is no longer allowed to perform in German theaters because he is a Jew. In order to continue acting, he joins the newly formed Jewish Theater in Berlin. Maria, who is not Jewish, faces no restrictions on her career, and she becomes a successful actress at a big theater in Munich. But her love for Mark eventually leads her to decide to sacrifice both career and security to remain close to him. She fakes a suicide, assumes a Jewish identity and, as Manja Löwenthal, joins the Jewish Theater.

  • Familie Neumann
    Familie Neumann (1984)N/A

    Familie Neumann is a German television series.

  • Mensch Hermann
    Mensch Hermann (1987)N/A

  • Johanna
    Johanna (1989)N/A

    Johanna is a German television series.