The Best TV Shows on DFF 1

Every DFF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

DFF 1 has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1958 and as recent as 1987. Fernsehpitaval and Blaulicht represent the pinnacle of DFF 1’s programming, launching in 1958 and 1959. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from June 2025 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck
    Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1982)9.5

    Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck is a German television series.

  • Zur See
    Zur See (1977)9.3

    This series is about the "adventures" and problems of the crew of the East German cargo ship "MS-Fichte" at sea. In the first part, the main engine had a piston jam during a storm at sea, so that the piston had to be removed. Mutual recriminations ensue between the captain, who ordered a higher speed, and the chief, who is against it out of concern for the high fuel consumption and is also said not to have bothered to maintain the engine...

  • Gewissen in Aufruhr
    Gewissen in Aufruhr (1961)9.0

    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.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Johann Sebastian Bach (1985)9.0

  • Trzecia granica
    Trzecia granica (1976)8.0

  • Rottenknechte
    Rottenknechte (1971)7.0

    The film concentrates on the last days of the German navy during World War II.

  • Front Without Mercy
    Front Without Mercy (1984)7.0

    A story about German resistance group fighting SS units during WWII.

  • Spuk im Hochhaus
    Spuk im Hochhaus (1982)6.8

    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.

  • Polizeiruf 110
    Polizeiruf 110 (1971)6.4

    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.

  • Ghosts from Outside
    Ghosts from Outside (1987)6.4

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

  • Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria
    Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria (1987)5.0

    Love, intrigue, favouritism and corruption at the Dresdner Hof.

  • Daniel Druskat
    Daniel Druskat (1976)2.0

    Large-scale, five-part film about the relationship between two men caught between friendship, rivalry and hatred during the first decades of GDR in the countryside.

  • Ein Kessel Buntes
    Ein Kessel Buntes (1972)1.8

    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)1.0

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

  • Fernsehpitaval
    Fernsehpitaval (1958)N/A

  • 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.

  • Rendezvous mit unbekannt
    Rendezvous mit unbekannt (1969)N/A

  • Märkische Chronik
    Märkische Chronik (1983)N/A

  • Entry to Paradise
    Entry to Paradise (1987)N/A

    A story about life and everyday problems of a few families from East Germany.