The Best TV Shows on DFF 1

Every DFF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of May 2026, our compilation of DFF 1’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows. For top-tier entertainment, DFF 1 delivered Blaulicht and The Green Monster in 1959 and 1962. DFF 1 has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1959 all the way to 1989.

  • Zur See
    Zur See (1977)9.6

    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...

  • Kleiner Mann – was nun?
    Kleiner Mann – was nun? (1967)9.0

    The love story of Emma and Johannes begins during the hard years of the Great Depression. Emma repeatedly tries to encourage her husband, who is suffering terribly from unemployment. However, the crisis continues to intensify and social disintegration affects millions.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Johann Sebastian Bach (1985)8.5

    Episodes from the life of the great musician, whose 300th birthday is being celebrated worldwide this year. The series begins with a story from 1717, which has been passed down in quite varied versions. At the court of Augustus the Strong in Dresden, the French organ virtuoso Louis Marchand was said to have passed away. Convinced of his “unique” abilities, he—according to the film—announced a music competition. Bach was the only competitor to enter.

  • Archives of Death
    Archives of Death (1980)8.0

    Archiv des Todes is a 1980 13-part television series German war television film series set during World War II.

  • Rottenknechte
    Rottenknechte (1971)7.5

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

  • The Green Monster
    The Green Monster (1962)7.0

    On the run from police in America, Antonio Morena, a former World War II aviator and black-marketeer, finds himself in South America working for the all-powerful United Fruit Company, known to the natives as "the Green Monster".

  • Zollfahndung
    Zollfahndung (1970)7.0

  • 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.

  • Ghosts under the Ferris Wheel
    Ghosts under the Ferris Wheel (1979)5.8

    Two kids suddenly call three very enchanted persons to reality while spending summer in their grandma's village.

  • Maxe Baumann
    Maxe Baumann (1976)5.0

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Kiezgeschichten
    Kiezgeschichten (1987)N/A

    Kiezgeschichten is a German television series.

  • Johanna
    Johanna (1989)N/A

    Johanna is a German television series.