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The Best TV Shows on DFF 1

Every DFF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Peruse our comprehensive roster of DFF 1’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of April 2025. Leading the pack on DFF 1 are Fernsehpitaval and Blaulicht, with their initial broadcasts in 1958 and 1959. From 1958 through to 1990, DFF 1 has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

  • Gewissen in Aufruhr
    Gewissen in Aufruhr (1961)9.0

  • Archiv des Todes
    Archiv des Todes (1980)8.5

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

  • Trzecia granica
    Trzecia granica (1976)8.0

  • Rottenknechte
    Rottenknechte (1971)7.0

    Rottenknechte is a 1971 East German five part television film directed by Frank Beyer. The first part premiered on 08.01.1971 on the East German public DFF1, with the other four parts being shown in the same month. The film concentrates on the last days of the German navy during World War II.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Unser Mann ist König
    Unser Mann ist König (1980)1.0

  • Klein, aber Charlotte
    Klein, aber Charlotte (1990)1.0

  • 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.

  • Kriminalfälle ohne Beispiel
    Kriminalfälle ohne Beispiel (1967)N/A

  • Dolles Familienalbum
    Dolles Familienalbum (1969)N/A

  • 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.

  • Geschichten übern Gartenzaun
    Geschichten übern Gartenzaun (1982)N/A

    Geschichten übern Gartenzaun is a German television series.

  • Märkische Chronik
    Märkische Chronik (1983)N/A

  • Familie Neumann
    Familie Neumann (1984)N/A

    Familie Neumann is a German television series.

  • Zahn um Zahn
    Zahn um Zahn (1985)N/A