The Best TV Shows on DFF 1

Every DFF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

From 1959 through to 1990, DFF 1 has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. As of October 2025, we’ve curated over 20 of DFF 1’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. Blaulicht and Unser Sandmännchen represent the pinnacle of DFF 1’s programming, launching in 1959 and 1959.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Unser Sandmännchen
    Unser Sandmännchen (1959)7.2

    The Sandman's everyday life, travels and fantastic adventures. The character often showcased socialist technological achievements, such as the use of awe-inspiring vehicles like futuristic cars and flying devices. Together with his friends, Pittiplatsch, Schnatterinchen, the dog Moppi, Herr Fuchs and Frau Elster. Premiered in DFF on November 22, 1959.

  • Rottenknechte
    Rottenknechte (1971)7.0

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

  • 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.

  • Ghosts from Outside
    Ghosts from Outside (1987)6.4

    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.

  • Flugstaffel Meinecke
    Flugstaffel Meinecke (1990)5.0

    Flugstaffel Meinecke is a German television series.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • Hannes Scharf
    Hannes Scharf (1967)N/A

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

  • Krupp und Krause
    Krupp und Krause (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.

  • Märkische Chronik
    Märkische Chronik (1983)N/A

  • Familie Neumann
    Familie Neumann (1984)N/A

    Familie Neumann is a German television series.

  • Die Leute von Züderow
    Die Leute von Züderow (1985)N/A