The Best TV Shows on DFF 1

Every DFF 1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

As of August 2025, we’ve curated over 20 of DFF 1’s premier shows for your viewing pleasure. DFF 1’s extensive portfolio includes more than 20 shows, spanning the years from 1965 to 1990. Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort and Sankt Urban represent the pinnacle of DFF 1’s programming, launching in 1965 and 1969.

  • 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.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Johann Sebastian Bach (1985)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

  • Unser Sandmännchen
    Unser Sandmännchen (N/A)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.

  • 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)6.3

    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)6.0

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Sankt Urban
    Sankt Urban (1969)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.

  • Ernst Schneller
    Ernst Schneller (1977)N/A

    The movie begins by showing how Schneller takes up the profession of a teacher out of love for the children. When the First World War begins, he becomes a 'volunteer officer' and slowly the political situation begins to shape him. He develops into a revolutionary fighter.

  • 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.