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Sam: A Saxon (2023)
Popularity 4.4
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Based on the true story of Sam Meffire’s rise and fall in East Germany, this miniseries follows Sam’s desperate search for a place he can call home, as he fights for recognition and justice. Sam goes from being the first Black cop in the GDR to media celebrity, and finally a criminal in the wild years following German reunification.
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Malick BauerSam Meffire
Tyron RickettsAlex
Svenja JungYvonne
Luise von FinckhAntje
Carina WieseRegine
Paula EssamSabine
Ivy QuainooJenny
Thorsten MertenMajor Schreier
Martin BrambachEggert
Nyamandi AdrianCast
Aristo LuisCast
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Daniel KlareCast
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Jonas LeonhardiHenry
Merlin RoseRene
Max SchimmelpfennigBodo
Amanda MincewiczNicole
Agnes MannModeratorin
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Chris SilberWriter
Jörg WingerWriter
Jörg WingerExecutive Producer
Leslie-Alina SchäferExecutive Producer
Naomi MarneProducer
Sebastian WerningerExecutive Producer
Tyron RickettsExecutive Producer
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Specials
1 episodes · First aired 2024-10-07
E01
Episode 1
2024-10-07 · 46 min
Season 1
7 episodes · First aired 2023-04-26 · ★ 1.0
E01
Alien
2023-04-26 · 44 min
After the birth of his son, Sam is torn between family and a career in the East German police force.
E02
Fatherland
2023-04-26 · 56 min
Sam’s career creates increasing tensions within his family, coming to a head when the wall falls.
E03
Afro-German
2023-04-26 · 61 min
Sam finds an Afro-German community and love, but just as everything goes well, they are attacked.
E04
A Saxon
2023-04-26 · 54 min
Back at the police, Sam becomes a media celebrity and gets promoted to join a special unit.
E05
Smoke and Mirrors
2023-04-26 · 56 min
Increasingly frustrated with the police, Sam hunts down a neo-Nazi leader on his own terms.
E06
Robin Hood
2023-04-26 · 54 min
Under pressure, Sam bankrolls his company with criminal activities, until someone ends up dead.
E07
German
2023-04-26 · 58 min
Sam escapes to the Congo, seeking refuge with his uncle, but ends up in a Dresden court and prison.
