Cleo, the bloody revenge of a spy | Television

1987. West Berlin. discotheque. A young woman kills a businessman with the peace of mind that comes from her training from a young age to become a member of a secret GDR government commando that effectively carries out the orders he receives. Something smells musty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in our country Cleo Straub They end up in one of their prisons. Having served her sentence, and realizing her betrayal by herself, she makes a long reckoning. The world is no longer what it used to be. Erich Honecker fled to Moscow and Gorbachev made it possible The Berlin Wall will come to an end To delight antiquities sellers.

She will accompany Cleo Sven, a clumsy police inspector from the Federal Republic who first wanted to prevent her from finally allying with her in an attempt to unravel what happened. And what happened was that with the fall of the wall, the leaders of the GDR sought life and wealth in other latitudes. Such is the case, for example, of Ludger Wiecxorek, a colonel implicated in the protagonist’s imprisonment, who now dedicates himself in Soller, Mallorca, to lucrative real estate speculation. The world has changed but not much. In any case, the chain of corpses that Cleo left in his wake is progressing sufficiently.

A fun action series (Netflix), with a great setting, although the depressing-inducing fantasy of everyday life in East Germany, which in its eight seasons achieves the main thing: entertaining the staff.

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