Two married former spies run a safe house in Berlin, but canât escape their killer past.
âTill death do us partâ has a whole different meaning when youâre a spy whoâs escaped certain death time and again. Thatâs the case for husband and wife Simon and Meret SchĂ€fer (Felix Kramer and Susanne Wolff), whose seemingly idyllic existence running a safe house in Berlin implodes when their former lives as undercover agents come knocking. With their cover blown, theyâre forced to contend with their past choices and the lies theyâve told their loved ones â and each other.
Keep reading to learn more about Unfamiliar, the six-episode espionage thriller created by Paul Coates (Emmerdale Farm) that also stars Samuel Finzi, Andreas Pietschmann, Henry HĂŒbchen, and Seyneb Saleh.
When will Unfamiliar be released?
Unfamiliar is now available to watch on Netflix.
Whoâs in the cast of Unfamiliar?
- Susanne Wolff (Styx) as Meret SchÀfer
- Felix Kramer (Dogs of Berlin) as Simon SchÀfer
- Samuel Finzi (How to Be Really Bad) as Josef Koleev
- Andreas Pietschmann (Dark) as Jonas Auken
- Henry HĂŒbchen (Go for Zucker) as Gregor Klein
- Maja Bons (Die Akademie) as Nina SchÀfer
- Seyneb Saleh (Mute) as Julika Ritter
- Genija Rykova (Servus Baby) as Vera Koleev
- Natalia Belitski (Shakespeares letzte Runde) as Katya Volkova
- Aaron Altaras (Unorthodox) as Mark Sinclair
- Laurence Rupp (Barbarians II) as Ben KrĂŒger
- Sina Martens (Delicious) as Alice Belmont
- Anand Batbileg Chuluunbaatar (Wild Republic) as Yul Batbaatar
What happens in Unfamiliar?
Meret (Wolff) and Simon SchĂ€ferâs (Kramer) quiet night at home celebrating their daughter Ninaâs (Bons) 16th birthday hits a snag when they get a call from a man claiming heâs been injured and needs their assistance. Itâs not an unusual request: The couple run a safe house in Berlin and â as former German foreign intelligence (BND) agents â theyâve handled their fair share of emergencies. But Simon and Meret are suspicious, and they have a right to be: the manâs wounds are self-inflicted, heâs behaving erratically, and they canât figure out who he is.
The person who sent the man to them? Josef Koleev (Finzi), a high-ranking Russian military intelligence (GRU) officer suspected of espionage and who recently arrived in Berlin. At the safe house, Simon and Meret know they have a problem when the man who wonât identify himself hints at a disastrous mission from 16 years ago in Belarus, one that involved the villainous Koleev. That mission set them on their current path, and has defined their familyâs life ever since â whether all of them are aware of it or not. When new details emerge, Nina realizes just how many skeletons are in her parentsâ closet, and Meret uncovers Simonâs greatest betrayal. Can the couple grapple with their past to save their familyâs future? Or will their secrets be their undoing?
