冷杉溪是位於巴伐利亞和圖林根州交界處一個名叫莫德拉羅伊特的村莊。它在二戰末期被美國人占領，但隨後又被劃為了蘇聯占領區。蘇聯人在冷杉溪進行了大刀闊斧的土地改革。沒過多久，冷杉溪的主權被重新考慮。波茨坦會議後，分界最終被劃在了村中的一條小溪上，後來變為東德和西德的分界線。故事的重點放在了三個家庭，出場角色有土地被沒收的先代貴族史崔梭德和女兒安娜、投機取巧的納粹分子紹貝爾、在屠殺中倖免的猶太人洛特爾等等。三個家庭被國界分隔，最終親情也產生了無法消除的隔閡。
1946 年的柏林，一名美國警察尋找失蹤的哥哥，同時也從旁協助一位新手德國女警，雙方聯手打擊肆虐這座城市的暴力犯罪。
《戰敗之都The Defeated》也稱為Shadowplay，這部Netflix原創劇集以柏林戰敗慘敗為背景，從柏林處於四國分治狀態時的真實事件中汲取靈感。
"Löwengrube – Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit" is a German television series first aired between 1989 and 1992, created by Willy Purucker and directed by Rainer Wolffhardt. It is set in Munich and follows the lives of Ludwig Grandauer and his son Karl, both policemen, covering the years from 1897 to 1954. The TV show is based on Purucker's radio play series Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit (‘The Grandauers and their time’). The series’ main title "Löwengrube", meaning ‘Lions’ Den’, refers to the address of the Munich Police Headquarters inaugurated in 1913.
Lena's father works as a developer in Hitler's high-tech forge, where the famous unit receiver E1 was developed. When he dies in 1945, he leaves a notebook with the name Sattler. He should look for Lena. Lena is stranded with her seriously ill mother Hilde and her sister Betty in a village near Fürth. Here she meets two men: Walter Juskowiak, returnees from prisoner of war, with whom she meets, and Hans Sattler. The representative for radio kits turns out to be the son of Wilhelm Sattler, owner of the Sattler works in Fürth. Lena is sure to have finally found the right man.
