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Schwarzes Marken

“1983 East Germany: 666th TSF squadron battles aliens and Stasi while protecting humanity from BETA invasion.”

Schwarzes Marken

6.74
6,134 rank · 118,026 viewers · 324 favorites
Drama Sci-Fi Historical Mecha Military
12 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Winter 2016 · lxtl · R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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Synopsis

1983 East Germany: 666th TSF squadron battles aliens and Stasi while protecting humanity from BETA invasion.

The year is 1983. The Cold War is in full effect, and humanity is under attack. Strange aliens, given the name "BETA," have descended to Earth with the goal of destroying all life. Soldiers have been tasked with piloting large combat suits called Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF) to repel the alien invaders, but the front line is slowly being pushed back towards the surviving cities. Schwarzesmarken follows the story of Second Lieutenant Theodor Eberbach and the other members of the 666th TSF squadron, a ruthless unit that values a mission's completion over human life. Stationed in East Germany and led by war hero Captain Irisdina Bernhard, the unit specializes in counterassault attacks on laser-class BETA. But the 666th squadron finds itself with more enemies than just the alien forces when optimistic rookie Katia Waldheim joins the squadron, drawing the attention of East Germany's secret police, the Stasi.

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Community consensus

Derived from 36 sampled reviews

7.4 /10

What 36 viewers settled on.

90% recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5 mode 7 σ 1.70
1510
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σ 1.70 · some divergence

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The polarity gap

4.7 pts

Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.3

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↓ 1.64

Running avg · Feb 2016 → Jul 2025

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A Tv Production · Winter 2016

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Sotsu · DAX Production

  • Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
  • Aired Jan 2016 – Mar 2016 Winter 2016
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
  • Ref. BS-10613 catalog

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