"The six-part show revels in such flagrant disregard for red tape—the kind of brazen derring-do that Germany's notoriously rule-bound Federal Intelligence Service (BND) can only dream of in real life. Unfamiliar appears to have gone down well with audiences. With more than 20m global views since its release in February, the show has become one of the most-watched non-English series on the US streamer over the last month."
"One key way in which the show differs from many others of the genre is in its portrayal of the Schafers' employer, which is seen as slightly hapless, gaffe-prone and hamstrung by parliamentary oversight compared with its more glamorous equivalents in the US, Britain or France."
"The first series to be filmed partly on location at the BND's Berlin headquarters, Unfamiliar shows analysts liberally using facial recognition software to track down enemies and agents missing in the field—a method that would in reality clash with Germany's stringent data protection laws."
Unfamiliar is a six-part Netflix series following Meret and Simon Schafer, former BND agents running a secret safe house in Berlin under assumed identities. The arrival of a Russian GRU agent named Josef Koleev unearths buried state and personal secrets. The show has garnered over 20 million global views since February, becoming one of Netflix's most-watched non-English series. It distinguishes itself by portraying Germany's Federal Intelligence Service as rule-bound yet hamstrung by parliamentary oversight, contrasting with more glamorous Western intelligence agencies. The series depicts agents using facial recognition software and conducting illegal hacking operations that would violate Germany's stringent data protection laws in reality.
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