The Riddle Of The Sands

Original title: Das Rätsel der Sandbank

“The Riddle Of The Sands”

• 1985
• •
• Ended

• Action & Adventure

★ 8.5 TMDB Rating · 2 votes

Fleet buildups in England and Germany cast the shadow of the First World War. Why do the two young Englishmen, Davis and Carruthers, go on a sailing trip through the sailing trip through the North German Wadden Sea? Why are they putting themselves and their boat in danger? On Norderney Davies gets to know the rich merchant Dollmann, supposedly a Swede. Davies lets himself be Davies is guided through the Wadden Sea by Dollmann's yacht - and almost dies. An attempted murder? Daives and Carruthers get caught in a whirlpool of mysterious of mysterious events. Is Dollman making common cause with the Germans against England? Davies falls in love with Dollman's seductive daughter Clara. Is Dollman just using her as a tool - against whom? And what role does role does Frigate Captain von Brüning play in the plot?

Created by

Robert Erskine Childers

Seasons

1

Episodes

10

Episode length

~50m

First aired

Oct 11, 1985

Networks

Das Erste

Original language

German

Origin

Germany