Criminal: Germany
| Criminal: Germany | |
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| Genre | Police procedural anthology series |
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| Written by |
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| Directed by | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 41–45 minutes |
| Production company | Idiotlamp Productions |
| Original release | |
| Release | 20 September 2019 |
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Criminal: Germany is a 2019 German-language police procedural anthology series created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, and starring Eva Meckbach, Sylvester Groth and Florence Kasumba. Criminal: Germany is part of Netflix's Criminal, an anthology series consisting of twelve episodes with three episodes each set across four countries filmed in local languages – France, Spain, Germany and the UK.[1][2]
It was released on 20 September 2019 on Netflix.
Premise
[edit]Set within the confines of a police interrogation room, German investigators engage in intense games of psychological cat-and-mouse with their accused suspects to find the answers they need in order to solve their cases.
Cast
[edit]Accused
[edit]- Peter Kurth - Jochen Müller
- Deniz Arora - Yilmaz Yussef
- Nina Hoss - Claudia Hartmann
Police
[edit]- Eva Meckbach - Detective Chief Inspector Nadine Keller
- Sylvester Groth - Detective Chief Inspector Karl Schulz
- Florence Kasumba - Antje Borchert
- Christian Kuchenbuch - Martin Ludwig
- Jonathan Berlin - Stefan Proska
Lawyers
[edit]- Christian Berkel - Dr. Marquardt
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Jochen" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Bernd Lange | 20 September 2019 | |
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Real estate developer Jochen is brought by investigators to be questioned not only about a missing handyman but also about the discovery of skeletal remains found beneath his first project in the former East Berlin. | |||||
| 2 | "Yilmaz" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Bernd Lange | 20 September 2019 | |
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What seemed to be a clear-cut case of domestic abuse quickly turns awry when the suspect's powerful father-in-law enlists the aid of a lawyer in order to control the narrative. | |||||
| 3 | "Claudia" | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Sebastian Heeg and Bernd Lange | 20 September 2019 | |
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Investigators go toe-to-toe with Claudia, the hardened lover of a serial killer in order to find the location of a body. | |||||
Production
[edit]All twelve episodes were filmed at Netflix's production hub at Ciudad de la Tele in Madrid.[1]
Release
[edit]Criminal: Germany was released on 20 September 2019 on Netflix.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "'Criminal': Netflix Sets Premiere Date For Nicholas Pinnock & Hayley Atwell Police Interrogation Drama". Deadline. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "When is Criminal released on Netflix? Who's in the cast and what's it about?". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
