In 2017, Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese shocked the world with the mystery series Dark. A network of time travel with a large number of characters that kept its audience captive for three seasons. Now, the duo returns with 1899a series that promises to embark its audience on a new mystery on the high seas.
1899 bears many similarities to Dark in style, but history is an entirely different matter. Full of tormented characters, ghosts from the past and a collection of symbols from mathematics to the occult, they are the basis of a work that will create addiction in more than one.
what is the series about 1899?
A group of migrants leaves London to embark on a cruise ship bound for the United States. The passengers are a collection of speakers from different countries in Europe. French, German, British and Russian; everyone in the same place wonders what happened to a sister cruise ship, which has been lost at sea for six months.
They hope to start a new life in America, but little do they know about the uncertain destiny that awaits them. After a few weeks of travel, they suddenly find a distress signal that is none other than that of the lost ship. When they go to her rescue they find that the boat has deteriorated as if she had been lost for years and that all the passengers have disappeared. There is only one survivor: a boy as mysterious as he is disturbing who will unleash the nightmares of all the passengers.
Cast
1899 brings with it a wide catalog of faces. Since the program brings together a large number of passengers on a luxury cruise, the script does not skimp on telling us the stories of many of them.
Of course the creators resorted to the actor Andreas Pietschman with whom they already worked in Dark. Together with him, Emily Beecham complete the main couple. In addition, the Spanish actor Michael Bernardeau (Elite) adds flavor with a character that will be both loved and hated by fans. Anton Lesser (game of Thrones) is also listed with a mysterious paper that you must discover on your own.
The cast is completed by a group of international actors: Aneurin Barnard, Miguel Bernardeau, Maciej Musial, Lucas Lynggaard Tonnesen, Rosalie Craig, Clara Rosager, Maria Erwolter, Yann Gael, Mathilde Ollivier, José Pimentao, Isabella Wei, Gabby Wong, Jonas Bloquet, among others.
Production
Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese started developing this project since 2018. In small steps, while also turning their attention to Darkwere nurturing 1899 with everything you need to make it a new puzzle that will captivate the audience.
The creation of the series is due to the pair, but the scripts of different chapters bring together an extensive creative team. In addition to Odar and Friese, the screenwriting credits include Coline Abert, Jerome Bucchan-Nelson, Emma Ko and even the Spanish Dario Madrona, who has also been a screenwriter for the series. Elite.
When it premieres 1899?
Within the framework of TUDUM 2022, Netflix has confirmed that the eight episodes of the series 1899 will premiere on November 17, 2022.
Trailer (June 6, 2022)
Luis Angel H Mora My Hogwarts letter never came, so I focused my life on movies. I like to write, Harry Potter, Doctor Who and parties where I wear an astrologer. John Williams and The Killers musicalize the drama of my life.