Shadowplay Season 1 will be on ZDF at October 30, 2020
“Schatten der Mörder” “The Defeated”
Drama, Thriller / TV-Series (2020)
Shadowplay is television series by Björn Stein and Måns Mårlind with Taylor Kitsch as the American police officer Max McLaughlin and Nina Hoss as the German chief inspector and studied semiologist Elsie Garten. It takes place in the summer of 1946 in badly damaged post-war Berlin. On October 10, 2020, the series production had its world premiere at the Canneséries film festival, but did not take part in the competition. The original version was produced in eight episodes, but the series was first broadcast on ZDF in four full-length episodes from October 30, 2020.
Max McLaughlin is an American cop who arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war.
Available on Netflix at August 18, 2021.
Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Writer: Måns Mårlind
Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Michael C. Hall, Logan Marshall-Green, Nina Hoss, Tuppence Middleton, Maximilian Ehrenreich, Sebastian Koch, Mala Emde
►Cast
| Taylor Kitsch | ► | Max McLaughlin |
| Michael C. Hall | ► | Tom Franklin |
| Logan Marshall-Green | ► | Moritz McLaughlin |
| Nina Hoss | ► | Elsie Garten |
| Tuppence Middleton | ► | Claire Franklin |
| Maximilian Ehrenreich | ► | Gad |
| Sebastian Koch | ► | Dr. Werner ‘Engelmacher’ Gladow |
| Mala Emde | ► | Karin Mann |
| Anne Ratte-Polle | ► | Marianne |
| Lena Dörrie | ► | Trude |
| Benjamin Sadler | ► | Leopold Garten |
| Ivan G’Vera | ► | Alexander Izosimov |
| Braxton Bjerken | ► | Young Max |
| Anson Boon | ► | Young Moritz |
| Jan Budar | ► | Grey man |
| Sean Brodeur | ► | Franklin’s Driver |
| Karel Hermánek Jr. | ► | Berninski Bartender |
| Billy Rayner | ► | George |
| Amelie Wedell | ► | Helena |
| Travis Burnett | ► | Jimmy McLaughlin |
| Dan Cade | ► | Anthony Deluca |
| Réka Derzsi | ► | Mrs. Oberlander |
| Monika Foris Kvasnicková | ► | Concierge Bernisniski |
| Jeff Hallman | ► | Max’s Father |
| Roy McCrerey | ► | Bob Travis |
| Rafael Stachowiak | ► | Otto Oberlander |
| Lena Urzendowsky | ► | Green Eyes |
| Nick Wittman | ► | Jim Gallagher |
| Martin Wuttke | ► | Heinlein |
| Xander Turian | ► | British Soldier |
| David Abramyants | ► | Izosimov’s Man |
| Bethany Adams | ► | Susie |
| Doug Allen | ► | Major General Wright. |
| Sam Barlien | ► | Intel 1 |
| Krystof Bartos | ► | Russian Soldier 1 (Truck Accident) |
| Mickaël Bauman | ► | Waiter (American House Club) |
| Nicolas Berton | ► | French Guard |
| Jessica Boone | ► | Gina |
| David Bowles | ► | French Diplomat |
| Daniel Brown | ► | Explosives Expert |
| Stanislav Callas | ► | Russian border guard |
| Brian Caspe | ► | Officer Miller |
| Hana Frejková | ► | Jewish Woman |
| Jeffrey Scott Fritz | ► | General Clay |
| Petra Hartung | ► | Berta Spiel |
| Claude Heinrich | ► | Streetkid 2 |
| Cloé Heinrich | ► | Cassandra |
| Annelie Paulrová Herz | ► | Bleeding Woman (Police Station) |
| Jim High | ► | Sergeant Gillespie |
| Logan Hillier | ► | Registration Officer |
| Ollie Horsfall | ► | MP 1 (Truck Accident) |
| Ignat Kinol | ► | US Jeep 1 Driver |
| Jeff Koch | ► | Storehouse Clerk |
| Jeffrey Koch | ► | Storehouse Clerk |
| Martin Krupa | ► | Claire’s Lover (Berninski’s) |
| Eva Larvoire | ► | Bartender (Klaus Maus) |
| Zdenek Maryska | ► | Old Cop |
| Tony Masek | ► | GI (Klaus Maus) |
| Braño Mazuch | ► | Jewish Doctor |
| Holden McNeil | ► | Intel 2 |