"Blackout - Die Erinnerung ist tödlich" (2006) TV mini-series

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

29 October 2006 (Germany)

Genre:

Crime

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Misel Maticevic	...	Paul Novak (4 episodes, 2006)
Roeland Wiesnekker	...	Boris Schenker (4 episodes, 2006)
Dominic Raacke	...	Christoph Dermühl (4 episodes, 2006)
Claudia Michelsen	...	Marion Dermühl (4 episodes, 2006)
Richy Müller	...	Robert Voss (4 episodes, 2006)
Ina Weisse	...	Carla Bräuninger (4 episodes, 2006)
Jule Böwe	...	Nicole Schenker (4 episodes, 2006)
Mischa Knobloch	...	Finn Novak (4 episodes, 2006)
Walter Kreye	...	Volker Born (4 episodes, 2006)
Alexander Schubert	...	Baby (4 episodes, 2006)
Laura Syniawa	...	Lotta / ... (4 episodes, 2006)
Constantin von Jascheroff	...	Sebastian (4 episodes, 2006)
Hilmi Sözer	...	Turgut Algan (3 episodes, 2006)
Erden Alkan	...	Hasan Arslan (3 episodes, 2006)
Ina Rudolph	...	Lilian 'Lili' Novak (3 episodes, 2006)
Hinnerk Schönemann	...	Rocco (3 episodes, 2006)
Bülent Sharif	...	Mehmet Ersoy (3 episodes, 2006)
Sanna Englund	...	Sina (2 episodes, 2006)

Also Known As:

"8 Days" (Germany) (working title)

Runtime:

358 min (4 parts) | Germany:480 min (including commercials)

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Typhoon

Trivia:

As the broadcasting network SAT.1 feared bad ratings, the show's original eight parts were shown in a four-part mini series. In fact, the ratings were worse than expected (October 2006).

Movie Connections:

References "The Sopranos" (1999)

Original min series with disaster ratings.

Blackout had a complete blackout with Germanys audience, when premiered in its prime-time slot on a Sunday eve. Was the first 90 min. Part 1 too complex? Too brutal? Not really I say. Complexity wise, Blackout can hold up with the Criminal Minds and the Navy CIS anytime. Brutal? Yes the miniseries is defiantly hard in the pictures Director Keglevic used, but brutal is usually good for the ratings. (Police man is killing other policeman directly without remorse. Junkies giving head in porn theaters and so on.) The consequence will be undoubted that German audiences will see less of such original programming. The networks will go back into buying US Standards at the various film markets. Its less expensive, less risk taking. For the audience there is thankfully the DVD Market. Yes Blackout is fiction, but it could be true. Go and see Blackout, if you like a hard realistic look at today's Police work.