The Man in the High Castle 

A glimpse into an alternate history of North America. What life after WWII may have been like if the Nazis had won the war.

Creator:

Frank Spotnitz

Stars:

Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rufus Sewell

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 31 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Alexa Davalos	...	Juliana Crain 30 episodes, 2015-2018
Luke Kleintank	...	Joe Blake 30 episodes, 2015-2018
DJ Qualls	...	Ed McCarthy 30 episodes, 2015-2018
Rupert Evans	...	Frank Frink 28 episodes, 2015-2018
Chelah Horsdal	...	Helen Smith 26 episodes, 2015-2018
Arnold Chun	...	Kotomichi 22 episodes, 2015-2018
Joel de la Fuente	...	Inspector Kido 21 episodes, 2015-2018
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Nobusuke Tagomi 21 episodes, 2015-2018
Rufus Sewell	...	Obergruppenführer John Smith 21 episodes, 2015-2018
Lee Shorten	...	Sergeant Yoshida / ... 18 episodes, 2015-2016
Brennan Brown	...	Robert Childan 15 episodes, 2015-2018
Aaron Blakely	...	Erich Raeder / ... 14 episodes, 2015-2018
Quinn Lord	...	Thomas Smith 13 episodes, 2015-2016
Gracyn Shinyei	...	Amy Smith 13 episodes, 2015-2018

Storyline

What would it be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States?

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Plot Keywords:

japan | nazi | alternate history | 1960s | betrayal | 

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Taglines:

The future belongs to those who change it. (Season 2)

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

English German Japanese

Release Date:

15 January 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

El hombre en el castillo

Filming Locations:

Monroe, Washington, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amazon Studios, Big Light Productions, Electric Shepherd Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Extensive research was done for the cultures, particularly areas such as costuming, technology, and music, to develop an alternate world which merges aspects of WWII Nazi and Imperial Japanese cultures with the cultural progress of mid-1950s America. Although the series is set in 1962, the use of the 1950s for many touchstones suggests the cultural stagnation that would have occurred under totalitarian occupation.

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Goofs

The Mediterranean Sea is said to be "drained" in this story and its land converted to farmland. Besides being a salty sea and thus unusable for farming for decades or even centuries, the deepest part of the sea is over 17,000 feet making impossible for this to be done, even using 21st century technology.

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Quotes

Joe Blake: [noticing ashes falling like snowflakes] What is that?
Nazi Police Officer: Oh, that's the hospital.
Joe Blake: The hospital?
Nazi Police Officer: Yeah, Tuesdays, they burn cripples, the terminally ill. Drag on the state.

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Crazy Credits

During the opening credits, we can hear the sound of a reel projector whirring up to play speed. Film reels are central to the plot of the series.

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Connections

References Blade Runner (1982)

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Soundtracks

Hell I'm Livin' In
(uncredited)
Written by Michael J. Wolf
Performed by Mississippi Mike

User Reviews

Excellent - it's far the most promising pilot of all pitched for 2015

I'm a big PKD as well as Ridley Scott fan so I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it on my Prime home page... and the pilot has vastly exceeded my expectations! It is visually impeccable, great cinematography and CG and art direction, script is pretty close to the original book, excellent pacing, very good acting... characters at this point are not too deep but this is a one-hour pilot, it supposed to tease us, not reveal everything, let alone (correctly) focusing on story development right now, not character development (which inherently requires a few episodes.) Excellent job, this MUST be continued, Amazon! =)