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Also known as | Shadowplay |
Written by | Måns Mårlind |
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The Defeated, also known as Shadowplay, is a 2020 television series.
New York Police Department Detective Max McLaughlin gets assigned to post- World War II Berlin by the United States Department of State to help organize and establish a new police force, look for his brother, Moritz - a United States Army soldier who went missing at the end of the war, and help Elsie Garten, a novice female German police superintendent, to fight crime in 1946 Germany.
The two lead characters, brothers Max and Moritz McLaughlin, are named after German literary characters from a 19th-century illustrated children's book, Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks. The book also features prominently throughout the series. [1]
The series was written by Måns Mårlind, [2] and produced by Tandem Productions and Bron Studios. [3] It premiered in Germany on ZDF in four film-length episodes in October and November 2020. In Australia, it was shown as Shadowplay in 2021 on free-to-air TV station SBS. [4] The Defeated was distributed on Netflix on 18 August 2021. [5]
Production on The Defeated took place entirely in Prague and surrounding locations in the Czech Republic, standing in for WWII-era Germany. [6]
The Daily Telegraph's Ed Power rated the series four out of five stars. [7] The Sydney Morning Herald's Kylie Northover rated the series three out of five stars. [4]
The Defeated | |
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Also known as | Shadowplay |
Written by | Måns Mårlind |
Production | |
Production companies |
The Defeated, also known as Shadowplay, is a 2020 television series.
New York Police Department Detective Max McLaughlin gets assigned to post- World War II Berlin by the United States Department of State to help organize and establish a new police force, look for his brother, Moritz - a United States Army soldier who went missing at the end of the war, and help Elsie Garten, a novice female German police superintendent, to fight crime in 1946 Germany.
The two lead characters, brothers Max and Moritz McLaughlin, are named after German literary characters from a 19th-century illustrated children's book, Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks. The book also features prominently throughout the series. [1]
The series was written by Måns Mårlind, [2] and produced by Tandem Productions and Bron Studios. [3] It premiered in Germany on ZDF in four film-length episodes in October and November 2020. In Australia, it was shown as Shadowplay in 2021 on free-to-air TV station SBS. [4] The Defeated was distributed on Netflix on 18 August 2021. [5]
Production on The Defeated took place entirely in Prague and surrounding locations in the Czech Republic, standing in for WWII-era Germany. [6]
The Daily Telegraph's Ed Power rated the series four out of five stars. [7] The Sydney Morning Herald's Kylie Northover rated the series three out of five stars. [4]