Series “Time Crimes”
Podcast adaptation celebrates world premiere at the Berlinale
Four excerpts from the four “Time Crime” episodes.
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The film adaptation of the podcast “Time Crime” will celebrate its world premiere at the Berlinale – with a future Oscar winner?
Each of the four parts is a fictionalized version of a case discussed in the podcast. For example, “Your Brothers” directed by Helene Hegemann (31) was inspired by the episode “A Case of Vigilante Justice”, while “Love by Proxy” by director Faraz Shariat (30) took the episode “The Venus Trap” as a model. The other two editions “The Panther” (director: Jan Bonny, 45) and “Dezember” (director: Mariko Minoguchi, 36) are based on “Unter Wölfen” and “110 – Bei Call Tod”. Each of the four filmmakers was also (co-)responsible for the respective script.
The four episodes were produced by Uwe Schott (58, “Babylon Berlin”) and Jorgo Narjes (“Wild Republic”) in collaboration between X Films Creative Pool and Paramount Television International.
Even with a current Oscar contender
The cast of the individual episodes is more than impressive. But one name stands out in particular due to the current situation: The “Love by Proxy” issue will also feature actress Sandra Hülser (45), who was nominated for an Oscar just last Tuesday (January 23rd) thanks to “Anatomy of a Case”. was nominated in the “Best Actress” category. But Lars Eidinger (48), Detlev Buck (61), Anna Bederke (43) and Lavinia Wilson (43) also take part in the “Time Crime” series, to name just a few.
Speaking of Oscars: “12 Years a Slave” star and Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o (40) is the jury president for this year’s Berlinale. The 74th edition of the event opens with the film “Small Things Like These” with Cillian Murphy (47), who, like Hülser, can hope for an Oscar in March – he is nominated for “Oppenheimer” in the “Best Actor” category.