Crossing Lines
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Crossing Lines |
| Original title | Crossing Lines |
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| Country of production |
United States , Germany , France (St. 1–2) , United Kingdom (St. 3) |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2013-2015 |
| Production company |
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| length | 46-48 minutes |
| Episodes | 34 in 3 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Action , crime |
| Theme music |
Crossing Lines Theme (Lv. 1–2) Imagine Dragons - Friction (Lv. 3) |
| idea | Ed Bernero |
| production | Rola Bauer, Ed Bernero (seasons 1-2) , |
| music |
Guillaume Roussel (Lv. 1-2) Trevor Morris (Lv. 3) |
| First broadcast | June 14, 2013 (ITA) on Rai 2 |
| German-language first broadcast |
August 22, 2013 on Sat.1 |
| occupation | |
Crossing Lines is a German - French - US Action - crime series in which the investigative work of a special police unit of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will be shown. The team pursues serial criminals and serious criminals across borders across Europe .
Crossing Lines celebrated its premiere on June 9, 2013 at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo in Monte Carlo . The series premiered on television on June 14, 2013 in Italy. In Germany, the station Sat.1 broadcast the series from August 22, 2013.
In the first season it was a co-production of the French broadcaster TF1 , the US broadcaster NBC and the German broadcaster Sat.1 .
action
In Crossing Lines it comes to the creation and work of an elite unit , by the International Criminal Court was established (ICC) to life.
Season 1 First of all, your mission is to solve a mysterious cross-border series of murders. Each national police agency in whose jurisdiction one of these murders took place assigns an officer. The team, consisting of initially six and later five young, motivated police officers Eva Vittoria (Italy), Tommy McConnel (Northern Ireland), Sienna Pride (England), Sebastian Berger (Germany) and Anne-Marie San (France) is led by Louis Daniel. Daniel is a legend of the French National Police and also wants to solve the murder of his son, who was killed by members of a criminal organization. The unit also includes Carl Hickman, a retired and wounded New York cop who is given an unexpected second chance to restore his reputation by working in this elite unit. During the investigation, the perpetrator is tracked down, but during the pursuit in a Berlin park, this Sienna Pride stabs to death. Ultimately, the killer can be caught and shot by Daniel.
After the deceased colleague was buried in London, the team received a permanent order from the ICC. Since the formation of the EU opened up the borders to travelers and improved and facilitated trade and intercultural exchange, criminals also have more chances and opportunities to abuse the system, which is a threat to European security. Criminals can more easily escape justice and go into hiding in other safer countries, or move their illegal business from one country to another with ease until they are finally tracked down. The ICC team is therefore supposed to investigate cross-border serial crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice. The team's headquarters are located in an empty storage room below the International Criminal Court in The Hague . The unequal team faces the bureaucratic , legal, and cultural barriers as it cracks down on the crimes of the world's most dangerous and brutal criminals.
Season 2 In the second season, the troops are reinforced by Inspector Arabella Seeger (Netherlands).
Eva Vittoria separates herself from the rest of the unit in the last third of the season and investigates a private matter. When she is asked to an ominous meeting, she gets in touch with her colleagues. This call worries Dorn, who immediately goes to look for the investigator. When he arrives at her hotel room, he makes a terrible discovery. What or when he finds it remains unclear, as well as the whereabouts of Eva Vittoria.
The season ends with the death of Major Louis Daniel. When he intercepts a bullet for profiler Carl Hickmann, he dies. After this event, the team is initially disbanded.
Season 3 Some time after the team broke up, a new case requires the skills of an international team of investigators. Dorn gathers a new troop to rescue his kidnapped friend and confidante Sophie from the violence of kidnappers.
The new team will be led by Carine Strand, an ambitious US investigator. The Italian Marco Constante, kidnapping expert; the Briton Luke Wilkinson, an investigator with great mental and physical fitness, and Ellie Delfont-Bogard, who has just completed her criminal psychology degree, are also among the newcomers. The German technology expert Sebastian Berger and the Dutch Arabella Seeger will remain and complete the new ICC unit.
Cast and dubbing
The series was dubbed by Arena Synchron based on a dialogue book by Martina Marx and Ralph Beckmann , who also directed .
Current occupation
| Role name | actor | authority | Main role (episodes) |
Main role (seasons) |
Supporting role (episodes) |
Supporting role (seasons) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Dorn | Donald Sutherland | ICC | 1-34 | 1-3 | Jochen Striebeck | ||
| Detective Inspector Sebastian Berger | Thomas Wlaschiha | Police Berlin | 1-34 | 1-3 | Thomas Wlaschiha | ||
| Inspector Arabella Seeger | Lara Rossi | National Politics (Noord Holland) | 11-34 | 2-3 | 9-10 | 1 | Rubina Kuraoka |
| Inspector Marco Constante | Goran Višnjić | Police milan | 23-34 | 3 | Sascha Rotermund | ||
| Det. Carine Strand | Elizabeth Mitchell | Police United States | 23-34 | 3 | Andrea Aust | ||
| Inspector Luke Wilkinson | Stuart Martin | Police United Kingdom | 23-34 | 3 | Tobias Nath | ||
| Ellie Delfont-Bogard | Naomi Battrick | Police United Kingdom | 23-34 | 3 | Merete Brettschneider | ||
| Sophie Baines | Michelle Fairley | ICC | 23-34 | 3 | Arianne Borbach |
Former cast
| Role name | actor | authority | Main role (episodes) |
Main role (seasons) |
Supporting role (episodes) |
Supporting role (seasons) |
Reason for exit | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspector Sienna Pride | Genevieve O'Reilly | Scotland Yard | 1-2 | 1 | is stabbed | Cathlen Gawlich | ||
| Det.Sgt.Anne-Marie San | Moon Dailly | Police national | 1-8 | 1 | is murdered | Marie Bierstedt | ||
| Det. Major Louis Daniel | Marc Lavoine | Police national | 1-22 | 1-2 | is shot | Torsten Michaelis | ||
| Detective 1st grade Carl Hickman | William Fichtner | formerly NYPD | 1-22 | 1-2 | Dissolution of the team | Peter Flechtner | ||
| Sgt. Eva Vittoria | Gabriella Pession | Direzione Investigativa Antimafia | 1-22 | 1-2 | Dissolution of the team | Julia Kaufmann | ||
| Detective Thomas "Tommy" McConnel | Richard Flood | Police Service of Northern Ireland | 1-22 | 1-2 | Dissolution of the team | Tommy Morgenstern | ||
| Prosecutor Rebecca Daniel | Elsa Mollien | ICC | 1-22 | 1-2 | her husband is shot | Gundi Eberhard | ||
| Shari | Klára Issová | - | 1-3, 5-6, 12-14, 16 | 1-2 | - | Giuliana Jakobeit |
production
The two-hour pilot episode was conceived by former Criminal Minds producer Ed Bernero together with Rola Bauer from Tandem Communications . Filming began on September 26, 2012 in Prague. Most of the first season was shot there. Then it went on to France, where it was mainly shot in Paris. The shooting ended at the end of February 2013.
The first season had a budget of $ 30 million ($ 3 million per episode), the equivalent of around 23 million euros. But for cost reasons, the Czech Republic was selected as the main location and so scenes were shot in Prague that are to be set in Berlin, The Hague, Vienna or other locations in these countries.
Ten episodes were ordered and produced for the first season. There are seven independent stories in the first season. Three of them are each told in a double sequence. In Italy, the first season was released as a five-part series with episodes of around 90 minutes each. Sat.1 also practices the same tactics for the German-language broadcast.
A second season with twelve episodes was produced from September 2013 to March 2014 in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and France. This season was broadcast in Germany from September 4 to November 13, 2014 on Sat.1.
The third season with twelve new episodes was produced from February to June 2015 in the Czech Republic and Croatia. This season Goran Višnjić , Elizabeth Mitchell , Stuart Martin and Naomi Battrick join the main cast after William Fichtner , Marc Lavoine , Gabriella Pession , and Richard Flood left the series.
Broadcasting and audience ratings
International
Crossing Lines celebrated its premiere on June 9, 2013 at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo in Monte Carlo .
The series premiered on television worldwide from June 14th to July 12th, 2013 in Italy. The series aired in double episodes on Rai 2 every Friday . In the United States, the first season was broadcast between June 23, 2013 and August 18, 2013 on NBC , in France from October 17 to November 7, 2013 on TF1 and in Spain from September 26, 2013 on AXN . In the United Kingdom, the video-on-demand provider Lovefilm released the entire first season on October 25, 2013, which consists of 10 episodes. The average was 3.06 million viewers in the United States and 5.77 million in France.
The worldwide premiere of the second season took place in Switzerland. The French-language television channel RTS Un will broadcast the series in double episodes from July 20 to August 24, 2014. In France, the second season was broadcast between September 11, 2014 and October 9, 2014 on TF1 . In the United Kingdom, the video-on-demand provider Lovefilm released the entire second season on August 15, 2014, which consists of 12 episodes. An average of 4.1 million viewers watched in France.
In mid-February 2015, the extension for a third season was announced. The third season started in Spain on September 24, 2015.
The broadcasting rights were sold in over 81 countries.
Germany
In Germany, the German-language first broadcast was broadcast on Sat.1 on August 22, 2013 . Sat.1 broadcast the first eight episodes in double episodes from August 22 to September 12, 2013. The last two episodes aired on September 19 and 26, 2013. At the start of the second season on September 4, 2014, two episodes were broadcast. The remaining episodes were broadcast until November 13, 2014. The third season ran from October 22, 2015.
 Broadcasting information and ratings for the series on the free TV private broadcaster Sat.1
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| Season | Episodes | Broadcast period | Audience ratings | Time slot | source | |||
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Market share (from 3 years in%) |
Reach (14-49 years in millions) |
Market share (14-49 years in%) |
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| 1 | 10 | August 22nd - September 26th, 2013 | ø 2.69 million | ø 11.3% | ø 1.19 million | ø 12.6% | Thursday 9:15 p.m. / 10:15 p.m. Thursday 9:15 p.m. (19/27 Sept. 2013) |
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| 2 | 12 | September 4 - November 13, 2014 | ø 1.84 million | ø 8.9% | ø 0.75 million | ø 9.1% | Thursday 9:15 p.m. / 10:15 p.m. (Sept. 4, 2014) Thursday 10:15 p.m. Thursday 11:15 p.m. (Oct. 9, 2014) |
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| 3 | 12 | October 22nd - December 17th, 2015 | Thursday 10:10 p.m. / 11:00 p.m. (Oct. 22, 2015) Thursday 10:10 p.m. |
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Switzerland
On July 30 and August 6, 2013, the French-language television station RTS Un broadcast the first season with three episodes in a row. Two episodes each were broadcast on August 13 and 20, 2013. The worldwide premiere of the second season took place in Switzerland. The French-language TV station RTS Un aired the series in double episodes from July 20 to August 24, 2014.
reception
Kevin Jon Heller criticized the fact that the series Crossing Lines misunderstood the function and task of the International Criminal Court. In reality, his only task is to judge crimes against humanity , war crimes and genocide . The International Criminal Court does not have an organization comparable to the Crossing Lines Task Force.
DVD and Blu-ray releases
- Germany
- The first season was released on September 27, 2013 on DVD and Blu-ray.
- The second season was released on November 6, 2014 on DVD and Blu-ray.
- The third season was released on February 18, 2016 on DVD and Blu-ray.
Web links
- Crossing Lines in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- NBC Official Website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 'Crossing Lines' selected to open the Festival de Television de Monte-Carlo - World premiere screening on Sunday, June 9 . Czech Film Commission. May 21, 2013. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- ↑ Scott Roxborough: NBC Aquire Procedural 'Crossing Lines' for Summer Schedule. The Hollywood Reporter , March 20, 2013, accessed June 27, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Crossing Lines. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on January 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Eva Vittoria . Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
- ↑ a b Crossing Lines . serienjunkies.de. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Crossing Lines: Miscellaneous about the series . william-fichtner.de. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
- ↑ Denisa Strbova: Tax Rebate Brings Filmmakers Back to Czech Republic . Film New Europe. January 21, 2013. Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- ↑ Crossing Lines: Episode Guide . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved August 22, 2013.
- ↑ Timo Nöthling: "Crossing Lines" available exclusively from Lovefilm UK . In: quotenmeter.de . October 7, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ↑ Tim Krüger: Crossing Lines: New leading actors for season three . In: Serienjunkies.de . February 20, 2015. Accessed February 21, 2015.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Crossing Lines: German premiere on Sat.1 in August . In: Serienjunkies.de . July 10, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Alexander Krei: "Crossing Lines": Sat.1 names the date for the third season . In: dwdl.de . September 10, 2015. Accessed September 12, 2015.
- ↑ Wettenmeter.de - Odds check 1st season
- ↑ Wettenmeter.de - Oddscheck Crossing Lines 2nd season
- ↑ Kevin Jon Heller: The Problem with 'Crossing Lines'. June 24, 2013, accessed December 20, 2015 .
