Bad banks
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Bad banks |
| Original title | Bad banks |
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| Country of production | Germany , Luxembourg |
| original language | German , French , English , Luxembourgish , Vietnamese |
| Year (s) | since 2018 |
| Production company |
Letterbox film production , Iris Productions |
| length | 50 - 54 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 in 2 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Drama , thriller |
| Director |
Christian Schwochow (Season 1) Christian Zübert (Season 2) |
| idea | Lisa Blumenberg |
| script | Oliver Kienle , Jana Burbach , Jan Galli |
| production | Lisa Blumenberg, Nicolas Steil |
| music | Kyan Bayani |
| camera | Frank Lamm , Ngo The Chau , Moritz Kaethner |
| First broadcast | March 1, 2018 on arte |
First publication in German |
February 21, 2018 at the Berlinale 2018 |
| occupation | |
Bad Banks is a German - Luxembourg television series . The television series was produced in 2017 by Letterbox Filmproduktion and Iris Productions in coproduction with ZDF and arte . The first season first aired in February 2018 , the second season followed in February 2020.
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The focus is on the young investment banker Jana Liekam ( Paula Beer ), who works as a financial structurer at the “Crédit International Financial Group” in Luxembourg . Immediately after her release, thanks to the help of her former boss Leblanc ( Désirée Nosbusch ), she switched to “Deutsche Global Invest” (DGI) in Frankfurt .
For this recommendation Leblanc later requests inside information about her new employer. Jana finds out that the DGI has manipulated its balance sheet . The DGI has sold a failed financial product to a secret subsidiary , i.e. to itself.
Jana continues her career and the financing of the Leipzig 2025 urban development project will be transferred to her. She finds out that Crédit International and Deutsche Global want to merge and Leblanc is interested in the head of investment banking.
She uses her knowledge of balance sheet manipulation to her advantage and throws DGI into a crisis through a leak . In a state rescue operation, the two investment banks are forcibly merged . Jana earns several million from it through insider trading . Together with two colleagues from her Leipzig project team, she decides to continue working for the bank and to use her knowledge of the executives for their careers.
The second season plays with a realistic reference to the world of fintechs and robo-advisors .
occupation
| role | actor | Episodes | Role description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jana Liekam | Paula Beer | 1- | Investment banker at Crédit International Financial Group , changes to Deutsche Global Invest |
| Gabriel Fenger | Barry Atsma | 1- | Head of Investment at Deutsche Global Invest |
| Christelle Leblanc | Désirée Nosbusch | 1- | Head of Investment at the Crédit International Financial Group |
| Adam Pohl | Albrecht Schuch | 1- | Investment banker at Deutsche Global Invest |
| Thao Hoang | Mai Duong Kieu | 1- | Investment banker at Deutsche Global Invest |
| Quirin Sydow | Tobias Moretti | 1- | CFO at Deutsche Global Invest |
| Luc Jacoby | Marc Limpach | 1- | Investment banker with the Crédit International Financial Group |
| Robert Khano | Jean-Marc Barr | 1- | CEO at Deutsche Global Invest |
| Ties Jacoby | Germain Wagner | 1- | Chairman of the board of the Crédit International Financial Group |
| Noah Weisz | Jeff Wilbusch | 1-6 | Jana Liekam's partner |
| Peter Schultheiss | Jörg Schüttauf | 1-6 | Lord Mayor of Leipzig, responsible for the Leipzig 2025 urban development project |
| Ben Kaufmann | Noah Saavedra | 7– | Founder and CEO of the FinTech GreenWallet |
| David Kubiak | Tedros Teclebrhan | 7– | Code developer for FinTech Fin21 |
| Liam Atwood | Patrick Dewayne | 1- | Investment banker at Deutsche Global Invest |
Charisma
The first two episodes premiered on February 21, 2018 as part of the 2018 Berlinale at the Zoo Palast . Just one day later, all six episodes on were arte -Mediathek and ZDFmediathek available. Within the first week, the series was viewed around 1.3 million times. The first broadcast on linear television took place on March 1, 2018 with episodes one to four on arte and on March 2, 2018 with the last two episodes. The episodes were broadcast on ZDF from March 3rd to 5th. The DVD and Blu-ray were released on March 3rd.
The second season was available from January 30, 2020 in the arte media library and from the next day in the ZDF media library. The TV broadcast took place on February 6th and 7th, 2020 on arte and from February 8th to 10th, 2020 on ZDF.
Episode list
Reviews
“One of the great strengths of 'Bad Banks' is that the screenwriter Oliver Kienle saves us explanatory dialogues that one normally encounters on public television. We move among characters who, in the English investment language, sell highly complex financial products under extreme pressure; and with the exception of one scene in which an attempt to make it clear what exactly they are doing is more parodied than undertaken - Luc (Marc Limpach), banker condemned to social hours in a crisis of meaning, writes homeless people in the soup kitchen all for yourself. "
“The thriller element works very well in the pilot episode. For the short time that the series makers only have to establish their world, they pull us in in record time. They even manage the seldom achieved level of giving even viewers who do not understand anything about the stock market the feeling of checking the background of the respective story without overwhelming us and leaving us alone. If the main character can meet the high expectations in the long run, we have a very worth seeing series on hand. "
production
At the end of April 2019, the second season was shot. The production costs were almost ten million euros, two million more than for the first season.
Awards
- 2018: German Acting Award - Actress in a leading role (Paula Beer) and actor in a leading role (Barry Atsma)
- 2018: Hessian Film Award - Special Award (Christian Schwochow, Lisa Blumenberg)
- 2018: Bambi - Actress National (Paula Beer)
- 2018: German Academy for Television :
- Award in the casting category for Anja Dihrberg
- Award in the production category for Lisa Blumenberg
- Award in the editorial / producing category for Caroline von Senden, Alexandra Staib , Andreas Schreitmüller and Uta Cappel
- Award in the Acting Leading Role category for Barry Atsma
- Award in the Actor Supporting Role category for Albrecht Schuch
- Award in the category of actress - supporting role for Désirée Nosbusch
- 2018: German Director Award Metropolis :
- Award in the category Best Director TV Series / Series Episode for Christian Schwochow
- 2019: German Television Award
- Award in the category of best drama series
- Award in the Best Director category for Christian Schwochow
- Nomination in the Best Actress category for Désirée Nosbusch and Paula Beer
- Nomination in the Best Book category for Oliver Kienle , Jana Burbach and Jan Galli
- Nomination in the category Best Cinematography for Frank Lamm
- 2019: Grimme Prize
- Award in the series category
- 2019: Romy
- Nomination in the Best TV Series category
- Award in the category Best Book TV Fiction
Web links
- Bad banks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bad Banks at Fernsehserien.de
- Bad Banks on the ZDF page for the broadcast
- Press kit for the first season (ZDF)
- Press kit for the second season (ZDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ tagesspiegel.de
- ↑ Bad Banks. In: Berlinale Series. Berlin International Film Festival, accessed on March 2, 2018 .
- ↑ ZDF / ARTE series "Bad Banks" in advance with more than a million online viewings. ZDF, March 1, 2018, accessed March 5, 2018 .
- ↑ ZDF names broadcast date for the second "Bad Banks" season. In: DWDL.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Bad Banks. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ "Bad Banks 2": Desire for revenge, but too many power struggles. In: DWDL.de. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Bad Banks II (1/6) - Brave New World. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Ursula Scheer: The main thing is to win, what doesn't matter. In: FAZ .net, features section. March 1, 2018, accessed on April 3, 2018 : "The way to a second season is paved."
- ^ Loryn Pörschke: Bad Banks: Review of the pilot episode . In: Serienjunkies.de . March 1, 2018. Accessed March 1, 2020.
- ↑ Article. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , April 21, 2019, p. 21.
- ↑ German Acting Award: Winner 2018 . Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ↑ Prize Winner Hessian Film and Cinema Prize 2018 . Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- ↑ The nominations of the ROMY Academy 2019 . Courier, March 26, 2019; accessed on March 26, 2019.
- ^ Academy ROMY: The prices for the stars behind the stars . Courier, April 11, 2019; accessed on April 12, 2019.