Countdown Copenhagen
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Countdown Copenhagen |
| Original title | Gidseltagningen |
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| Country of production | Denmark |
| original language | Danish |
| Year (s) | 2017-2019 |
| Production company |
SAM Productions |
| length | about 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 16 in 2 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Drama , thriller |
| idea | Kasper Barfoed |
| music | Jeppe Kaas |
| First broadcast | April 2, 2017 (Denmark) on Channel 5 Denmark |
| German-language first broadcast |
October 6, 2017 on ZDFneo |
| occupation | |
Countdown Copenhagen (original title: Gidseltagningen ) is a Danish - German television series , which was produced from 2017 to 2019 by SAM Productions in coproduction with ZDFneo for the television channel Kanal 5 Denmark .
The first season is about a hostage-taking in a subway in Copenhagen . The eight episodes describe the events that took place during the eight days of this kidnapping. The mediation of the journalist Naja Toft between the hostage takers and the special police unit, headed by Philip Nørgaard, is shown. The first season was broadcast in Denmark from April 2, 2017 to May 14, 2017 on the television channel Kanal 5 Denmark . In Germany it was broadcast on ZDFneo from October 6, 2017 . All episodes of the first season were already available on October 6, 2017 in the ZDF media library. DVD and Blu-ray have been available since October 19, 2017.
From March 25, 2019, a second season ( Gidseltagningen II ) was broadcast on Kanal 5, which is about a terrorist attack on a ferry between Denmark and Sweden.
action
On a supposedly normal day, the 15 passengers on a subway in downtown Copenhagen are kidnapped by three masked men. They are locked away in a subway station under construction. The hostage-takers demand a ransom of four million euros from the Danish government, which is not prepared to pay this ransom.
A terror task force , led by the Afghan war veteran Philip Nørgaard, takes over the operation and police psychologist Louise Falck, who is having an affair with Philip, acts as negotiator. However, the hostage-takers prefer to contact the journalist Naja Toft, which makes the hostage-taking public.
Since the government is unlikely to pay the ransom, Naja Toft starts a fundraising campaign to raise the ransom privately.
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing was created under the dialogue direction by Michael Bartel and the dialogue book by Sven Hasper by the dubbing company Interopa Film GmbH in Berlin .
Main cast
| role | actor | Episodes | Voice actor | Role description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigator | ||||
| Philip Nørgaard | Johannes Lassen | 1-8 | Sven Hasper | Commander in Chief of the Terror Task Force; former Danish soldier in Group B8 |
| Well, Toft | Paprika Steen | 1-8 | Christin Marquitan | Journalist |
| Louise Falck | Sara Hjort Ditlevsen | 1-8 | Esra Vural | Negotiator |
| SP | Alexandre Willaume | 1-8 | Sven Gerhardt | Head of Investigation |
| Simon Clausen | Peder Thomas Pedersen | 1-8 | Peter Lontzek | Head of Investigation |
| Daniel Cramer | Kenneth M. Christensen | 1-4, 6-8 | Peter Sura | Head of the SEK team |
| Hans Hejndorf | Flemming Enevold | 1-3, 5-8 | Stefan Gossler | Head of the Danish Office for the Protection of the Constitution |
| Esben Garnov | Esben Dalgaard Andersen | 1-4, 6-8 | Steven Merting | Negotiator |
| hostage | ||||
| Marie Bendix | Alba August | 1-8 | Victoria Frenz | Nurse in training |
| Denise Hansen | Sus Wilkins | 1-8 | Mia Diekow | Young mother |
| Joachim | Michael Asmussen | 1-8 | Florian Halm | Wealthy father |
| Leon | Tommy Kenter | 1-8 | Axel Lutter | Early retirees; got diabetes |
| Ricco | Nyborg is different | 1-8 | Rainer Doering | Friend of Leon |
| Bodil Petersen † | Lane Lind | 1-5 | Sabine Walkenbach | Retired teacher; is shot dead by the kidnappers in episode 5 |
| Silas Jensen | Allan Hyde | 1-4, 8 | Leonhard Mahlich | Disc jockey; is shot in episode 3 |
| Adel Rasul † | Dar Salim | 1-2 | Michael Deffert | Karate teacher; is shot dead by the kidnappers in episode 2 |
| kidnapper | ||||
| Alpha / Mark † | Jakob Oftebro | 1-8 | Jaron Lowenberg | Leader of the kidnappers; former Danish soldier ( Lance Corporal ) of Group K7; commits suicide ( headshot ) death in episode 8 |
| Charlie † | Muhamed Hadzovic | 1-7 | Simon Derksen | Kidnapper; is shot dead by the police during a rescue operation, death in episode 7 |
| Bravo † | Adnan Haskovic | 1-7 | Sven Fechner | Kidnapper; is shot dead by the police during a rescue operation, death in episode 7 |
Supporting cast
| role | actor | Episodes | Voice actor | Role description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henning Nørgaard | Henning Jensen | 1-2, 7-8 | Uli Krohm | Philip's father; former commander in chief of the armed forces |
| Anne Gornstein | Cecilie Stenspil | 1-3, 6 | Antje von der Ahe | Police chief |
| Ebb Møller | Kasper Leisner | 1-3, 6 | Thomas Nero Wolff | Ministry of Justice |
| Ahmad Mahmoud † | Hadi Ka-Koush | 1-3, 8 | Samir Fox | Philip's guards held hostage; was later killed in a drone attack only appears in flashbacks |
| Karin Hallberg | Susanne Storm | 1, 8 | Ilka Teichmüller | Producer of the Naja news program |
| Palle Wulff | Henrik Prip | 2, 6-8 | Erich Rauker | Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces |
| Aksel Bendix | Jesper Hyldegaard | 2-4, 8th | Frank Ciazynski | Father of Marie |
| Jonas / Ben | Jakob Ulrik Lohmann | 4-6 | Bernd Vollbrecht | Brother of Jim; Accomplice of the kidnappers; has an affair with Naja; claims to be Leon's son; is arrested by the police |
| Sammy | Jens Sætter-Lassen | 6, 8 | Jannik Endemann | former platoon leader of group K7 |
| Jim † | Jesper surcharge | 7-8 | Armin Schlagwein | Brother of ben; former Danish soldier in Group K7; commits suicide ( hanging ) death in episode 8 |
Episode list
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast DK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | day 1 | Afsnit 1 | Apr 2, 2017 | Oct 6, 2017 | Kasper Barfoed | Per Daumiller, Michael W. Horsten , Kasper Barfoed, Astrid Øye |
| 2 | 2 | day 2 | Afsnit 2 | Apr 2, 2017 | Oct 7, 2017 | Kasper Barfoed | Per Daumiller, Michael W. Horsten, Kasper Barfoed, Astrid Øye |
| 3 | 3 | Day 3 | Afsnit 3 | Apr 9, 2017 | Oct 8, 2017 | Christian E. Christiansen | Lars K. Andersen |
| 4th | 4th | Day 4 | Afsnit 4 | April 16, 2017 | Oct 9, 2017 | Christian E. Christiansen | Per Daumiller |
| 5 | 5 | Day 5 | Afsnit 5 | 23 Apr 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 | Christian E. Christiansen | Michael W. Horsten |
| 6th | 6th | Day 6 | Afsnit 6 | Apr 30, 2017 | Oct 11, 2017 | Roni Ezra | Per Daumiller |
| 7th | 7th | Day 7 | Afsnit 7 | May 7, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | Roni Ezra | Michael W. Horsten |
| 8th | 8th | Day 8 | Afsnit 8 | May 14, 2017 | Oct 13, 2017 | Roni Ezra | Per Daumiller |
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast DK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | episode 1 | Episode 1 | 25th Mar 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Christian E. Christiansen | Jesper Brent |
| 10 | 2 | Episode 2 | Episode 2 | April 1, 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Christian E. Christiansen | Leave Kyed Rasmussen |
| 11 | 3 | Episode 3 | Episode 3 | 8 Apr 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Christian E. Christiansen | Eske Troelstrup |
| 12 | 4th | Episode 4 | Episode 4 | April 15, 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Christian E. Christiansen | Jesper Brent |
| 13 | 5 | Episode 5 | Episode 5 | Apr 22, 2019 | Oct 5, 2019 | Mogens hawthorn | Jesper Brent, Lasse Kyed Rasmussen |
| 14th | 6th | Episode 6 | Episode 6 | 29 Apr 2019 | Oct 5, 2019 | Mogens hawthorn | Leave Kyed Rasmussen |
| 15th | 7th | Episode 7 | Episode 7 | May 6, 2019 | Oct 5, 2019 | Mogens hawthorn | Per Daumiller |
| 16 | 8th | Episode 8 | Episode 8 | May 13, 2019 | Oct 5, 2019 | Mogens hawthorn | Jesper Brent |
Web links
- Countdown Copenhagen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Countdown Copenhagen at Fernsehserien.de
- Countdown Copenhagen on the ZDF page for the broadcast
- Countdown Copenhagen at Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish)
- Press kit (ZDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ DVD and Blu-ray at Amazon
- ↑ Gidseltagningen II dfi.dk. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Countdown Copenhagen. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 8, 2017 .