The cross-border commuter
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The cross-border commuter |
| Original title | Grenseland |
| Country of production | Norway , Germany |
| original language | Norwegian |
| year | 2017 |
| Production company |
Monster Scripted, Nice Drama |
| length | 43-44 minutes |
| Episodes | 8 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Crime , thriller |
| idea | Megan Gallagher |
| production | Sigrid Strohmann , Håkon Briseid |
| music | Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen , Eyvind Andreas Skeie |
| First broadcast | November 2, 2017 on TV 2 |
| German-language first broadcast |
April 6, 2018 on Sky Atlantic |
| occupation | |
The frontier worker (in the original Grenseland ) is a Norwegian - German drama - miniseries in 2017, produced on behalf of TV 2 and Sky Germany , based on the idea of Megan Gallagher , which was also partly responsible for the screenplays.
action
The policeman Nikolai Andreassen lives and works in Oslo, nothing is more important to him than his adherence to principles, in addition to justice, he has above all resolved not to mix professional and private life.
After his testimony in the context of a trial against a colleague ensures that an Oslo mafia boss is released from custody, that he also does not remain true to his own principles and that he comes much closer to the key witness Kristoffer Lund than his own principles allow, and he too his colleagues are no longer welcome, he decides to go to his brother's family to the Norwegian-Swedish border and go on vacation. A suicide caused a stir there, but Andreassen suspects murder and interferes in the investigation. After it became more and more clear that his brother and his father had something to do with the matter, Andreassen was confronted with an internal moral dilemma.
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing was based on a dubbing book by Inez Günther and directed by Inez Günther on behalf of Bavaria Film Synchron München.
| role | actor | Appearance (episodes) | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Andreassen | Tobias Santelmann | 1.01–1.08 | Julian Manuel |
| Anniken Høygaard-Larsen | Ellen Dorrit Petersen | 1.01–1.08 | Melanie Manstein |
| Lars Andreassen | Benjamin Helstad | 1.01–1.08 | Paul Sedlmeir |
| Josef Kolberg | Eivind Sander | 1.01–1.08 | Matthias Klie |
| Hans Olav Andreassen | Bjørn Skagestad | 1.01–1.08 | Martin Umbach |
| Milla | Thelma Farnes Ottersen | 1.01–1.08 | Greta Wintermeyer |
| Erik | Todd Bishop Monrad Vistven | 1.01–1.08 | Vincent Dreiseitl |
| Bengt Skare | Frode Winther | 1.01–1.08 | Stefan Lehnen |
| Marta | Ellen Birgitte Winther | 1.01–1.08 | Claudia Lössl |
| Kristoffer Lund | Morten Svartveit | 1.01–1.08 | Oliver Scheffel |
| Eve | Anagil de Melo Nascimento | 1.01–1.08 | Eva-Maria Reichert |
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in Norway | German language first broadcast ( Sky Atlantic ) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolai's dilemma | Nikolai's dilemma | 2nd November 2017 | April 6, 2018 | Gunnar Vikene | Megan Gallagher |
| 2 | Lars' deception | Lars' løgn | 2nd November 2017 | April 6, 2018 | Gunnar Vikene | Megan Gallagher |
| 3 | Anniken's goal | Annikens jakt | 2nd November 2017 | April 13, 2018 | Gunnar Vikene | Megan Gallagher & Bjørn Ekeberg |
| 4th | Ove's statement | Oves vitnemål | 9th November 2017 | April 13, 2018 | Bård Fjulsrud | Megan Gallagher & Bjørn Ekeberg |
| 5 | Bengt's fate | Bengts skjebne | 16th November 2017 | April 20, 2018 | Bård Fjulsrud | Megan Gallagher & Bjørn Ekeberg |
| 6th | Milla's future | Millas strange | 23rd November 2017 | April 20, 2018 | Bård Fjulsrud | Megan Gallagher & Melike Leblebicioglu |
| 7th | Josef's chance | Josefs sjanse | November 30, 2017 | April 27, 2018 | Rune Denstad Langlo | Megan Gallagher & Melike Leblebicioglu |
| 8th | Hans-Olav's secret | Hans Olavs hemmelighet | 7th December 2017 | April 27, 2018 | Rune Denstad Langlo | Megan Gallagher & Bjørn Ekeberg |
Charisma
Der Grenzgänger is a production on behalf of Sky Deutschland and the Norwegian broadcaster TV 2, in Germany it is marketed as Sky Original. The German premiere took place as part of the Munich Crime Festival in March 2018. The German broadcast began on April 6, 2018 on sky.de and Sky Atlantic. At the start of the series, Sky made the first episode available for streaming free of charge . Internationally, Netflix partially secured the marketing rights.
reception
spectator
On the Internet Movie Database , viewers gave a rating of 6.8 out of 10 from around 2,800 votes; on Rotten Tomatoes, 68% of viewers recommend the television series.
critic
The Tagesspiegel describes the script as conclusive and the staging as artistic, without any gimmicky. In addition, she writes in the diffuse twilight of the barren winter forest all around, the characters develop a depth.
Kathrin Hollmer describes Der Grenzgänger in the Süddeutsche Zeitung as a unique mixture of family drama and Nordic noir crime thriller. She highlights the landscape shots, which she describes as threatening and gloomy, and is enthusiastic that the clues about the case are subtly interspersed, which makes the series more impressive than classic Nordic television thrillers. She cannot understand the praise from abroad for the main gay character, as this is not addressed enough for her.
Solid, but not exceptional, is Felix Reek's conclusion in GQ magazine . The mini-series doesn't dare enough, it lacks that certain something.
Web links
- The commuters in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The cross-border commuter on Sky.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The cross-border commuter. In: German synchronous card index. Retrieved July 11, 2020 .
- ↑ "Der Grenzgänger": Sky produces a new Scandinavian series. In: nordbuzz.de. January 19, 2017, accessed July 18, 2020 .
- ^ Premiere of "Der Grenzgänger". In: sky.de. March 26, 2020, accessed July 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Glenn Riedmeier: "Der Grenzgänger": The new Sky thriller series starts today, the first episode already online. April 6, 2018, accessed July 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Meghan O'Keefe: Netflix's 'Borderliner' Is Going To Be Your New Scandi-Noir Obsession. In: Decider. March 6, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Grenseland. In: Internet Movie Database. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Borderliner. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .
- ↑ No violence - please! In: Tagesspiegel. April 9, 2018, accessed July 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Kathrin Hollmer: Fog in the area. Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 4, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Felix Reek: “Der Grenzgänger”: The Abysses of Scandinavia. GQ Magazin, April 4, 2018, accessed July 18, 2020 .