The Borgias
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Borgias - Sex. Power. Murder. Amen. ( DE ) The Borgias ( AT ) |
| Original title | The Borgias |
| Country of production |
Ireland , Canada , Hungary |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2011-2013 |
| Production company |
Octagon Films , Take 5 Productions |
| length | 50 minutes |
| Episodes | 29 in 3 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | drama |
| idea | Neil Jordan |
| music | Trevor Morris |
| First broadcast | April 3, 2011 (USA) on Showtime |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 11, 2011 on ATV |
| occupation | |
The Borgias (original title: The Borgias ) is a historical-fictional television series by Oscar winner Neil Jordan about the infamous Borgia family who came to power and wealth in Italy in the 15th century. Oscar winner Jeremy Irons plays the family patriarch Rodrigo Borgia, who in 1492 was Pope Alexander VI. was François Arnaud and Holliday Grainger put his most famous children, Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia , is.
The series is considered the unofficial successor series to The Tudors and consists of three seasons and 29 episodes. It was first broadcast in the United States on April 3, 2011 on Showtime , while in German-speaking countries it was shown on ProSieben from November 9, 2011 . It should not be confused with the German-French-Austrian coproduction Borgia (with John Doman as Pope Alexander VI), which was first broadcast on ORF and ZDF in October 2011.
action
- season 1
Rome in 1492 : Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia , a clergyman with a mistress and four illegitimate children, is about to fulfill his dream of becoming Pope when the old Pope Innocent VIII dies. With the help of his sons Cesare and Juan, he succeeds in winning the majority of the cardinals for himself through bribery and thus manipulating the election of the new Pope in his favor . He becomes Pope Alexander VI, but now he has more powerful enemies than ever. The Cardinals Orsino Orsini and Giuliano della Rovere in particular try to get him out of the way by all means. Just a few days after the election, Cesare prevented an assassination attempt on his family with the help of the mercenary Micheletto Corella. Micheletto becomes Cesare's permanent shadow and executive organ.
In order to secure himself politically, Alexander married his daughter Lucrezia in a politically advantageous marriage to the violent and alcoholic Giovanni Sforza of Pesaro, elevated Cesare to cardinal and made Juan the leader of the papal armed forces. But della Rovere soon wins the support of the French King Charles , who invades Italy with his army to overthrow Pope Alexander. The Borgia are about to fall. Only through a ruse does Alexander manage to save Rome from being plundered by the French. King Karl moves on to Naples and kills Prince Alfonso there. Cesare and Micheletto kidnap Giovanni Sforza and force him to divorce Lucrezia through a confession of alleged impotence. Lucrezia is thus free from her hated husband.
In the period that followed, power was secured in Rome by all means.
- season 2
Lucrezia gives birth to a child, Giovanni , the illegitimate son of a lover, the groom Paolo . When her brother Juan learns of the love affair, he has Paolo killed without further ado and portrays it as a suicide.
Subsequently, the Pope sent Juan to Spain to marry him there and to remove him from Rome after the scandal surrounding Paolo.
Cesare Borgia, still in the hated Cardinal rock, spying, meanwhile, in the fortress Forli refined enemy Caterina Sforza from. He begins a relationship with her, which she quickly ends and humiliates him. In a chain of circumstances, Cesare kills his ex-brother-in-law Giovanni Sforza in affect and hastily flees Forlì with Micheletto.
At the same time, the expelled Cardinal della Rovere, who was operating underground, began to plan the murder of Pope Alexander and to ascend the chair of Peter himself. He finds his tool in the young monk Antonello. Antonello is finally brought near the Pope as a taster through a murder.
Cesare meets statesman Niccolo Macchiavelli in Florence . The golden city of the Medici is sinking into a religious madness under the rule of the zealot Girolamo Savonarola . In his capacity as cardinal, Cesare is supposed to arrest the popular delusional sermon and hand it over to the Inquisition . A project that initially failed due to the popularity of the Savonarola.
Rome is at war with Forlì. When the papal troops are about to attack the fortress, Juan Borgia, who is now suffering from syphilis , is called back to Rome. A company that is doomed to fail, largely because of the growing mental instability of Juan, who is more a burden than a benefit to the family.
Cesare arrests Savonarola, forges a confession of heresy and has his tongue cut out. The public burning of the fanatic ends an era. The power of the Borgia has been rebuilt. Lucrezia is forced into a marriage with the young Alfonso of Aragon , a Neapolitan prince.
At the engagement party, the drunk Juan first insults Lucrezia and then tries to kill her bastard Giovanni. Cesare decides to act and in June 1497 ambushes Juan at night in Rome when he comes out of an opium house . The quarreling brothers seem to be reconciled, but when Juan Cesare asks: Free yourself, brother! , Cesare stabs him and sinks his body in the Tiber . Cesare confesses the murder to his father, who then dismisses him from the college of cardinals. Pope Alexander buried his murdered son himself and was immediately poisoned by Antonello in a suicidal attack. In the last scene Antonello dies by suicide while Pope Alexander falls into the arms of his remaining son Cesare with a gasp.
;Staffel 3
The third season follows on from the end of the second season: Pope Alexander VI was poisoned by Antonello in 1497 on Della Rovere's order. The pontiff seems lost and already dying. Since his daughter Lucrezia is unwilling to accept this, she tries to save him by pouring ashes into her mouth. The Pope wrestled with death for a whole day. Meanwhile, Cesare and Micheletto prevent an assassination attempt on the Borgia family and take cruel revenge on the friars Della Roveres. Giuliano della Rovere flees Rome and only saves his bare life. The traitor is followed by the cardinals Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini and Julius Versucci . Versucci is tracked down by Micheletto and commits suicide.
After Pope Alexander has recovered from his poison attack, he devotes himself to foreign policy after defeating the enemies in his own home.
Lucrezia wird mit Alfonso von Aragon verheiratet, Cesare schickt er nach Frankreich, wo er die junge Charlotte d'Albret zur Frau nimmt.
But the power of the Borgias still fluctuates, as does their reputation. When the Neapolitan king Ferdinand does not want to tolerate Lucrezia's son Giovanni in the marriage of his cousin Alfonso, Lucrezia has him killed and thus helps the torn Prince Federico to the royal throne of Naples, who is allied with the enemy of the Borgias Caterina Sforza .
Lucrezia wird zur Geisel und zum Sicherheitsgarant eines Friedensschlusses für die Sforzas.
However, Lucrezia and Alfonso manage to escape through cunning and they are brought to Rome by Cesare.
Cesare plans a war against the Sforzas and at the same time begins an affair with his sister Lucrezia, who is unhappy with her stupid and hard-drinking husband Alfonso. A murderous hatred develops between Cesare and Alfonso. Cesare raises French mercenaries, the signs point to war. In spite of this, the Pope celebrates the New Year celebration of the Jubilee year 1500 on a large scale , where all enemies of the Borgias are invited to the banquet.
A little later, Cesare and Micheletto kill the head of the Sforza clan Ludovico il Moro and Caterina Sforza's young son Benito .
Cesare besieges the Forlì fortress and, with the help of Micheletto's local knowledge, can storm it through a system of tunnels. Caterina Sforza is arrested and taken to Rome, where she is held in custody in Castel Sant'Angelo .
The victorious Borgias Alexander VI and Cesare vow to establish a dynasty, a Roman kingdom as Cesare put it: Aut Caesar, aut nihil. The pact shows the immeasurable megalomania of these two men.
In the last scene Cesare visits Lucrezia in her palazzo in 1501 , where he meets the drunken Alfonso instead of her. In the ensuing duel, Cesare kills Alfonso with his rapier . Lucrezia poisons the seriously injured Alfonso to ease his torment and smears her face with Alfonso's blood, which she never wants to wash off, since Alfonso's death has awakened her love for him again. The series ends with Cesare's words to his sister: You are cleansed by the blood.
main characters
- Rodrigo Borgia
Rodrigo is the patriarch of the family and, as a Spaniard, a despised outsider in Rome. Driven by the great ambition to become Pope, he is nevertheless a loving family man who knows how to use his position as cardinal to bring his children and himself to power and wealth. Cunning and clever, he maneuvers out his enemies and eventually becomes Pope. After the relationship with his long-time mistress Vanozza de 'Cattanei , who gave him the children Cesare, Juan, Lucrezia and Jofré , cools down, he begins a scandalous affair with the Roman beauty Giulia Farnese .
- Cesare Borgia
Rodrigos and Vannoza's eldest son, Cesare, followed in his father's footsteps and became a priest - against his will. Shrewd and unscrupulous, he serves his father as an advisor and enforcer and murders to protect his family. He is devoted to his sister Lucrezia and his mother, but he deeply envies his brother Juan, whom he considers his father's favorite, for his secular career and his position as leader of the papal armed forces.
- Lucrezia Borgia
The pretty 14-year-old Lucrezia and only daughter of the family is initially a naive girl and the darling of her father and brother Cesare. After her father becomes Pope, the intelligent, astute girl has to grow up quickly, because for political reasons Rodrigo marries her to the unattractive, brutal Giovanni Sforza in order for the family to move forward .
- Vanozza de Cattanei
The longtime lover and mother of Rodrigo's four children is pushed aside by the Pope when his eye falls on the younger and more beautiful Giulia Farnese. But even if she no longer shares the bed with Rodrigo, Vanozza remains the matriarch of a close-knit family whose children go in and out of her house and are lovingly attached to her.
- Giulia Farnese
The beautiful Giulia Farnese, known as La Bella , is unhappily married when she attracts the new Pope's attention. She quickly becomes his lover. Skilfully using her charms and her mind, she soon even becomes the Pope's advisor and befriends his daughter Lucrezia.
- Juan Borgia
Juan is the second eldest son of Rodrigo and Vanozza, his father's darling, Duke of Gandia and leader of the papal armed forces. The arrogant young man is an inept braggart who quickly becomes overwhelmed by the task of protecting his family. While his brother does the dirty work, Juan prefers to hang around in brothels and taverns.
- Micheletto
The assassin Micheletto is the professional executioner of the Borgia. Initially hired by their opponents to murder the Borgia, he changes sides and now serves Cesare. Micheletto was born in Forlì , where he had a homosexual relationship. He left Forlì after murdering his own father. Micheletto later had a relationship with the spy Pascal.
- Jofré Borgia
The youngest son of the family is married to Sancha of Aragon for political reasons at the age of twelve. Since her husband is still a child, his beautiful, grown-up bride quickly finds a lover in Jofré's brother Juan.
- Giuliano della Rovere
The Cardinal della Rovere is Rodrigo's bitter enemy in the battle for the Holy See. He believes that he is morally superior to the Borgia pope and does everything to overthrow the blasphemic , which he sees as wicked , and to become pope himself so that he can reform the church. But in his obsession with overthrowing Rodrigo, he soon found himself on morally questionable ground like this one.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization was for a synchronous book by Theodor Dopheide and the dialogue director of Axel Malzacher by the synchronous company Arena synchronous in Berlin .
Main cast
Supporting cast
Production and broadcast
The series is produced by Take 5 Productions and Octagon Films on behalf of Showtime and had a budget of $ 40 million for the first season . The series is filmed in Etyek , Hungary , in the Korda Studios near Budapest , where production designer François Seguin had an elaborate film set built over a period of four months. a. with replicas of St. Peter's Church and the papal private apartments. Series creator and screenwriter Neil Jordan directed the first two episodes. The series premiered on April 3, 2011 on the American pay TV channel Showtime and the Canadian channel Bravo and was the most successful series start on Showtime in seven years with 1.06 million viewers. In total, the series reached 3.71 million viewers in the USA during the week of the premiere, who used the various options of the pay TV station (repeats, on demand, etc.) to see the series. The first two episodes were broadcast as a double episode, the following 7 episodes on Sundays each week individually.
On April 25, 2011, Showtime ordered a second season of ten episodes, the airing of which began on April 8 and ended on June 17, 2012. The audience ratings for the series exceeded those of its predecessor, The Tudors . "The Borgias have become a Sunday night TV event for a large segment of our audience," said David Nevins, President of Entertainment at Showtime. Filming for the second season was July 1, 2011 and Neil Jordan announced that he is planning a total of four seasons for the series. In early May 2012 Showtime extended the series by a ten-part third season. It was broadcast from April 14 to June 16, 2013.
In early June 2013, Showtime announced the discontinuation of the series after the third season.
German-speaking area
The Austrian commercial broadcaster ATV first broadcast the series in German from September 11 to October 2, 2011. In Switzerland, the series started on October 23, 2011 on 3+ ; there, after three episodes, no further broadcasts were made due to insufficient audience interest. In Germany the first season was titled Die Borgias - Sex. Power. Murder. Amen. broadcast on ProSieben from November 9th . The second season was shown on December 13, 20 and 21, 2012 on Kabel Eins . The third season shows Pro7 MAXX on December 25th and 26th, 2013 in five episodes at a time.
International
At the international program fair Mip TV the series was shown in April 2011 a. a. sold to Greece, Israel, Italy, South Korea and Turkey. The series can also be seen in Great Britain on August 13, 2011 on Sky Atlantic.
Episode list
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (A) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The poisoned chalice | The Poisoned Chalice | Apr 3, 2011 | Sep 11 2011 | Neil Jordan | Neil Jordan |
| Rome, 1492: Pope Innocent VIII lies on his death bed. Several cardinals are now fighting for power in the college of cardinals . When the conclave for the election of the new pope begins and Cardinal Borgia has not yet received the required number of votes even after several ballots, he instructs his eldest son Cesare to bribe the other cardinals by promising them land and even looting churches to help to enable the gold from relics to elect his father to be Pope. However, he promises both Cardinal Sforza and Cardinal Orsini the office of Vice Chancellor of the Church for their support. As expected, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia becomes Pope Alexander VI. elected. But his greatest enemy among the cardinals, Cardinal della Rovere, immediately accuses him of buying office, and when Sforza, not Orsini, becomes vice-chancellor, the angry Orsini invites the pope, Cesare and the cardinals to a banquet, where he brings Borgia and his son want to be poisoned. Cesare gets on the track of the planned assassination attempt and gets the assassin Michelotto to switch sides, whereupon he poisons his original client, Cardinal Orsini. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | The assassin | The assassin | Apr 3, 2011 | Sep 11 2011 | Neil Jordan | Neil Jordan |
| Shortly afterwards, Micheletto is arrested by Alexander's second son Juan, a gonfalonier of the papal armed forces, as an alleged assassin. But Cesare releases him and installs him as a double agent with Cardinal della Rovere, who meanwhile rallies the College of Cardinals and, with the help of the legal scholar Johannes Burckard, wants to arrange for the Pope's dismissal for unchastity. And Alexander actually has a relationship with Giulia Farnese, whom he has lodged in the palace of the dead Cardinal Orsini, far from her abusive husband. When the Pope and Giulia are observed there by Giulia's maid at an intimate get-together, Cardinal Della Rovere senses his chance to depose the Pope. But double agent Micheletto informs Cesare of the cardinals' plan. Before della Rovere gets a move on, Cesare has the maid murdered by Micheletto as the only eyewitness and pegs the murder to della Rovere, who then has to flee Rome. At the same time, Alexander, also after consulting Johannes Burckard , announced the appointment of 13 new cardinals loyal to the Pope - including his son Cesare - thus securing power over the college of cardinals. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | The sultan's brother | The moor | Apr 10, 2011 | Sep 18 2011 | Simon Cellan-Jones | Neil Jordan |
| Cardinal della Rovere has fled to Naples and asks the young Prince Alfonso, who rules for his moronic father, King Ferdinand I , to support him in his fight against the Borgias. Cesare Borgia sends Micheletto to Naples on Alexander's behalf to murder della Rovere, but the bloody assassination attempt in Alfonso's bathhouse fails. While the angry Prince Alfonso expels the cleric from his kingdom because he does not tolerate bloodshed on his own soil, Cesare in Rome only reluctantly surrenders to his father's wish to make him cardinal. Alexander is now looking for a husband for Lucrezia, who can enable him to establish a political alliance against della Rovere, and takes in thousands of Jews for a substantial fee, whom Queen Isabella of Spain expelled from her country through the Alhambra Edict . For an annual fee of 40,000 ducats, he also takes on the Ottoman prince Djem in the Vatican , who poses a threat to his brother, Sultan Bayezit II . An intimate friendship begins between Cesare, Juan, Lucrezia and Djem. However, when the choice for Lucrezia's husband fell on Giovanni Sforza, cousin Ludovico Sforza of Milan, the Sforza insisted on an extremely high dowry of 400,000 ducats - exactly the sum that the sultan offered as a bounty on Djem's life. Alexander - to Cesare's horror - orders Juan to poison Djem. However, because Cesare refuses to help him with Micheletto's help, Juan Djem dilettante administered a painfully slow-acting poison. Finally Cesare intervenes and stands guard while Juan, with tears in his eyes, suffocates Djem with a pillow. Lucrezia's dowry is secured. | |||||||
| 4th | 4th | the sold bride | Lucrezia's Wedding | Apr 17, 2011 | Sep 18 2011 | Simon Cellan-Jones | Neil Jordan |
| Cardinal della Rovere flees from Naples to Florence , where he tries to establish an alliance with the ruler Piero di Lorenzo de 'Medici . He wants French troops against Alexander VI. organize and Lorenzo de 'Medici should enable this safe passage through his republic. The cardinal also meets with the anti-Borgia Florentine preacher Girolamo Savonarola , who prophesies their demise in visions, and again barely escapes an assassination attempt by an assassin Cesares disguised as a mendicant monk . In Rome, the preparations for Lucrezia's wedding are in full swing. Lucrezia, nervous about her marriage to a stranger and still sick with grief for Djem, is heartbroken when her father also forbids her mother Vannozza de 'Cattanei to attend the wedding. The appearance of a former mistress would be a scandal that the Sforza would consider an insult. Regardless of this, Alexander VI appears. with his new but noble mistress Giulia Farnese at the banquet that turns into an orgy . Cesare, unhappy about having to marry off his beloved little sister, takes his mother to the banquet in defiance of his father and meets the noblewoman Ursula Bonadeo, a married woman with whom he falls in love. After the wedding, Lucrezia moves to her husband's estate. Her hopes of charming the older Giovanni Sforza with her kindness are dashed on their wedding night when he brutally assaults the young girl. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | Borgias in love | The Borgias in Love | Apr 24, 2011 | 25 Sep 2011 | John Maybury | Neil Jordan |
| On the estate in Pesaro , Lucrezia suffers from the nightly rape of her husband Giovanni Sforza and begins a love affair with Sforza's young stable boy Paolo. In Rome, Ursula Bonadeo asks Cesare to forego revenge, although her husband called Cesare's mother a whore at Lucrezia's wedding party. She fears that her battle-hardened husband could kill Cesare, with whom she fell in love, in a duel. In the meantime della Rovere has traveled to Milan and asks the ruler Ludovico Sforza, as he did in Florence, to allow troops hostile to the Pope to pass through his duchy in the near future. Alexander then threatens Ludovico to appoint his nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza , the actual heir to the throne, as ruler in Milan instead of him. But Ludovico keeps this prisoner in a dungeon and poisons him. In order to win the Medici in Florence on his side, Alexander offers them to burn the preacher Savonarola, who has long been a thorn in their side, as a heretic. During a secret meeting with Cesare, however, her response from her advisor Machiavelli is ambiguous. Meanwhile, Alexander plans a politically motivated marriage for Juan, but he is reluctant. In Pesaro, Lucrezia finally gets Paolo to cut her husband's saddle so that he falls and breaks his leg on his next hunting trip. Cesare ambushes Count Bonadeo at night in Rome and kills him in a duel in order to have Ursula for himself. He made the corpse disappear in the Tiber . | |||||||
| 6th | 6th | The king of France | The French King | May 1, 2011 | 25 Sep 2011 | John Maybury | Neil Jordan |
| Lucrezia enjoys spending time with her lover Paolo while her husband is bedridden with his broken leg, and does everything possible to prolong his recovery time. Ursula Bonadeo, who believes her husband is on a business trip in Ostia , indulges in Cesare's urgent courtship and begins a love affair with him. Alexander wants to marry Juan to Sancha of Aragon, the illegitimate daughter of King Ferrante of Naples, in order to enter into an alliance with Naples. When Juan refuses, 13-year-old Jofré des Popes is supposed to grant. Juan travels to Naples to meet his brother's future bride. Sancha is very revealing and both start an affair. Cardinal della Rovere has meanwhile arrived in France, where he persuades King Charles VIII to depose the Borgia Pope by force of arms. In return, when he is Pope, della Rovere will crown Charles King of Naples. When Count Bonadeo's body is found on the banks of the Tiber in Rome, the horrified Ursula realizes that Cesare killed her husband and that she is complicit in her behavior. She leaves Cesare and enters a monastery. Juan is unsettled by rumors that he is not the son of the Pope but of Theo, his mother's husband. When he runs into Theo in Vanozza's house, he beats him up. Lucrezia briefly returns to Rome because of Jofrés and Sancha's wedding. Since she does not want to endanger the alliance with the Sforza, she only indicates to her brother Cesare how badly her husband treats her. | |||||||
| 7th | 7th | The invasion | Death on a Pale Horse | May 8, 2011 | Oct 2, 2011 | Jeremy Podeswa | Neil Jordan |
| The French army invades Italy and besieges the city of Lucca . With the help of modern cannons the city can be conquered quickly. King Charles, much to Cardinal della Roveres' displeasure, has the city plundered and the population slaughtered. The next city to be attacked is Florence, but della Rovere is able to convince Karl to ride to Florence to persuade the city to surrender peacefully. In return, however, Karl demands that a large amount of money be raised and that his troops be provided for by the people and members of the leading families as hostages. Alexander still has some loyal allies, including the kings of Romagna , but he has to be on the safe side. He sends Giulia Farnese to Pesaro to remind his son-in-law Giovanni Sforza of his connection with the Vatican. Arriving in Pesaro, Giulia has to realize that Giovanni Sforza and his cousin Caterina Sforza are not thinking of opposing the overpowering French army, but will behave passively. She also realizes that Lucrezia is pregnant and that Giovanni Sforza is out of the question as a father due to his injury. | |||||||
| 8th | 8th | Cannon thunder | The Art of War | May 15, 2011 | Oct 2, 2011 | Jeremy Podeswa | Neil Jordan |
| With the help of the stable boy Paolo, the child's father, Giulia and Lucrezia escape. As a punishment, Paolo is whipped by Giovanni Sforza. While fleeing from Giovanni Sforza on the way to Rome, Giulia and Lucrezia are captured by Charles' troops. Lucrezia then decides to bewitch Karl with her charm in order to prevent the impending invasion of Rome and the deposition of her father as Pope. The situation in Rome comes to a head, as the residents flee the city and even the Cardinals refuse to be loyal to Alexander in order to save themselves and their belongings. With an inferior army, Juan confronts Charles' troops. Only thanks to Lucrezia's mediation can a bloodbath be prevented. The French then marched into Rome without resistance. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | The breath of death | Nessuno (Nobody) | May 22, 2011 | Oct 2, 2011 | Jeremy Podeswa | Neil Jordan |
| Alexander has a plan to secure power for himself. He meets Karl in a simple mendicant monk's robe and in this way shames the prince. He promises to make Charles King of the Kingdom of Naples in return for his loyalty. Cardinal della Rovere has to watch the enthronement of Charles only reluctantly. Lucrezia meanwhile finds shelter in the monastery of Sister Martha, as Ursula Bonadeo now calls herself. Here she should prepare for the birth of her child. Cesare, who learns of Giovanni's brutality towards his sister, rides with Micheletto to Pesaro and kidnaps his brother-in-law. Once in Rome, the marriage with Lucrezia is to be annulled. The reason given is the impotence of Giovanni and that the marriage was therefore not consummated. Giovanni reluctantly agrees to the cancellation and is then driven out of Rome with shame. Karl, who has meanwhile arrived in Naples, is horrified to discover that the plague is raging in his new kingdom and that Alexander's gift to him is worthless. Of course, Alexander knew about it before Charles was enthroned. In the end, Lucrezia gives birth to her and Paolo's son. | |||||||
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | The Cabinet of Secrets | The Borgia Bull | Apr 8, 2012 | Dec 13, 2012 | Neil Jordan | Neil Jordan |
| 11 | 2 | Paolo | Paolo | Apr 15, 2012 | Dec 13, 2012 | Neil Jordan | Neil Jordan |
| 12 | 3 | The power of deception | The Beautiful Deception | Apr 22, 2012 | Dec 13, 2012 | Jon Amiel | Neil Jordan |
| 13 | 4th | The art of vengeance | Stray dogs | Apr 29, 2012 | Dec 20, 2012 | Jon Amiel | Neil Jordan |
| 14th | 5 | In the enemy's bed | The Choice | May 6, 2012 | Dec 20, 2012 | Kari Skogland | Neil Jordan |
| 15th | 6th | Thieves and liars | Day of Ashes | May 13, 2012 | Dec 20, 2012 | John Maybury | David Leland |
| 16 | 7th | The siege of Forli | The Siege at Forli | May 20, 2012 | Dec 21, 2012 | Kari Skogland | David Leland |
| 17th | 8th | The cowardly hero | Truth and Lies | June 3, 2012 | Dec 21, 2012 | John Maybury | David Leland |
| 18th | 9 | The lost Son | World of Wonders | June 10, 2012 | Dec 21, 2012 | David Leland | David Leland |
| 19th | 10 | Confessions | The Confession | 17th June 2012 | Dec 21, 2012 | David Leland | Guy Bert |
season 3
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th | 1 | The face of death | The Face of Death | Apr 14, 2013 | Dec 25, 2013 | Kari Skogland | Guy Bert |
| 21st | 2 | The unholy family | The Purge | Apr 21, 2013 | Dec 25, 2013 | Kari Skogland | Neil Jordan |
| 22nd | 3 | Husband for one night | Siblings | Apr 28, 2013 | Dec 25, 2013 | Jon Amiel | Guy Bert |
| 23 | 4th | The chestnut ball | The Banquet of Chestnuts | May 5, 2013 | Dec 25, 2013 | Jon Amiel | Guy Bert |
| 24 | 5 | The wolf and the lamb | The Wolf and the Lamb | May 12, 2013 | Dec 25, 2013 | Kari Skogland | Neil Jordan |
| 25th | 6th | The bastard army | Relics | May 19, 2013 | Dec 26, 2013 | Kari Skogland | Guy Bert |
| 26th | 7th | The devil's embrace | Lucrezia's Gambit | May 26, 2013 | Dec 26, 2013 | David Leland | Neil Jordan |
| 27 | 8th | Bloody tears | Tears of Blood | 2nd June 2013 | Dec 26, 2013 | David Leland | Neil Jordan |
| 28 | 9 | The color of betrayal | The Gunpowder Plot | June 9, 2013 | Dec 26, 2013 | Neil Jordan | Neil Jordan |
| 29 | 10 | The perfect prince | The Prince | June 16, 2013 | Dec 26, 2013 | Neil Jordan | Neil Jordan |
Historical deviations
Like other historical television series, The Borgias also contains fictional elements and does not exactly follow actual historical processes and events. The series takes liberties in the presentation of the sequence of historical events and in the appearance and character of the historical personalities represented.
Leading actor Jeremy Irons was initially difficult to convince himself that the role of the corpulent Pope Alexander VI. to take over because it doesn't resemble it in the least. However, series creator Neil Jordan didn't care about physical similarities between characters and actors.
Some examples of historical discrepancies are:
- At the time of Rodrigo Borgia's election as Pope, his son Cesare was not in Rome as shown, but in Pisa. So he did not help him bribe the other cardinals either.
- The song to be heard during the entry to the coronation mass is “ Zadok the Priest ” from the Coronation Anthems , which Georg Friedrich Handel composed in 1727 for the coronation of King George II - there are 235 years difference between the two events.
- Micheletto was historically in the service of the Borgia long before the events of the series and was bodyguard of the Borgia children before he became Cesare's enforcer.
- Giulia Farnese was Rodrigo Borgia's mistress when he became Pope in 1492 - she gave birth to his daughter Laura that year.
- Lucrezia lives in the series in her mother's household, but in 1492 she lived with Giulia Farnese with her relative Adriana de Mila, who does not appear in the series
- Lucrezia's husband Giovanni Sforza was only 26 years old when they got married, not in his forties as depicted in the series, and there is no evidence that he raped her. Furthermore, he was not killed in Forlì as in the series by Cesare , but died of natural causes in Pesaro in 1510.
- The character of Ursula Bonadeo was invented, as was Lucrezia's lover Paolo. An alleged lover of the historical Lucrezia was called Pedro Calderon, known as Perotto.
- Vanozza's husband Theo is a merger of the three historic husbands of Vanozzas.
- Cardinal Orsino Orsini was poisoned at a banquet in 1492, the historical Cardinal Giovanni Battista Orsini was only killed in 1503.
- Cardinal Julius Versucci is fictitious.
- Prince Djem dies as a guest of the Borgias in Rome, in fact Djem only died years later in captivity of the French king on the way to Naples.
- Machiavelli appeared in 1494 as an advisor to the Medici in Florence and met Cesare, but he was only Florentine ambassador from 1499 and only met Cesare in this capacity in 1502.
- Ludovico Sforza keeps his nephew Gian Galeazzo, whose duchy he usurped, imprisoned in a dungeon. In reality, the young man voluntarily left the business of government to his uncle.
- The succession to the throne in Naples has been greatly simplified for the series.
- The French King Charles VIII was 24 years old when Rome was captured and had a more boyish figure, but in the series he is portrayed as a corpulent, drunkard, middle-aged man.
- Juan accuses the fleeing cardinals of running "like lemmings" into their doom. Suicidal lemmings are an invention from the 20th century.
- Juan never led the siege of Forlì, by which time he had been dead for two years.
- There is no evidence for the love affair between Caterina Sforza and Cesare Borgia, this is only passed down through rumors.
- Girolamo Savonarola was executed in Florence, not Rome. Nor was he burned alive, but hanged and his body burned.
- Alfonso II of Naples was not the brother but the father of Sancha of Aragon , who married Jofré Borgia in 1494 . Her brother was Alfonso of Aragon , the second husband of Lucrezia Borgia, who will be introduced at the end of the second season.
Despite such discrepancies, Neil Jordan initially said, “I try to stay within the historical context as closely as possible. But you don't have to invent a lot to make these people fascinating. "
criticism
“Because even a somewhat faithful image of the balance of power and violence in the Renaissance would have overwhelmed viewers and authors alike, producer Neil Jordan and his team, in their latest TV series on the Borgia saga, reflect on the tried and tested recipe according to which men make history and the women show their bosom in good shape. The series with the stupid subtitle “Sex. Power. Murder. Amen "now enriches Pro Sieben's program, which has not yet been touched by any major intellectual claim."
Awards and nominations
Awards
- Gemini Award 2011
- Winner in the "Best Dramatic Series" category
- 63rd Primetime Emmy Award 2011
- Winner in the Outstanding Costumes For A Series ( best costumes for a series ) for the episode The Bartered Bride (costume designer: Gabriella Pescucci )
- Winner in the category Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ( Best Theme Song )
Nominations
- 51st Monte-Carlo Television Festival Award (2011)
- Nomination for the category Outstanding International Producer ( James Flynn , Neil Jordan & Sheila Hockin) in the Drama TV Series category
- Nomination for the category Outstanding European Producer (James Flynn, Neil Jordan & Sheila Hockin) in the Drama TV Series category
- Nomination for the category Outstanding Actor (Jeremy Irons) in the Drama TV Series category
- Nomination for the Outstanding Actress category (Holliday Grainger & Joanne Whalley) in the Drama TV Series category
- 63rd Primetime Emmy Award 2011
- Nomination for the category Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series (Francois Seguin, Production Designer; Jonathan McKinstry, Art Director; Judit Varga, Set Decorator) for the episode Lucrezia's Wedding
- Nomination for the category Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series ( Paul Sarossy , Director of Photography) for the episode The Poisoned Chalice / The Assassin
- Nomination for the category Outstanding Costumes For A Series (Gabriella Pescucci, Costume Designer; Uliva Pizzetti, Costume Supervisor) for the episode Lucrezia's Wedding
- Nomination for the category Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series (Neil Jordan, Directed by) for the episode The Poisoned Chalice / The Assassin
- Nomination for the category Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music (Trevor Morris, Music by)
- Nomination for the Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series category (Bob Munroe, Lead Visual Effects Supervisor; Doug Campbell, Visual Effects Supervisor; Bill Halliday, Visual Effects Producer; Juan Jesus Garcia, Visual Effects Art Director; Luke Groves, Visual Effects Technical Producer ; Seth Martiniuk, Lead Visual Effects Compositor; Blair Tennessy, CGI Supervisor) for the episode The Poisoned Chalice / The Assassin
- 64th Primetime Emmy Award 2012
- Nomination for the Best Visual Effects category for the episode The Choice
- Nomination for the category Best Costumes for the episode The Confession
- Nomination for the Best Hairstyling category for the episode The Confession
- Nomination for the category Best Music Composition for the episode The Confession
Web links
- The Borgias in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Showtime Official Website
- Official website of Bravo!
- The Borgias on Serienjunkies.de
- The Borgias on Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article at Filmmusicreporter.com
- ↑ The Borgias - Sex. Power. Murder. Amen .: From November 9th on ProSieben ( Memento from November 8th 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on plonki.com
- ↑ a b c The Borgias . German dubbing files . Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ↑ Interview with Neil Jordan on AssignmentX.com
- ↑ Robert Seidman: Showtime Announces Premiere Dates for 'Nurse Jackie,' 'The Big C,' and 'The Borgias' . TV by the Numbers . January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ↑ Article on Seat42f.com
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: The Borgias: Showtime orders season 2 . Serial junkies . April 26, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
- ↑ Interview: Neil Jordan Talks Filming 'The Borgias' and Writing Series Two
- ^ Sara Bible: 'The Borgias' Renewed for a Third Season by Showtime . In: TV by the Numbers . May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
- ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: 'The Borgias' Canceled by Showtime After Three Seasons . In: TV by the Numbers . June 5, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- Jump up ↑ “Borgia” against “Borgias” . The standard . August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ↑ The Borgias on 3+ . 3Plus.TV . Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ↑ Facebook presence of 3+ . 3Plus.TV . Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: The Borgias: ProSieben shows the series from the beginning of November . Serienjunkies.de . September 28, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: The Borgias: Kabel eins shows the 2nd season in December . In: Serienjunkies.de . November 11, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ↑ SerienBizAktuell - The series sales on the Mip TV
- ↑ Article by The Telegraph
- ↑ a b Amy Harrington, Nancy Harrington: Interview: Jeremy Irons and Neil Jordan on 'The Borgias'. Picktainment.com, April 1, 2011, archived from the original on March 30, 2012 ; accessed on June 23, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Showtime's official press kit
- ↑ Willi Winkler: Blessed. Fucked. Stabbed. Poisoned. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. November 9, 2011, accessed November 29, 2011 .
- ↑ 'The Borgias' takes top dramatic prize at Geminis, The Globe and Mail article
- ↑ Homepage Emmy Awards 2011 winner, costumes
- ↑ Homepage Emmy Awards Winner 2011, Music
- ↑ 2011 nominations on the official website of the Monte Carlo Television Festival ( memento of August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Official Primetime Emmy nominations of the Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences ( Memento from October 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 104 kB)
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