Fortitude

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Television series
German title Fortitude
Original title Fortitude
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 2015-2018
Production
company		 Fifty Fathoms,
Tiger Aspect Productions
length 47 minutes
Episodes 26 in 3 seasons ( list )
genre Crime , mystery
Theme music Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Peeling Off the Layers
idea Simon Donald
production Simon Donald ,
Patrick Spence ,
Frith Tiplady ,
Matthew Bird
music Ben Frost
First broadcast January 29, 2015 (UK) on Sky
German-language
first broadcast		 March 3, 2015 on Sky Atlantic HD
occupation
synchronization

Fortitude is a British crime series with elements of mystery that aired from 2015 to 2018. It was shot in Reyðarfjörður in Iceland and in England .

action

The action takes place on the Spitzbergen archipelago in the arctic region of Norway , in the fictional 800-inhabitant settlement Fortitude.

season 1

After the attack of a polar bear on the geologist Billy Pettigrew, who is chained to a transmission mast, he lies seriously injured in the snow and is eaten alive. The renowned animal photographer Henry Tyson, who is seriously ill with cancer, observes the scene and allegedly inadvertently gives Pettigrew the coup de grace . A few months later, the playing children Liam Sutter and Carrie Morgan discover a mammoth skeleton on the receding glacier , in which Fortitudes Governor Hildur Odegard wants to build an ice hotel to promote tourism and make Fortitude less dependent on mining . A short time later, the scientist and environmentalist Charlie Stoddard is brutally murdered. The governor sees her plans to open the town to tourism in jeopardy as a result of these events. The investigator Eugene Morton, flown in from London, is supposed to support the local police chief Dan Andersen in the investigation to solve the murder. When more mysterious events occur, Morton realizes that there is more to it than the murder of Stoddard. Many traces, especially photos of Henry Tyson, lead him to the unusual death of the geologist Pettigrew, who was chained to the radio mast in revenge for an attempted rape of Andersen and thus helplessly at the mercy of the starved polar bears. The mysterious events condense on parasitic, prehistoric ichneumon wasps that have been transmitted from the mammoth's body to human hosts and cause psychotic behavior in them.

season 2

With the demolition of the mammoth cemetery, the danger is eliminated. Governor Hildur Odegard is concerned with a man's body decapitated with an exact cut, the disappearance of police chief Dan Andersen and the total control by the government in Oslo. At least she can stop her husband Eric from looking for Andersen until he suddenly appears out of nowhere. He has acute alcohol poisoning and is being treated as an emergency patient. Odegard meets at the "Fortitude Arctic Research Center" with the new member Dr. Khatri, a virus expert who makes remote Fortitude the ideal research environment. Odegard is deposed as governor for flimsy reasons. Meanwhile, her husband Eric is pursuing clues to a geologist who could be the decapitated victim and who was previously in the Congo. Suddenly a polar bear penetrates into the school - a completely atypical behavior, just like the reindeer later, which seems to eviscerate a dead polar bear. Dan Andersen gets up from his hospital bed as if nothing had happened and visits his swarm Elena Ledesma at the research center, who is the only one who has survived the parasitic ichneumon wasps and is now supported by Dr. Khatri is examined. In the middle of the night another decapitated victim, this time female, is found, the saleswoman Bianca. Reindeer juice parties organized by a shaman could provide an explanation for the connection between the two decapitated victims: the animals are given poisonous mushrooms, their livers separate the intoxicant from the toxins and the juice is consumed. In the opinion of Eric Odegard, Dan Andersen's successor, a dangerous psychopath is behind the murders. At the funeral for Bianca, a hooded stranger, Vladek, appears, who is identified as the alleged perpetrator and who was shot while escaping, but cannot be arrested. In the shed into which he had fled, Eric Odegard finds a travel bag with Bianca's head. The acting governor Erling Munk seems to have commissioned the offense against Bianca. Hildur Odegard receives unusual mail from Vukobejina, the Russian border village with Norway. It contains documents and a film from 1942 that reported a plague of parasitic wasps in an unusually warm summer. The only survivor is said to have killed 16 people at the time and had incredible tissue regeneration. Dan Andersen turns off life support for Elena Ledesma, who suddenly and completely unexpectedly turned off Dr. Overpower Khatri and flee with Andersen. Vladek takes revenge on Bianca's killer, and Eric Odegard is late. Vladek confesses the geologist's murder to his confidante, Freya Lennox. When Hildur Odegard confronts Erling Munk with his machinations at a dangerous street opening, Odegard falls into the hole, is still held by Munk but finally let go. He hides Odegard's car. The following actions around Freya, Vladek, Elena, Dan and "Diavol" indicate shamanism. Hildur Odegard is finally discovered in the icy water and rescued dead by Andersen, who may have developed astonishing resilience and regenerative capacity from the parasite. This goes hand in hand with uncontrolled behavior. Munk of course likes the police's first thought of suicide, but cannot prevent Andersen from returning to duty. He quickly realizes that Vladek is playing a role, but he has to let himself be kidnapped from the research center into its cave. Vladek blames Andersen for the current and past, demonic events. He gives him and himself reindeer juice and explains his peculiar motivation for killing the geologist. Freya Lennox notices this, sets a fire and is taken to the hospital by Vladek. Meanwhile, Michael Lennox and daughter Ingrid, the policewoman, have discovered Vladek's underworld while searching for Freya Lennox and are able to free the nailed-down Dan Andersen. Not only that: they finally find Odegard's hidden car. Andersen judges Vladek and is able to stir up the Fortitudes pub-goers by claiming that Munk pushed Hildur Odegard into the street hole. The mob takes revenge on Erling Munk. In the final scene, police officer Petra greets her boss Dan Andersen in the governor's chair: "You're back."

background

In April 2013 it was announced that the US pay-TV transmitter Starz and Sky UK, the 13-part series Fortitude 2014 ordered. The actors announced in early 2014 included Stanley Tucci , Michael Gambon , Christopher Eccleston and Sofie Gråbøl . At the same time, Starz announced the exit from the project.

After the end of the British first broadcast on April 9, 2015, the series was extended by a second season, which should include ten episodes. Filming for the second season began in February 2016 and took place in northern Iceland. Dennis Quaid , Parminder Nagra and Michelle Fairley were hired as new actors .

The idea for Fortitude came from Simon Donald , who already wrote the script for the two-part British miniseries Low Winter Sun , which appeared in 2006 and which appeared in a US remake of the same name in 2013 . As a template for the location of the action served Longyearbyen , the main settlement on to Norway belonging archipelago Spitsbergen . However, the series was shot in Reyðarfjörður , a place in eastern Iceland .

Charisma

The English premiere of the first season ran in Great Britain on pay-TV channel Sky from January 29 to April 9, 2015. The series was broadcast on US television during the same period on Pivot, and in Canada it ran on Super Channel . The German premiere was broadcast from March 3 to May 19, 2015 on Sky Atlantic HD . Arte showed the first season from January 19 to February 10, 2017.

In Great Britain, the second season of Fortitude ran from January 26 to March 30, 2017. Sky Atlantic HD showed the German premiere of season 2 from February 28 to May 2, 2017.

Cast and dubbing

The German dubbing was directed by Mario von Jascheroff and based on a dialogue book by Ronald Nitschke by Interopa Film GmbH in Berlin.

Role name actor episode Voice actor Role description
Dan Andersen Richard Dormer 1.01-3.04 Ronald Nitschke Police chief
Hildur Odegard Sofie Gråbøl 1.01-2.09, 3.02-3.04 Katrin Fröhlich Governor of Fortitude
Eric Odegard Björn Hlynur Haraldsson 1.01-3.04 Sven Gerhardt Policeman and husband of the governor
Ingrid Witry Mia Jexen 1.01-3.04 Nadine Heidenreich policewoman
Petra Bergen Alexandra Moen 1.01-3.04 Sandrine Mittelstädt policewoman
Elena Ledesma Verónica Echegui 1.01–2.09 Victoria Storm Hotel workers
Charlie Stoddard Christopher Eccleston 1.01–1.10 Bernd Vollbrecht Scientists and environmentalists
Eugene Morton Stanley Tucci 1.03-1.10 Lutz Mackensy London Police Investigator
Henry Tyson Michael Gambon 1.01-1.09, 3.04 Otto Mellies Wildlife photographer
Frank Sutter Nicholas Pinnock 1.01–1.10 Charles Rettinghaus SAR pilot
Julia "Jules" Sutter Jessica Raine 1.01-1.04, 1.06-1.11 Nicole Hannak Wife of Frank Sutter
Natalie Yelburton Sienna Guillory 1.01-3.04 Tanya Kahana (Season 1–2)
Marieke Oeffinger (Season 3) 		scientist
Vincent Rattrey Luke Treadaway 1.01-3.04 Constantin von Jascheroff PhD student
Tavrani Tavra Ramon Tikaram 1.02-2.05 Mario von Jascheroff Taxidermist and Inuit expert
Michael Lennox Dennis Quaid 2.01-3.04 Bernd Rumpf Fisherman
Freya Lennox Michelle Fairley 2.01-2.10 Elisabeth Günther Wife of Michael Lennox
Dr. Sarinda Khatri Parminder Nagra 2.02-2.10, 3.03 Sonja Spuhl scientist
Vladek Klimov Robert Sheehan 2.01-2.10 Konrad Bösherz shaman
Erling Munk Ken Stott 2.01-2.10 Michael Pan Acting Governor of Fortitude
Elsa Schenthal Aliette Opheim 3.01-3.04 Vera Teltz Entrepreneur of the pharmaceutical company of the same name
Boyd Mulvihill Abubakar Salim 3.01-3.03 Tommy Morgenstern Helper and husband of Elsa
Ingeborg Mykleust Maria Schrader 3.01-3.03 Maria Schrader Investigator from Oslo
Torsten Øby Set Sjöstrand 3.01-3.03 Sebastian Kluckert Mykleust's assistant
Trude Jördis Richter 3.01-3.04 Jördis Richter Bartender

Episode list

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first broadcast (D) Director script
1 1 Death in the ice Episode One Jan. 29, 2015 3rd Mar 2015 Sam Miller Simon Donald
2 2 Wind chimes Episode Two Jan. 29, 2015 10 Mar 2015 Sam Miller Simon Donald
3 3 Law of dying Episode Three Feb 5, 2015 17th Mar 2015 Sam Miller Simon Donald
4th 4th blood Episode Four Feb 12, 2015 24 Mar 2015 Sam Miller Simon Donald
5 5 DNA Episode Five 19th Feb. 2015 31 Mar 2015 Richard Laxton Simon Donald
6th 6th Murder rush Episode Six Feb 26, 2015 Apr 7, 2015 Richard Laxton Simon Donald
7th 7th Shirley Episode Seven 5th Mar 2015 Apr 14, 2015 Hettie MacDonald Simon Donald
8th 8th On your own Episode Eight March 12 2015 Apr 21, 2015 Hettie MacDonald Ben Richards
9 9 Tupilak Episode Nine 19 Mar 2015 Apr 28, 2015 Nick Hurran Ben Richards
10 10 autopsy Episode Ten 26th Mar 2015 May 5, 2015 Nick Hurran Tom Butterworth & Chris Hurford
11 11 parasite Episode Eleven Apr 2, 2015 May 12, 2015 Nick Hurran Tom Butterworth & Chris Hurford
12 12 Fire Episode Twelve Apr 9, 2015 19th May 2015 Sam Miller Simon Donald

season 2

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first broadcast (D) Director script
13 1 Blood-red polar light Episode One Jan. 26, 2017 28 Feb 2017 Hettie MacDonald Simon Donald
14th 2 Reindeer juice Episode Two Feb. 2, 2017 7th Mar 2017 Hettie MacDonald Tom Butterworth & Chris Hurford
15th 3 Vukobejina Episode Three Feb 9, 2017 14 Mar 2017 Hettie MacDonald Simon Burke
16 4th shaman Episode Four 16 Feb 2017 21 Mar 2017 Kieron Hawkes Simon Burke
17th 5 Between life and death Episode Five 23 Feb 2017 28 Mar 2017 Kieron Hawkes Simon Donald
18th 6th ultimatum Episode Six 2nd Mar 2017 Apr 4, 2017 Metin Huseyin Simon Burke
19th 7th The realm of the dead Episode Seven 9 Mar 2017 Apr 11, 2017 Metin Huseyin Simon Donald
20th 8th Poison Episode Eight 16. Mar. 2017 Apr 18, 2017 Kieron Hawkes Simon Burke
21st 9 ritual Episode Nine 23 Mar 2017 25 Apr 2017 Kieron Hawkes Simon Donald
22nd 10 So many monsters Episode Ten 30th Mar 2017 2nd May 2017 Kieron Hawkes Simon Donald

season 3

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first broadcast (D) Director script
23 1 Fountain of youth Episode One Dec 6, 2018 21st Dec 2018 Kieron Hawkes Simon Donald
24 2 Struggle for survival Episode Two December 13, 2018 28th Dec 2018 Kieron Hawkes Simon Donald
25th 3 In the basement Episode Three December 20, 2018 4th Jan 2019 Kieron Hawkes Simon Donald
26th 4th The end Episode Four Dec. 27, 2018 11th Jan 2019 Kieron Hawkes Simon Donald

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerard Gilbert: Our fascination with the Arctic from Greek myths to Sky Atlantic's new drama Fortitude. In: The Independent . Independent Print Limited, January 27, 2015, accessed April 25, 2017 .
  2. ↑ http://deadline.com/2013/04/starz-sky-atlantic-order-13-episode-drama-series-fortitude-for-2014-premiere-469998/
  3. ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stanley-tucci-michael-gambon-christopher-673663
  4. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s257/fortitude/news/a640634/fortitude-renewed-for-second-series-by-sky-atlantic.html#~pbCG21ceVWjw1C
  5. ↑ Fortitude: Season Two of Pivot Series to Star Dennis Quaid. In: TV Series Finale. February 3, 2016, accessed February 4, 2017 .
  6. ^ First Look: Dennis Quaid in Fortitude Season 2. In: The Hollywood Reporter. March 31, 2016, accessed April 30, 2016 .
  7. ↑ http://www.tvspielfilm.de/news-und-specials/interviewsundstories/krimi-serie-twin-peaks-im-kunstschnee-die-serie-fortitude,7598094,ApplicationArticle.html
  8. ↑ http://www.fernsehserien.de/fortitude/episodenguide/staffel-1/28911
  9. ^ German synchronous file: Fortitude. Retrieved May 4, 2017 .