Narcos
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Narcos |
| Original title | Narcos |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language |
English , Spanish |
| Year (s) | 2015-2017 |
| Production company |
Gaumont International Television |
| length | 44-60 minutes |
| Episodes | 30 in 3 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Drama , crime , historical series |
| Theme music | Rodrigo Amarante - Tuyo |
| idea | Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro |
| production | Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro, Eric Newman |
| music | Pedro Bromfman |
| First broadcast | August 28, 2015 (US) on Netflix |
| German-language first broadcast |
August 28, 2015 on Netflix |
| occupation | |
Narcos ( Spanish short for dealer or drug dealer ) is an American crime - and historical - drama series about drug cartels in Colombia in the 1980s and 1990s . The first two seasons tell the story of Pablo Escobar and the Medellín cartel , the third season that of the Cali cartel . Alternatively, the series is also known under the title Narcos: Colombia .
The offshoot Narcos: Mexico was published on November 16, 2018 .
action
The series covers the rise of Pablo Escobar and the Colombian Medellín cartel to become one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world in the 1970s and 80s. It is essentially based on historical facts, but must not be misunderstood as documentation, as decisive storylines and most of the protagonists were dramatized or entirely fictitious.
In the 1970s, cocaine increasingly supplanted the previously dominant marijuana as a fashion drug in Florida . By smuggling this drug from Colombia into the United States and later cultivating it in the Colombian jungle, Escobar was able to generate enormous profits. It also shows the great brutality and extreme corruption that went along with this ascent. The struggle of the Colombian authorities against the powerful and unscrupulous drug mafia at times assumed the proportions of a civil war in which, among other things, numerous civilians were killed by bomb attacks and the mafia offered bounties on police officers and other state employees. The difficult situation of the Colombian government and the question of whether negotiations should be started with Escobar in order to end the bomb terror are also highlighted. The common thread for the storyline of the series are the spoken memories of DEA agent Steve Murphy; he was involved with his colleague Javier Peña in the long-term manhunt for Escobar, and both were dragged into the swamp of corruption and violence themselves. The first season covers the period from around 1975 to 1992. The second season ends with the death of Escobar on December 2, 1993 and the now concretely emerging fight against the Cali cartel .
development
The series was announced in April 2014 as a collaboration between the video-on-demand provider Netflix and the television studio Gaumont International Television , a division of Gaumont . The name of the series is a slang abbreviation of narcotraficante ( Spanish for drug dealer ). In the United States, the term “narco” or “narc” means an agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
The first season was released via streaming on August 28, 2015 by Netflix . A second season was ordered just six days later. The second season was released worldwide on September 2, 2016.
On September 6, 2016, Netflix extended the series for a third season, which was released on September 1, 2017.
On September 11, 2017, Carlos Muñoz Portal, who, as a so-called location manager , was looking for new locations for the planned fourth season of the series (see branch Narcos: Mexico ), was found shot dead in his car in a remote area outside the city of Temascalapa .
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization of the first season was created under the dialogue director of Ronald Nitschke and after a dialogue book by Mario of Jascheroff by the synchronous company German Dubbing Company in Berlin. After their bankruptcy, the Berlin dubbing company RRP Media GmbH took over the synchronization of the second season with Ronald Nitschke and Marion Machado Quintela as dialogue directors and Lorenz Bethmann as dialogue book author.
Main cast
| figure | Actress | description | Seasons | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Escobar | Wagner Moura | A Colombian drug lord and the leader of the Medellín cartel | 1-2 | |
| Javier Peña | Pedro Pascal | An ex- DEA agent who investigated Pablo Escobar and the Medellin cartel with his former colleague Stephen Murphy | 1-3 | Ronald Nitschke |
| Stephen Murphy | Boyd Holbrook | An ex-DEA agent who, along with Javier Peña, was one of the lead investigators in the search for Pablo Escobar | 1-2 | Constantin von Jascheroff |
| Hélmer "Pacho" Herrera | Alberto Ammann | A senior member of the Cali cartel | 1-3 | Tim Moeseritz |
| Tata Escobar (based on: Maria Victoria Henao) | Paulina Gaitán | Pablo Escobar's wife | 1-2 | |
| Trujillo (fictional) | Jorge Monterrosa | In the series, Trujillo is a member of the Colombian Armed Forces | 1-3 | Bjorn Bonn |
| Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela | Damián Alcázar | A Colombian drug lord and co-founder of the Cali cartel | 2-3 | |
| Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela | Francisco Denis | A Colombian drug lord, co-founder of the Cali cartel and Gilberto's brother | 2-3 | |
| César Gaviria | Raúl Méndez | A Colombian politician and the 28th President of Colombia | 1-2 | Manolo Palma |
| Navegante (based on: Cesar Yusti) | Juan Sebastian Calero | An executor of the Cali cartel | 1 | Fernando Lasarte Prieto |
| 2 | Mariano Ramírez | |||
| Hermilda Gaviria (based on: Hermilda de los Dolores Gaviria Berrío) | Paulina García | Pablo Escobar's mother | 1-2 | |
| Juan Diego "La Quica" Díaz (based on: Dandeny "La Quica" Muñoz Mosquera ) | Diego Cataño | An executor on behalf of Pablo Escobar | 1-2 | |
| Arthur Crosby | Brett Cullen | In the series a US ambassador to Colombia | 2 | Thomas Kästner |
| Nelson "Blackie" Hernández | Julián Díaz | Member of the Medellín cartel | 1-2 | |
| Connie Murphy | Joanna Christie | Stephen Murphy's wife | 1-2 | Nora Kunzendorf |
| Horacio Carrillo (based on: Colonel Hugo Martínez ) | Maurice Compte | A Colombian Police Chief and Search Bloc commander | 1-2 | Sebastian Christoph Jacob |
| Valeria Vélez (based on: Virginia Vallejo ) | Stephanie Sigman | A Colombian journalist and a lover of Pablo Escobar | 1-2 | |
| Jorge Salcedo | Matias Varela | Security chief of the Cali cartel | 3 | Abelardo Decamilli |
| David Rodríguez (based on: William Rodríguez Abadía) | Arturo Castro | Son of Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela | 3 | |
| Eduardo Sandoval (fictional) | Manolo Cardona | In the series, Eduardo is the deputy minister of justice in President Gaviria's government | 1-2 | Christoph Krix |
| Fernando Duque (based on: Alberto Santofimio Botero ) | Bruno Bichir | A Colombian lawyer who represents Pablo Escobar and who is in contact with the Colombian government for him | 1-2 | |
| María Salazar (fictional) | Andrea Londo | In the series, the mistress of Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela | 3 | |
| Alvaro "Limón" de Jesús Agudelo | Leynar Gomez | In the series, a pimp and taxi driver from Medellín who becomes one of Escobars Sicarios | 2 | |
| Gustavo Gaviria | Juan Pablo Raba | Escobar's cousin and one of the founding members of the Medellín cartel | 1-2 | |
| Paola Salcedo | Taliana Vargas | In the series, the wife of Jorge Salcedo | 3 | |
| Diego "Don Berna" Murillo Bejarano | Mauricio Cújar | Founder of Oficina de Envigado and co-founder of the paramilitary death squad Los Pepes , which acts against the Medellín cartel | 2 |
Supporting cast
| figure | Actress | description | Seasons | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José “Chepe” Santacruz Londoño | Pepê Rapazote | a Colombian drug lord and co-founder of the Cali cartel | 3 | |
| Chris Feistl | Michael Stahl-David | An ex-DEA agent investigating the Cali cartel | 3 | Martin Gleitze |
| Daniel Van Ness (based on: David Mitchell) | Matt Whelan | A DEA agent who investigated the Cali cartel with Chris Feistl | 3 | Fabian Oscar Vienna |
| Roberto "Poison" Ramos | Jorge A. Jimenez | An executor on behalf of Pablo Escobar (presumably based on: Jhon Jairo "Popeye" Velásquez ) | 1 | |
| Bill Stechner | Eric Lange | CIA chief in Colombia | 2-3 | Dirc Simpson |
| Hugo Martínez | Juan Pablo Shuk | Carrillo's successor as Search Bloc commander | 2-3 | Bernardo Sanchez |
| Judy Moncada (fictional) | Cristina Umaña | Forwards after the death of her husband "Kiko" Moncada own organization and contributes to the creation of Los Pepes in | 1-2 | |
| Carlos Castaño | Mauricio Mejía | Founder of the Autodefensas Campesinas de Córdoba y Urabá (ACCU) and co-founder of Los Pepes | 2-3 | Robert Frank |
| Fidel Castaño | Gustavo Angarita Jr. | Brother of Carlos and co-founder of Los Pepes | 2-3 | Fernando Miceli |
| Gustavo de Greiff | Germán Jaramillo | Colombia's attorney general and a strong critic of President Gaviria's drug policy | 2 | |
| Jorge Luis Ochoa | André Mattos | Co-founder of the Medellin Cartel | 1 | |
| Fabio Ochoa | Roberto Urbina | Brother of Jorge Luis and co-founder of the Medellin cartel | 1 | |
| Velasco (fictional) | Alejandro Buitrago | Senior member of the Medellín cartel | 1-2 | |
| Ricardo Prisco (based on Conrado Antonio Prisco Lopera) | Federico Rivera | Eldest brother of the Los Priscos known grouping | 2 | |
| Guillermo Pallomari | Javier Cámara | Chief Accountant of Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela | 3 | Victor Oller |
| Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha | Luis Guzman | one of the founding members of the Medellín cartel | 1 | |
| Orlando Henao Montoya | Julián Arango | Head of the Norte del Valle cartel | 3 | |
| Carlo Córdova (fictional) | Andrés Crespo | First security chief of the Cali cartel | 3 | |
| Nicolás Rodriguez (fictional) | Sebastián Eslava | Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela's son and lawyer | 3 | |
| Gerardo "Kiko" Moncada | Christian Tappán | a partner of Pablo Escobar | 1-2 | |
| Fernando "The Wolf Man" Galeano | Orlando Valenzuela | a partner of Pablo Escobar and associated with Oficina de Envigado | 1-2 | |
| Amado Carrillo Fuentes | José María Yazpik | Founder of the Juarez Cartel | 3 | |
| Carlos Lehder | Juan Riedinger | Co-founder of the Medellin Cartel | 1 | Alejandro Lorente |
| Iván "the terrible" Torres (based on Iván Marino Ospina ) | Aldemar Correa | a Colombian guerrilla and co-founder of the revolutionary movement Movimiento 19 de Abril (M-19) | 1 | |
| The lion | Jon-Michael Ecker | Former drug dealer and smuggler who was a major player in the US cocaine trafficking in the 1970s and early 1980s | 1-2 | Tomas Klemann |
| Barry Seal aka McPickle | Dylan Bruno | a drug smuggler who flew cocaine to the United States on behalf of Central and South American drug traffickers | 1 | Markus Müller |
| Rodrigo Lara | Adan Canto | a Colombian politician | 1 | Martin Nuñez |
| Luis Carlos Galán | Juan Pablo Espinosa | a Colombian politician | 1 | |
| Diana Turbay | Gabriela de la Garza | a Colombian journalist kidnapped by the Medellín cartel | 1 |
Episode list
Video game
In autumn 2019, Curve Digital published the strategy game Narcos: Rise of the Cartels , developed by Kuju Entertainment , which is based on the first season of the series Narcos and offers the possibility to play in the third-person perspective on the side of the Narcos des Medellín Cartel or the DEA .
See also
Web links
- Narcos in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Narcos on Netflix (English)
- Narcos atrotten tomatoes(English)
- Narcos atMetacritic(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Narcos: Score By Robocop's Pedro Bromfman Coming Soon, Series Premieres August 28 On Netflix ( English ) In: Film Music Daily . July 15, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ^ Fabian Riedner: 10 Facts about Narcos: Mexico. quotenmeter.de, November 16, 2018, accessed on November 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Lesley Goldberg: Netflix's 'Narcos' Renewed for Second Season (Exclusive) . In: HollywoodReporter.com . September 3, 2015. Accessed September 3, 2015.
- ↑ Adam Arndt: Narcos: 2nd season from September on Netflix . In: Serienjunkies.de . June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ↑ Jackie Strause: 'Narcos' Renewed for Third and Fourth Seasons at Netflix. THR , September 6, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016 .
- ↑ "Narcos": Netflix employees shot while searching for location , accessed on March 12, 2020
- ↑ a b c Narcos. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on September 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Quora - In Narcos, who is Navegante and what is his background?
- ↑ Tagesanzeiger - The «Narcos» fact check
- ^ The Richest - Why did the heads of the "Here's How 15 People From Narcos Look In Real Life"
- ↑ Sunday Express - Narcos season 3: Who is Chris Feistl? Is he based on a real person?
- ↑ Netflix series as a game: Narcos - Rise of the Cartels available soon. notebookcheck.com, September 21, 2019, accessed September 22, 2019 .