Outlander (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Outlander |
| Original title | Outlander |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2014 |
| Production company |
Sony Pictures Television Left Bank Productions Story Mining & Supply Tall Ship Productions |
| length | 64 minutes |
| Episodes | 67+ in 5+ seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Drama , science fiction , fantasy |
| Theme music | The Skye Boat Song (adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem) sung by Raya Yarbrough |
| idea |
Series: Ronald D. Moore Books: Diana Gabaldon |
| music | Bear McCreary |
| First broadcast | August 9, 2014 (USA) on Starz |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 6, 2015 on Passion |
| occupation | |
Outlander is an American fantasy - television series by Ronald D. Moore . It is based on the novel series of the same name (known in Germany as the Highland Saga ) by Diana Gabaldon . The series started in the USA on August 9, 2014 on the US pay TV broadcaster Starz . In Germany, the pay-TV channel Passion has been broadcasting the series since January 6, 2015.
The fourth season started broadcasting in November 2018. Two more seasons have been commissioned.
action
The first season begins shortly after the end of the war in 1945. After serving as a hospital nurse at the front, Claire Randall and her husband Frank spend their second honeymoon in Scotland. When entering a mystical stone circle, it is thrown back to the year 1743 and now has to adapt to the completely changed circumstances. Her knowledge of history helps her in this - both her husband and her uncle, with whom she grew up after the accidental death of her parents, were historians - and her medical skills, but she soon had the reputation of being a witch. As a way out of another emergency, she marries the young Scottish warrior Jamie Fraser, who is also threatened by persecution, betrayal and greed. Claire stands between two men and has to choose between the future she belongs in and the past she lives in.
The first part of the second season takes place in Paris in the vicinity of Prince Charles Edward Stuart , who is in exile there, and who is preparing the Scottish Jacobite revolt of 1745. Claire knows the tragic outcome of this historical event for Scottish highland culture and therefore tries, with Jamie's help, to change the course of history. In the second part of the second season, the two realize that their efforts have been in vain. Claire and Jamie can not prevent the Battle of Culloden . Jamie asks pregnant Claire to go back in time to protect the unborn child - Claire agrees with a heavy heart. The second season finale takes place 20 years later. Jamie and Claire's daughter, Brianna, is now a grown woman. Together they travel to Scotland, where Claire learns that Jamie is alive and did not die in battle.
The third season of the US series begins with a glimpse into the 20 years that Claire and Jamie lived apart. Claire raises her daughter Brianna with her ex-husband Frank Randall in Boston. Although there are always arguments between the two, they remain a couple for Brianna and get the appearance of an intact family. Claire begins a medical degree over the years and becomes a respected surgeon who still mourns the past. In the meantime, Jamie survives the battle in which his arch-rival Black Jack Randall is killed, but is subsequently wanted as a traitor across the country. When caught, he is detained in Ardsmuir Prison. There he befriends the British officer Lord John Gray, thanks to whom he survived Culloden. Lord Gray enables Jamie to work on the Helwater estate, where he looks after the owners' horses, among other things. In Helwater, Jamie is blackmailed and forced to have sex by the young, attractive Geneva Dunsany. Thereby his son Willie is conceived, who is supposed to be foisted on the future husband of Geneva as a cuckoo child. He notices the dizziness, but cannot prove it. Jamie lives on Helwater for more years to stay with his son. Only as Willie gets older and the two look more and more similar, Lord Gray suggests Jamie leave Helwater.
Many years later - 20 years since saying goodbye to Claire - Jamie lives in Edinburgh under the false name Alexander Malcolm and runs a printing company. When Claire finds out, she leaves her daughter Brianna to travel back in time and see Jamie again. When Jamie's nephew is kidnapped while trying to recover a treasure discovered by Jamie, Jamie and Claire follow the kidnap ship to Jamaica. On the way back, their ship gets caught in a storm and the two are stranded on the American coast.
The fourth season is based on the novel The Call of the Drum and takes place mainly in North America in the state of North Carolina .
production
In June 2013, US pay-TV channel Starz announced that they would be broadcasting a 16-part series from the saga's first book. Production by Ronald D. Moore started in October 2013. Writer Diana Gabaldon is available as an advisor and, like Ronald D. Moore, will have a small cameo role in the series.
On July 9, 2013 it was announced that Sam Heughan would cast the role of the main character Jamie Fraser, followed on August 8 by Tobias Menzies for the double role of Frank / Black Jack Randall. On September 4, the roles of the MacKenzie brothers Colum and Dougal were cast with Gary Lewis and Graham McTavish . Irish model Caitriona Balfe was selected for the role of lead character Claire Randall on September 11, 2013.
Filming took place near Glasgow from October 2013 to August 2014 . The music for Outlander is composed by Bear McCreary , who previously worked with Moore on Battlestar Galactica . The title music of the opening credits Skye Boat Song was re-covered by McCreary and accompanied vocally by his wife Raya Yarbrough .
Filming for the fourth season in Scotland began in October 2017.
Filming for the fifth season began in April 2019 and will be broadcast on February 16, 2020.
In June 2020 it was announced that filming for season six would be postponed to autumn 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Cast and dubbing
The German-language dubbing is created at Scalamedia . Christian Weygand writes the dialogue books together with Timo R. Schouren and directs the dialogue.
| role | actor | image | Seasons | Voice actor |
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| Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp Randall / Fraser | Caitriona Balfe |
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1- | Claudia Lössl |
| James "Jamie" Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser | Sam Heughan |
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1- | Johannes Raspe |
| Frank Randall | Tobias Menzies |
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1-4 | Christian Weygand |
| Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall | ||||
| Brianna "Bree" Randall / MacKenzie Fraser | Sophie Skelton |
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2– |
Laura Maire (Season 2 + 3)
Shandra Schadt (from season 4) |
| Roger Wakefield / MacKenzie | Richard Rankin |
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2– | Max fields |
| "Fergus" Claudel Fraser | César Domboy |
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3– | Felix Meyer |
| Murtagh FitzGibbons Fraser | Duncan Lacroix | 1- | Kai Taschner | |
| Rupert MacKenzie | Grant O'Rourke | 1-3 | Alexander Brem | |
| Janet "Jenny" Fraser Murray | Laura Donnelly | 1- | Marieke Oeffinger | |
| Geillis Duncan / Gillian Edgars | Lotte Verbeek |
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1-3 | Tatiana Pokorny |
| Laoghaire MacKenzie | Nell Hudson |
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1- | Patricia Strasburger |
| Ian Murray | Steven Cree |
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1- | Hubertus von Lerchenfeld |
| Hugh Munro | Simon Meacock | 1-2 | Matthias Copper | |
| Glenna FitzGibbons | Annette Badland |
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1 | Uschi Wolff |
| Ned Gowan | Bill Paterson |
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1, 3 | Erich Ludwig |
| Hamish MacKenzie | Roderick Gilkison | 1 | Louis Eitner | |
| Taran MacQuarrie | Douglas Henshall | 1 | Matthias Copper | |
| Brian Fraser | Andrew Whipp | 1 | Andreas Neumann | |
| Mrs. Graham | Tracey Wilkinson | 1 | Bettina Kenter | |
| Dougal MacKenzie | Graham McTavish |
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1-2 | Gudo Hoegel |
| William Buccleigh MacKenzie | 5– | |||
| Angus Mhor | Stephen Walters |
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1-2 | Jakob Riedl |
| Colum MacKenzie | Gary Lewis |
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1-2 | Ekkehardt Belle |
| Rev. Dr. Reginald Wakefield | James Fleet | 1-2 | Leon Rainer | |
| Clarence Marylebone, The Duke of Sandringham | Simon Callow |
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1-2 | Peter Fricke |
| "Fergus" Claudel Fraser (as a child) | Romann Berrux | 2 | Alexandros Chlupsa | |
| Roger Wakefield / MacKenzie (as a child) | Rory Burns | 1-2 | ||
| Brianna "Bree" Randall / MacKenzie Fraser (as a child) | Niamh Elwell | 2 | Helena Raspe | |
| Brianna "Bree" Randall / MacKenzie Fraser (8-10 years) | Gemma Fray | 3 | Kerstin Dietrich | |
| Lord John William Gray | Oscar Kennedy | 2 | Benjamin Weygand | |
| David Berry | 3– | Patrick Roche | ||
| Lord Hal Melton | Sam Hoare | 3– | Oliver Scheffel | |
| Comte de Saint-Germain | Stanley Weber |
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2 | Markus Pfeiffer |
| Charles Edward Stuart | Andrew Gower |
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2 | Benedikt Gutjan |
| Louis XV | Lionel Lingelser | 2 | Julian Manuel | |
| Mother Hildegarde | Frances de la Tour | 2 | France Arnaud | |
| Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat | Clive Russell |
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2 | Holger Schwiers |
| Simon Fraser, Master of Lovat | James Parris | 2 | Felix Mayer | |
| Louise de Rohan | Claire Sermonne | 2 | Elisabeth von Koch | |
| Mary Hawkins | Rosie Day | 2 | Paulina Rümmelein | |
| Alex Randall | Laurence Dobiesz | 2 | Tim Schwarzmaier | |
| Master Raymond | Dominique Pinon |
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2 | Étienne Gillig |
| Jared Fraser | Robert Cavanah | 2 | Mike Carl | |
| Marsali MacKimmie Fraser | Lauren Lyle | 3– | Leslie-Vanessa Lill | |
| Ian murray jr. | John Bell |
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3– | Benjamin Krause |
| Joe Abernathy | Wil Johnson | 3 | Walter von Hauff | |
| Geneva Dunsany | Hannah James | 3 | Katharina Schwarzmaier | |
| Isobel Dunsany | Tanya Reynolds | 3 | Janina Dietz | |
| Stephen Bonnet | Ed Speleers |
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4– | Leonard Hohm |
| Jocasta Cameron Innes | Maria Doyle Kennedy |
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4– | Isabella Grothe |
| Josiah "Jo" Beardsley | Paul Gormann | 5– | ||
| Keziah "Kezzie" Beardsley | ||||
| Fanny Beardsley | Bronwyn James | 5– | ||
| Isaiah Morton | Jon Tarcy | 5– | ||
| Lionel Brown | Ned Dennehy | 5– | ||
| Alicia Brown | Anna Burnett | 5– |
Episode list
Charisma
As part of the Comic-Con in San Diego , the series celebrated its world premiere on July 25, 2014 with a screening of the first episode Sassenach in the Spreckels Theater . The episode was also presented in New York on July 28 at an event dedicated to the series at the 92 Street Y cultural center.
In order to attract subscribers shortly before the start of the series, Starz made it possible for viewers to watch Sassenach free of charge on various television and online services from August 2nd. The first eight episodes ran from August 9 to September 27, 2014 on a weekly basis on Starz. After a scheduled broadcast break of six months, the remaining eight episodes of the season have been shown since April 4, 2015. The second season was broadcast on Starz again from April 9, 2016.
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has secured the broadcasting rights for Germany . The broadcast on pay TV began on January 6, 2015 on RTL Passion (then still Passion ). On free TV , the broadcast on VOX ran from May 20, 2015 to July 8, 2015. The second season showed RTL Passion from April 10, 2016 as an OmU . The second season was broadcast on VOX from September 7, 2016 to October 19, 2016. The third season will be broadcast in the original with subtitles on RTL Passion from September 11, 2017. In the German dubbed version, the season could be seen from November 8th on VOX. The fourth season will be broadcast from November 5, 2018 on RTL Passion in the original with subtitles. In the German dubbed version, the season could be seen from January 9, 2019 on VOX. The 5th season aired from July 22, 2020.
DVD release
The first season of Outlander was released in Germany as split boxes on DVD and Blu-ray. Volume 1 (episodes 1 to 8) was released on June 5, 2015, Volume 2 (episodes 9 to 16) followed on October 15, 2015. Season 2 of Outlander was released on October 20, 2016, following its free TV broadcast DVD and Blu-ray. On September 1, 2016, the first season of the series was released completely in one box, both on DVD and on Blu-ray. The complete 3rd season of Outlander was released on March 5, 2018 on DVD and Blu-ray. The release date for Season 4 Outlander is May 27, 2019.
Reviews
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Event in New York: Tobias Menzies , Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe as well as Diana Gabaldon and Ronald D. Moore (from left to right).
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For Julia Weigl from the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the series, like the books, “maintains the balance between pompous romance and fascinating Highlands mysticism”. The adaption of the series has to make concessions in depth with Claire's thoughts, which she can only express through face and voiceover; there is more space in the books for this. Outlander maintains its charm in the dubbing - just like in the original version with the fact that the Scots speak Gaelic without subtitles , "nobody understands anything".
Ursula Scheer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung saw the series " Eskapismus -Fernsehen" with sympathetic and hearty characters that are played properly and a rather thin dramaturgy that is compensated for by the equipment and staging. The view of naked bodies occupies a clear place in the series and among its fans, here in contrast to series such as The Tudors or Game of Thrones from a female perspective of the man as a romantic love object or show object.
Sabine Stevenson from Serienjunkies.de sees the start of Outlander as a careful structure of Claire's background story with good musical background. The transition through the stones has been discussed controversially in fan circles, but was implemented appropriately with the rest of the first episode. Visually, the Highlands have rarely been presented so well and realistically since Highlander . The series is close enough to the books, even if Claire's comments lack self-irony or humor. Overall, however, there is still room for improvement.
Web links
- Outlander in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Outlander at Starz (English)
- Outlander at VOX
- Outlander in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adam Arndt: Outlander: Passion shows German premiere from January . In: Serienjunkies.de . November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ↑ Emma Dibdin, Julie Kosin: Outlander Was Just Renewed for Seasons 5 and 6 . In: harpersbazaar.com . May 9, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva: 'Outlander' Greenlighted To Series By Starz . In: Deadline.com . June 1, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ A b Julia Schmid: "Outlander": The shooting for season 4 has started. In: Serienfuchs.de. October 10, 2017, accessed November 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Diana's cameo . In: DianaGabaldon.com . Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Ron Moore Makes a Cameo in 'Outlander' . In: Outlander TV News . July 16, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ BBC News - Scottish cash to back US sci-fi series Outlander . In: BBC.com . July 26, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Dominic Patten: UPDATE: Starz's 'Outlander' Officially Names Sam Heughan As Lead . In: Deadline.com . July 9, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Tobias Menzies Cast In Starz's 'Outlander' . In: Deadline.com . August 8, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Jethro Nededog: 'Super 8's' Caitriona Balfe to Play Claire on Starz's 'Outlander' . In: TheWrap.com . September 11, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ iTunes - Music - Outlander - Main Title Theme (Skye Boat Song) [feat. Raya Yarbrough] - Single by Bear McCreary . In: Itunes.com . August 2, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ "Outlander" Season 5: Start of Shooting | Info about plot & cast. May 16, 2019, accessed June 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Watch Outlander: Ep 5000 - Teaser Trailer on Starz. Retrieved November 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Manuel Medicus: Outlander - Season 6: News about the start, plot, cast and Co. - PC magazine. Retrieved June 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Outlander. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on July 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Jessica McNeill Azar: Starz Outlander World Premiere and Tartan Carpet Gala. In: Huffingtonpost.com. July 29, 2014, accessed September 6, 2014 . - Kelly West: Outlander Makes Its World Premiere At Comic-Con With Kilts, Bagpipes And Fans. In: Cinemablend. July 26, 2014, accessed September 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Addie Morfoot: 'Outlander' Cast and Crew Celebrate New York Screening: 'Make the show for the fans'. In: Variety.com. September 29, 2014, accessed September 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Starz Offers Free Sampling of Series Premiere Episode of "Outlander" on TV and Online Beginning August 2. In: starz.com. July 11, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014 (English, press release). - Sarah Bible: First Episode of 'Outlander' Streamed 900,000 Times; Series to Premiere Saturday, August 9 on Starz. In: zap2it.com. August 8, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Outlander. In: TV.com. Retrieved October 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Philiana Ng: Starz Splitting 'Outlander' Season. In: hollywoodreporter.com. July 11, 2014, accessed October 5, 2014 . - Esther Zuckerman: 'Outlander' to return April 2015. In: ew.com. September 25, 2014, accessed on October 5, 2014 (English, Internet presence of Entertainment Weekly ).
- ↑ Glenn Riedmeier: "Outlander": Second season at Starz from April . In: Wishlist.de . February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
- ^ Adam Arndt: Outlander: Free TV premiere in May on VOX . In: Serienjunkies.de . April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ↑ Bernd Krannich: RTL Passion announces: Second season of "Outlander" one day after the world premiere in Germany . In: Wishlist.de . February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
- ↑ Outlander Season 2 from September 7, 2016 . July 28, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ Outlander - 3rd season of the time travel series can be seen again on VOX . In: moviepilot.de . September 1, 2017 ( moviepilot.de [accessed September 4, 2017]).
- ↑ TV feature film online: Outlander: The German start date for the 4th season has been set. Retrieved June 15, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Julia Weigl: Suddenly Highlander. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . May 20, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 .
- ↑ Ursula Scheer: Love in times of kilt wearers. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 21, 2015, accessed May 21, 2015 .
- ^ Sabine Stevenson: Review Outlander 1x01: Sassenach. In: Serienjunkies.de . August 4, 2014, accessed May 21, 2015 .