Over There - Iraq Command
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Over There - Iraq Command |
| Original title | Over there |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| year | 2005 |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
| genre | drama |
| idea | Steven Bochco , Chris Gerolmo |
| music | Chris Gerolmo |
| First broadcast | July 27, 2005 (USA) on FX |
| German-language first broadcast |
March 15, 2007 on premiere |
| occupation | |
Over There - Kommando Irak (Original title: Over There ) is a series about the third Gulf War (2003) and ran on the US television channel FX. The 13 episodes ran between July 27 and October 26, 2005. Despite many positive reviews, the broadcaster FX announced on November 1, 2005 that the series would not experience a second season due to falling ratings. All episodes of the series were released on March 21, 2006 in the USA and Canada and on May 1, 2006 in England on DVD. In Germany it was the Pay TV transmitter premiere , who also co-produced the series, on view from March 15 to May 31 of 2007.
content
In the TV series, the Iraq war is portrayed from the perspective of a unit of the 3rd US Infantry Division . In addition to the plot set in Iraq , there are also a few subplots at home that illustrate how the soldiers' fate in the war influences the lives of relatives at home and vice versa.
What is remarkable for an American television production is that it takes into account both the suffering of the American soldiers and the perspective of the Iraqi civilian population.
General
The title of the series alludes to the song "Over There" by George M. Cohan ( 1917 ), which is about US soldiers who served in the First World War . Incidentally, this song exists in a historical recording from 1918, sung by Enrico Caruso , one of the most important opera tenors (English / French).
The scenes that take place in Iraq were filmed in the California desert, the scenes at home in and around Los Angeles .
occupation
The series was set to music at Cinephon . Martin Schmitz wrote the dialogue books with Norman Matt and directed the dialogue.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Pfc. Bo Ryder | Josh Henderson | Robin Kahnmeyer |
| Pvt. Frank "Dim" Dumphy | Luke Macfarlane | Dennis Schmidt-Foss |
| Ssg. Chris "Scream" Silas | Erik Palladino | Torsten Michaelis |
| Pvt. Avery "Angel" King | Keith Robinson | Daniel Fehlow |
| Pvt. Maurice "Smoke" Williams | Sticky Fingaz | Jan-David Rönfeldt |
| Pfc. Tariq Nassiri | Omid Abtahi | Matthias Hinze |
| Pfc. Esmeralda "Doublewide" Del Rio | Lizette Carrión | Gerit Kling |
| Pvt. Brenda "Mrs. B" Mitchell | Nicki Lynn Aycox | Dascha Lehmann |
| Terry Ryder | Sprague Grayden | Julia Kaufmann |
| Vanessa Dumphy | Brigid Brannagh | Tanja Geke |
| Sergio Del Rio | Lombardo Boyar | Olaf Reichmann |
| Eddy Dumphy | Jimmy "Jax" Pinchak | Sebastian Fitzner |
Awards
The series received an Emmy nomination for Best Theme Music.
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | US premiere | German first broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (1-01) | Greenhorns | Over there | July 27, 2005 | March 11, 2007 |
| 2 (1-02) | The roadblock | Roadblock Duty | August 3, 2005 | March 15, 2007 |
| 3 (1-03) | The martyr | The prisoner | August 10, 2005 | March 22, 2007 |
| 4 (1-04) | Strong in faith | I want my toilets | August 17, 2005 | March 29, 2007 |
| 5 (1-05) | The journalist | Embedded | August 24, 2005 | April 5, 2007 |
| 6 (1-06) | Road of death | It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding | August 31, 2005 | April 12, 2007 |
| 7 (1-07) | Task completed | Mission Accomplished | September 7, 2005 | April 19, 2007 |
| 8 (1-08) | Hatred and hope | Situation normal | September 14, 2005 | April 26, 2007 |
| 9 (1-09) | spoils of war | Spoils of War | September 21, 2005 | May 3, 2007 |
| 10 (1-10) | Longing for death | Suicide Rain | September 28, 2005 | May 10, 2007 |
| 11 (1-11) | The orphanage | Orphans | October 5, 2005 | May 17, 2007 |
| 12 (1-12) | The assassin | Weapons of Mass Destruction | October 19, 2005 | May 24, 2007 |
| 13 (1-13) | A prayer for peace | Follow the money | October 26, 2005 | May 31, 2007 |
Web links
- Over There - Iraq Command in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- How television invents the war - article about the series in the time of 4 August 2005
- Mikael Krogerus: The serial offender - detailed interview with Steven Bochco, the inventor of the Over There series , which appeared in November 2006 in NZZ Folio , the magazine of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung
- Episode guide (German) on "TV series info" ( Memento from the Internet Archive , May 27, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Series | Over There - Iraq Command. Retrieved July 5, 2018 .