Patrick Melrose

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Television series
German title Patrick Melrose
Original title Patrick Melrose
Country of production United States , United Kingdom
original language English
year 2018
length 60 minutes
Episodes 5 in 1 season
genre Drama ,
black humor
Director Edward Berger
idea David Nicholls
script David Nicholls
production Stephen Smallwood,
Rachael Horovitz ,
Benedict Cumberbatch
music Volker Bertelmann
First broadcast May 12, 2018 (USA) on Showtime
German-language
first broadcast		 May 29, 2018 on Sky 1
occupation
synchronization

Patrick Melrose is a five-part miniseries from 2018 with Benedict Cumberbatch in the leading role. The series is based on the semi-autobiographical novels about the British upper class by Edward St Aubyn .

action

Patrick Melrose is a British bon vivant who uses alcohol and other drugs to fight his past, which was marked by abuse by his own father . When his father finally dies, Patrick decides to change his life. Through France in the 1960s, New York in the 80s and Great Britain in the early 2000s, the viewer accompanies Patrick Melrose through his life.

production

It was announced in February 2017 that Benedict Cumberbatch would be appearing in a TV production of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose book series by Showtime and Sky Atlantic . David Nicholls wrote the five episodes of the series with Edward Berger as the director. In July met Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving parents Patrick and Anna Madeley as Patrick woman to the cast. Allison Williams and Blythe Danner joined in August 2017. Filming began in Glasgow in October .

Cast and dubbing

The series was set to music at VSI Synchron based on a dialogue book by Mike Betz under the dialogue direction by Sabine Falkenberg .

role actor Voice actor Appearances in episode
Patrick Melrose Benedict Cumberbatch Tommy Morgenstern 1-5
Eleanor Melrose Jennifer Jason Leigh Alexandra Ludwig 1-5
David Melrose Hugo Weaving Wolfgang Condrus 1-5
Julia Jessica Raine Susanne Geier 1-5
Nicholas Pratt Pip Torrens Bodo Wolf 1-3, 5
Johnny Hall Prasanna Puwanarajah Fabian Oscar Vienna 1-3, 5
Bridget Watson Scott Holliday Grainger Maria Hönig 2-3
Anne Moore Indira Varma Gundi Eberhard 1-3
Mary Melrose Anna Madeley Mareile Moeller 3-5
Nancy Blythe Danner Liana Rudolph (sequence 1)
Karin Grüger (sequence 4-5) 		1, 4-5
Kettle Celia Imrie Sabine Winterfeldt 4-5
Debbie Hickman Morfydd Clark Victoria Frenz 1, 3
Annette Eileen Walsh Sandrine Mittelstädt 4-5

Episode list

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (D) Director script
1 1 Bad news Bad news May 12, 2018 29 May 2018 Edward Berger David Nicholls
In 1982 Patrick Melrose was called to New York to pick up the ashes of his late father David. He decides to stop using drugs, but memories of his father make it impossible for him. Patrick takes heroin, alcohol and other drugs again and ends in an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Finally he informs his friend Johnny that he is trying to finally get clean.
2 2 Nice conditions Nevermind 19th May 2018 5th June 2018 Edward Berger David Nicholls
During the heroin withdrawal, Patrick remembers a traumatic day when he went on vacation to France with his parents when he was eight. His father David is manipulative and cruel, his mother Eleanor drinks and is afraid of her husband. During this flashback, it is revealed that young Patrick was abused by his father while his mother took refuge in alcohol.
3 3 Nice prospects Some Hope May 26, 2018 June 12, 2018 Edward Berger David Nicholls
It's 1990 and Patrick is invited to a high-class party where Princess Margaret will show up. He tries to get over his past and seeks help from his friend Johnny, who is in a therapy group. At the party, Princess Margaret is rude and refuses to meet the hostess's daughter, which reminds Patrick of his own childhood when his father forbade his mother to check on her son during a meal in France. Patrick later opens up to Johnny and tells him about his father's abuse for years when he was young. The episode ends with Patrick meeting his former drug dealer Chilly Willy, who played in the band at the party. Patrick also agrees to meet Mary for breakfast the next morning.
4th 4th Breast milk Mother's Milk 2nd June 2018 19th June 2018 Edward Berger David Nicholls
In 2003 Patrick is sober and works as a lawyer. He brings his wife Mary and their two children to the south of France to visit his seriously ill mother who has suffered a stroke. Eleanor fell for the dubious guru Seamus, who convinced her to hand over the house to the "foundation" he runs. The disinheritance evokes his hostility towards his mother in Patrick, so he starts drinking and using drugs again. His marriage to Mary also suffers, which Patrick worsens by having an affair with his ex-girlfriend Julia. Coping with the loss of his parents' home, Patrick blesses his mother's plans and offers to bring her to London. He then takes his family to Connecticut to meet his snobby aunt Nancy. There he loses control of his addiction. After an angry confrontation with Nancy, Mary confronts Patrick and gives him an ultimatum: either he will sober up or he will leave.
5 5 Last but not least At last June 9, 2018 June 26, 2018 Edward Berger David Nicholls
It's April 2005 and Eleanor Melrose has passed away, so Patrick is organizing her funeral. Flashbacks of Patrick's life over the past two years are shown, in which we see that his drinking problem continued unabated after he separated from Mary and his children. Eventually he went to rehab and after initially resisting the trial and even escaping, he focused back on his recovery. His mother, bedridden in a nursing home in London, insisted on being euthanized. So Patrick asked the British government to have them brought to Switzerland. After getting approval, Eleanor changes her mind at the last minute. There's also a flashback to when Mary and Patrick realize his father was a serial child molester. Patrick confronts his mother for the first time about the abuse, and she claims she was also abused by David. Eleanor's funeral turns into a bizarre show when old acquaintances get together. Patrick tries to balance the positive portrait of Eleanor that others knew with his own experience as a negligent mother.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.fernsehserien.de/patrick-melrose/cast-crew
  2. ↑ https://www.fernsehserien.de/patrick-melrose
  3. ↑ Patrick Melrose . German dubbing files. Retrieved June 17, 2018.