Peaky Blinders - Gangs of Birmingham
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Peaky Blinders - Gangs of Birmingham |
| Original title | Peaky Blinders |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2013 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Episodes | 30 in 5+ seasons |
| genre | drama |
| Theme music | Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |
| idea | Steven Knight |
| production | Katie Swinden (Season 1) Laurie Borg (Season 2) Simon Maloney (Season 3) Joe Donaldson (Season 4) |
| music | Mearl |
| First broadcast | 12 September 2013 (UK) on BBC Two |
| German-language first broadcast |
June 2, 2014 on Sky Atlantic HD |
| occupation | |
Peaky Blinders - Gangs of Birmingham (original title: Peaky Blinders ) is a British drama series produced since 2013 and set in England in the 1920s and early 1930s . Cillian Murphy , Paul Anderson and Helen McCrory can be seen as criminal heads in the leading roles .
action
season 1
The focus of the series is the gangster gang Peaky Blinders from Birmingham , consisting of members of a gypsy family and other close confidants. Thomas "Tommy" Shelby, cuts through with his ambition against his older brother Arthur Shelby Jr. the leader of this "family business", is traumatized by his experiences as a volunteer of the Great War in the Battle of the Somme , which he tried in opium to to forget. When a large shipment of British Army machine guns fell into his hands in 1919 , Winston Churchill became aware of the gang and asked Chief Inspector Chester Campbell to secure the weapons by all means. The recently formed IRA is also targeting weapons. The situation is further complicated by Tommy's sister Ada's love for his one-time comrade, communist agitator Freddie Thorne, who is also being persecuted by Chief Inspector Campbell. Despite all difficulties, Tommy continues to work on the expansion of the company and begins, without the blessing of the influential bookmaker, Billy Kimber, to manipulate horse racing and withdraw his bookmaker in order to make bigger profits from his own illegal betting shop. Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Campbell puts undercover agent Grace Burgess on the Peaky Blinders , who over time enjoys greater trust from Tommy and falls in love with him. In order to protect Tommy, without Tommy's blessing, she manages to find the weapons he was looking for by Winston Churchill and, in return, demands the withdrawal of Chief Inspector Campbell. Tommy, who now owns Shelby Brothers Ltd. who built up the third largest legal horse betting company in the country through the murder of Billy Kimber , can no longer trust Grace, which is why she decides to emigrate to the United States and has to shoot Chief Inspector Campbell before she leaves, as he himself in the beautiful Grace fell in love and does not approve of her love for a gangster.
season 2
In the second season, which starts two years later, the " Gypsies " under Tommy Shelby try to expand the influence of the Peaky Blinders on London . To do this, he allies himself with the local Jews , led by the bootlegger Alfie Solomons, and starts a war against the Italian betting shop operator Darby Sabini. Meanwhile, his old opponent Campbell, who has meanwhile been promoted to major , tries to force him to cooperate with the IRA on behalf of the British Crown to carry out an assassination attempt on a former officer of the Black and Tans . Tommy's aunt Polly Gray, treasurer of the company, falls into deep mourning for her two children, who were torn from her as a child. Tommy manages to find out that Polly's daughter died, and track down her son Michael, who later became the chief accountant of the company Shelby Company Ltd. becomes. Meanwhile, Grace Burgess returns from the United States and approaches Tommy again. The clashes between the Peaky Blinders and the London Italians escalate at the Epsom Racecourse , where Tommy carries out the attack on the officer requested by Major Campbell while his aunt Polly shoots Campbell and the Peaky Blinders pull Darby Sabini's bookmaker out of circulation. During these events, Tommy is revealed by Grace that she is pregnant by him, which is why he later decides to marry her.
season 3
The third season takes place around 1924. Thomas Shelby and the Peaky Blinders have now become wealthy businessmen by legal means and rule all of northern England alongside Birmingham and London . At the same time, however, they get caught up in an international intrigue initiated by high-ranking politicians and business representatives from the British upper class. The Peaky Blinders are supposed to supply scheming Russian monarchists with weapons for the fight against the ruling Bolsheviks ; it later emerges, however, that the delivery was being assassinated, giving the British government an excuse to break off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union . At the same time, the Peaky Blinders have to fight against the rebellion of an Italian gang of gangsters in Birmingham. In the course of this argument, Tommy's wife Grace is shot, and the Peaky Blinders murder the Italian gang leader Vincente Changretta in return. Although the Peaky Blinders manage to assert themselves in all arguments, Tommy realizes that their enemies are too powerful. The season ends with his announcement that he has negotiated a "deal" with even higher-ranking officials without consulting his family, a deal that results in the arrest of his brothers Arthur and John, his aunt Polly and his cousin Michael.
Season 4
The fourth season begins with Tommy getting his relatives pardoned when their heads are literally stuck in the noose of the gallows rope. As a result, the Shelby family lived divided and disaffected in Birmingham and the surrounding area until Christmas 1925. However, a reconciliation takes place through a new external enemy: Luca Changretta, son of the gang leader Vincente Changretta, who was shot by the Peaky Blinders in the third season and a high-ranking member of the Sicilian Mafia from New York City , also known as the " Black Hand ", travels with several men to Birmingham for a vendetta to gradually take revenge on the Shelbys. For Tommy and his family there is only one strategy left to survive this vendetta: return to the working class Small Heath , where their ascent began and where they can protect themselves with sufficient allies; Tommy's brother John is murdered during the conflict. Meanwhile, Tommy learns that his secretary Lizzie Stark is expecting a child and will carry it to term. In a cooperation with the boss of the Chicago Mafia named Al Capone , Tommy succeeds in playing Changretta's men against him and having him murdered. He also murders the greedy black-maker Alfie Solomons, who allied himself with Changretta from behind and betrayed him during the clashes with the Italians in London and the Russian monarchists. At the end of the fourth season Tommy negotiates with the government that he means his relations in the fight against organized politically communist labor movements supported and thus the post of member of parliament of the Labor Party receives from Birmingham-South.
Season 5
The fifth season begins on Black Thursday and the beginning of the Great Depression. Since Michael Gray, as representative of the Shelby family in the United States, did not follow Tommy's instructions, the company loses a large part of its legally invested money and is forced to develop other business areas again. One possibility arises when Chinese gangsters make the offer to start selling seven tons of opium or heroin in the United States, as a large growth market is expected there. At the same time, the Billy Boys , a Scottish rival gang, begin a war against the Peaky Blinders . When Oswald Mosley , who is about to end his collaboration with the Labor Party and form the British Union of Fascists (BUF), turns to Tommy, this requires a new strategy from Tommy. It also turns out that Alfie Solomons is still alive. It ends with a failed assassination attempt on Mosley and the question of who is a traitor within the Shelby company. Tommy, who has visions of his dead wife Grace, is increasingly plagued by suicidal thoughts.
Historical background
The name of the production was inspired by a gang of rowdy petty criminals, the Peaky Blinders , who were actually up to mischief in Birmingham around 1890. It can be assumed that their name from the flat caps derived ( "peaked caps"), which carried the band members. However, the Brummagem Boys around the former pickpocket William "Billy" Kimber, who also controlled the lucrative horse betting from 1920, served as a model for the gangster gang of the series .
Production and soundtrack
The elaborate design of the series is characterized by minimalist images and slow motion. The mood of the series is reminiscent of a Western and the aesthetics of the fight scenes are reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino . The modern sounding soundtrack to the series uses the dark ballads of Nick Cave , the rough vocals of PJ Harvey and beats of the White Stripes . Even Tom Waits with his roaring voice is involved. Filming locations were Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool . Anna Calvi is responsible for much of the music for Season 5.
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing is produced under the dialogue direction by Dorothee Muschter and the dialogue book by Änne Troester and Dorothee Muschter at Interopa Film GmbH in Berlin.
main actor
| role | actor | Main role | Supporting role | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas "Tommy" Shelby | Cillian Murphy | 1- | Norman Matt | |
| Polly Gray born Shelby | Helen McCrory | 1- | Susanne von Medvey | |
| Arthur Shelby Jr. | Paul Anderson | 1- |
Jörg Hengstler (S1–4) Torsten Michaelis (from S5) |
|
| Ada Thorne b. Shelby | Sophie Rundle | 1- |
Vanida Karun (S1–4) Marie-Isabel Walke (from S5) |
|
| Charlie Strong | Ned Dennehy | 1- | Tobias Lelle | |
| Jeremiah 'Jimmy' Jesus | Benjamin Zephaniah | 1, 3– | 2 | |
| Johnny Dogs | Packy Lee | 2– | 1 | Santiago Ziesmer |
| Lizzie Stark | Natasha O'Keeffe | 2– | 1 |
Nadine Zaddam (S1–4) Isabelle Höpfner (from S5) |
| Michael Gray | Finn Cole | 2– |
Marios Gavrilis (S2–4) Tobias Nath (from S5) |
|
| Alfie Solomons | Tom Hardy | 2-5 | Jan-David Rönfeldt | |
| Curly | Ian Peck | 4– | 1-3 | Christian Gaul |
| Linda Shelby | Kate Phillips | 4– | 3 | Katja Hiller |
| Jessie Eden | Charlie Murphy | 4– | ||
| Gina Gray | Anya Taylor-Joy | 5– | ||
| Oswald Mosley | Sam Claflin | 5– | Patrick Roche | |
| Jimmy McCavern | Brian Gleeson | 5– | ||
| Brilliant Chang | Andrew Koji | 5– | ||
| Winston Churchill | Andy Nyman | 1 | Martin Kautz | |
| Richard McCabe | 2 | |||
| Neil Maskell | 5 | Tobias Master | ||
| John Shelby | Joe Cole | 1-4 | Ozan Unal | |
| Grace Burgess | Annabelle Wallis | 1-3 | 5 | Kaya Marie Möller |
| Chester Campbell | Sam Neill | 1-2 | Wolfgang Condrus | |
| Freddie Thorne | Iddo Goldberg | 1 | Matthias Deutelmoser | |
| Arthur Shelby Sr. | Tommy Flanagan | 1 | ||
| Roberts | David Dawson | 1 | Valentin Stilu | |
| Darby Sabini | Noah Taylor | 2 | Peter Flechtner | |
| May Carleton | Charlotte Riley | 2, 4 | Victoria Storm | |
| Esme Shelby | Aimee-Ffion Edwards | 3-4 | 1-2 | Anne Düe |
| Tatiana Petrovna | Gaite Jansen | 3 | Katharina Spiering | |
| Ruben Oliver | Alexander Siddig | 3 | Marcus Off | |
| John Hughes | Paddy Considine | 3 | Oliver Siebeck | |
| Leon Petrovna | Jan Bijvoet | 3 | ||
| Izabella | Dina Korzun | 3 | ||
| Aberama gold | Aidan Gillen | 4-5 | Thomas Nero Wolff | |
| Bonnie Gold | Jack Rowan | 4-5 | ||
| Luca Changretta | Adrien Brody | 4th | Markus Pfeiffer | |
| Colonel Ben Younger | Kingsley Ben-Adir | 5 | 4th | Florian Clyde |
| Barney Thompson | Cosmo Jarvis | 5 | Gerrit Schmidt-Foss |
supporting cast
| role | actor | Season | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finn Shelby | Alfie Evans-Meese (S1) | 1 | Vincent Borko |
| Harry Kirton (from S2) | 2– | ||
| Isaiah Jesus | Jordan Bolger (S2-4) | 2-4 | Amadeus Strobl |
| Daryl McCormack (from S5) | 5– | ||
| Sergeant / Inspector Moss | Tony Pitts | 1-4 | |
| Danny "Whiz-Bang" Owen | Samuel Edward-Cook | 1 | Felix Goeser |
publication
The series premiered in the UK on September 12, 2013 on BBC Two and was broadcast for the first time in German-speaking countries on June 2, 2014 on Sky Atlantic HD .
The first broadcast of the second season, again on BBC Two, took place from October 2, 2014 and ran on February 5, 2015 on Sky Atlantic.
On May 5, 2016, BBC Two began broadcasting the third season and on May 26, 2016 the broadcaster announced that it would produce two more seasons. In Germany, the third season was first broadcast on June 8, 2017 on free-to-air television on Arte .
The fourth season began to be broadcast on BBC Two on November 15, 2017, with the first broadcast in German-speaking countries on December 29, 2017 in the form of an online premiere on Netflix and being broadcast on Arte from January 18, 2018.
The fifth season, the production of which ended on January 18, 2019, aired in the UK from August 25 to September 22, 2019 on BBC One and was made available internationally on Netflix from October 4, 2019.
criticism
Ursula Scheer from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung thinks that “a solid idea is presented in a stylish way” in the series, although the story is full of clichés.
Harald Keller writes in the Frankfurter Rundschau that author Steven Knight knows how to turn the historical template into a gripping series narrative. He regrets, however, that “the producers did not want to rely on this strength”: “In the effort to produce impressive images, director Otto Bathurst affords some unreasonable exaggeration.” The poverty in the English poor and working-class neighborhoods is also downright picturesque and therefore unrealistic staged - "the aesthetic appeal diminishes the actual meaning," says Keller.
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 | Gift from the devil | Episode 1 | Sep 12 2013 | 2nd June 2014 | Otto Bathurst | Stephen Knight |
| 2 | 2 | Gun poker | Episode 2 | 19 Sep 2013 | June 9, 2014 | Otto Bathurst | Stephen Knight |
| 3 | 3 | On the racetrack | Episode 3 | 26 Sep 2013 | June 16, 2014 | Otto Bathurst | Stephen Knight |
| 4th | 4th | The wedding | Episode 4 | Oct 3, 2013 | June 23, 2014 | Tom Harper | Stephen Knight & Stephen Russell |
| 5 | 5 | The grave | Episode 5 | Oct 10, 2013 | June 30, 2014 | Tom Harper | Stephen Knight & Toby Finlay |
| 6th | 6th | Showdown | Episode 6 | Oct 17, 2013 | 7th July 2014 | Tom Harper | Stephen Knight |
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | 1 | Dangerous alliances | Episode 1 | Oct 2, 2014 | Feb 5, 2015 | Colm McCarthy | Stephen Knight |
| 8th | 2 | The lost Son | Episode 2 | Oct 9, 2014 | Feb 12, 2015 | Colm McCarthy | Stephen Knight |
| 9 | 3 | The attack | Episode 3 | Oct 16, 2014 | 19th Feb. 2015 | Colm McCarthy | Stephen Knight |
| 10 | 4th | A risky job | Episode 4 | Oct 23, 2014 | Feb 26, 2015 | Colm McCarthy | Stephen Knight |
| 11 | 5 | The place of the action | Episode 5 | Oct 30, 2014 | 5th Mar 2015 | Colm McCarthy | Stephen Knight |
| 12 | 6th | The assassination | Episode 6 | Nov 6, 2014 | March 12 2015 | Colm McCarthy | Stephen Knight |
season 3
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | episode 1 | Episode 1 | 5th May 2016 | 8 Jun 2017 | Tim Mielants | Stephen Knight |
| 14th | 2 | Episode 2 | Episode 2 | May 12, 2016 | 8 Jun 2017 | Tim Mielants | Stephen Knight |
| 15th | 3 | Episode 3 | Episode 3 | 19th May 2016 | 8 Jun 2017 | Tim Mielants | Stephen Knight |
| 16 | 4th | Episode 4 | Episode 4 | May 26, 2016 | Jun 15, 2017 | Tim Mielants | Stephen Knight |
| 17th | 5 | Episode 5 | Episode 5 | Jun 2, 2016 | Jun 15, 2017 | Tim Mielants | Stephen Knight |
| 18th | 6th | Episode 6 | Episode 6 | Jun 9, 2016 | Jun 15, 2017 | Tim Mielants | Stephen Knight |
Season 4
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first publication (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th | 1 | episode 1 | The Noose | Nov 15, 2017 | 29 Dec 2017 | David Caffrey | Stephen Knight |
| 20th | 2 | Episode 2 | Heathens | Nov 22, 2017 | 29 Dec 2017 | David Caffrey | Stephen Knight |
| 21st | 3 | Episode 3 | Blackbird | Nov 29, 2017 | 29 Dec 2017 | David Caffrey | Stephen Knight |
| 22nd | 4th | Episode 4 | Dangerous | Dec 6, 2017 | 29 Dec 2017 | David Caffrey | Stephen Knight |
| 23 | 5 | Episode 5 | The Duel | Dec 13, 2017 | 29 Dec 2017 | David Caffrey | Stephen Knight |
| 24 | 6th | Episode 6 | The Company | Dec 20, 2017 | 29 Dec 2017 | David Caffrey | Stephen Knight |
Season 5
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in UK | German language first publication (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | 1 | Black Tuesday | Black Tuesday | 25 Aug 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Anthony Byrne | Stephen Knight |
| 26th | 2 | Black cats | Black cats | 26 Aug 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Anthony Byrne | Stephen Knight |
| 27 | 3 | strategy | Strategy | Sep 1 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Anthony Byrne | Stephen Knight |
| 28 | 4th | The bow | The loop | 8 Sep 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Anthony Byrne | Stephen Knight |
| 29 | 5 | The shock | The Shock | Sep 15 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Anthony Byrne | Stephen Knight |
| 30th | 6th | Mr. Jones | Mr. Jones | 22 Sep 2019 | 4th Oct 2019 | Anthony Byrne | Stephen Knight |
Web links
- Peaky Blinders - Gangs of Birmingham in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Peaky Blinders - Gangs of Birmingham at Fernsehserien.de
- Series website on bbc.co.uk (English)
- Graphic homage on arte.tv
- Peaky Blinders - Gangs of Birmingham at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zoe Chamberlain: The TRUTH behind Peaky Blinders: No razor blades in their caps - but Brum's real gangsters were just as brutal . On October 15, 2014 on birminghammail.co.uk
- ↑ arte MAGAZINE 3.2015
- ↑ New BBC Two drama, Peaky Blinders, commences shooting with cast led by Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill and Helen McCrory . bbc.co.uk, September 21, 2012, accessed October 24, 2015
- ^ German synchro file Peaky Blinders. Retrieved January 20, 2018 .
- ↑ BBC's Peaky Blinders to return for two more seasons . In: The Guardian . May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Peaky Blinders season five filming wraps up - and fans are in meltdown . In: Birmingham Mail . January 18, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ↑ “Peaky Blinders” Season 5: German start date is fixed . In: Serial Fox . August 19, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ↑ Ursula Scheer: The sharpest gang from Birmingham at faz.net, accessed on December 10, 2015.
- ↑ Harald Keller: Gripping BBC series on Arte at fr-online.de, from March 12, 2015, accessed on April 9, 2016