The Affair
Television series | |
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Original title | The Affair |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 2014-2019 |
length | 50 to 90 minutes |
Episodes | 53 in 5 seasons ( list ) |
genre | drama |
Theme music | Container from Fiona Apple |
idea | Sarah Treem, Hagai Levi |
production | Sarah Treem, Hagai Levi, Jeffrey Reiner, Eric Overmyer |
music | Marcelo Zarvos |
First broadcast | October 12, 2014 (USA) on Showtime |
German-language first broadcast |
August 14, 2015 on Amazon Instant Video |
The Affair is an American television series starring Dominic West and Ruth Wilson , created by Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi and produced for Showtime television . It is about an extramarital affair between teacher and writer Noah Solloway (West) and waitress Alison Lockhart (Wilson) and the impact that affair has on their marriages, partners and families. The series was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards in its first season : the series itself for Best Drama , Dominic West for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Ruth Wilson for Best Actress in a Leading Role . While West lost to Kevin Spacey , the lead actor from House of Cards , the series won the other two awards.
The special thing about the narrative style of the series are the parallel narrative strands that successively tell the same scenes and narrative memories from the respective male and female perspective of the characters Noah and Alison. In the second season, this narrative style is expanded by the perspectives of the characters Helen Solloway and Cole Lockhart, the betrayed spouses of the two main characters. This cinematic narrative form became known through the film Rashomon by director Akira Kurosawa .
action
The focal point of the plot is the extramarital affair between the teacher and failed author Noah Solloway, a married father of four, and the waitress Alison Lockhart, mother of a son who died accidentally before the start of the plot. She feels responsible for the death of her son, which she thinks she could have prevented as a nurse. Noah is actually happily married, but self-doubt plagues him as he is more and more dependent on his rich father-in-law, who is also a writer. It took Noah ten years to publish his first moderately successful book and, in view of the success of Helen's father, feels pressured and a failure.
Cast and dubbing
The German-language dubbing of the series is produced by Cinephon Filmproduktions GmbH under the dialogue direction and dialogue script by Reinhard Knapp and Ulrich Johannson.
main actor
actor | role | Main role | Supporting role / guest role | Voice actor | description |
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Dominic West | Noah Solloway | 1.01-5.11 | Leon Boden | Teacher and moderately successful writer, is overshadowed by his father-in-law | |
Ruth Wilson | Alison Lockhart | 1.01-4.10 | Svantje washer | Waitress, former nurse, lost her young son in an (alleged) accident | |
Maura Tierney | Helen Solloway | 1.01-5.11 | Silke Matthias | Noah's wife, a successful businesswoman and the mother of their four children | |
Joshua Jackson | Cole Lockhart | 1.01-4.10 | Dennis Schmidt-Foss | Alison's husband: a seventh generation local who runs the family ranch | |
Julia Goldani Telles | Whitney Solloway | 1.01-5.11 | Victoria Frenz | eldest daughter of the Solloways | |
Jake Siciliano | Martin Solloway | 1.01-3.10 | 4.01, 5.01-5.11 |
Marco Eßer (season 1), Benjamin Krause (from season 2) |
Son of the Solloways |
Jadon Sand | Trevor Solloway | 1.01-5.11 | Simon Halaski | Son of the Solloways | |
Leya Catlett | Stacey Solloway | 1.01-2.12 | Xara Eich | Daughter of the Solloways | |
Abigail Dylan Harrison | 3.01-5.11 | ||||
Josh Stamberg | Max Cadman | 2.01-2.12 | 1.01-1.10, 3.01-3.10 | Thomas Schmuckert | a friend of Noah who starts an affair with Helen |
Catalina Sandino Moreno | Luisa Lèon | 3.01-4.10 | 2.02-2.12, 5.06-5.07 | Cole's wife | |
Irène Jacob | Juliette Le Gall | 3.01-3.10 | University professor | ||
Omar Metwally | Dr. Vic Ullah | 3.01-4.10 | 2.01-2.12, 5.01-5.02 | Jaron Lowenberg | Surgeon and later friend of Helen |
Sanaa Lathan | Jenelle Wilson | 4.01-5.03 | Principal of a Compton public school | ||
Anna Paquin | Joanie Lockhart (adult) | 5.01-5.11 | Berenice Weichert | Alison's daughter |
supporting cast
actor | role | Season | Voice actor | description |
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Victor Williams | Detective Jeffries | 1-2, 4 | Jörg Hengstler | a police officer investigating a criminal case |
John Doman | Bruce Butler | 1-3, 5 | Eberhard Haar | Helen's father and thus Noah's father-in-law |
Kathleen Chalfant | Margaret | 1-3, 5 | Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif | Helen's mother and therefore Noah's mother-in-law |
Mare Winningham | Cherry | 1-2, 5th | Liane Rudolph | Cole's mother and thus Alison's mother-in-law |
Colin Donnell | Scotty Lockhart | 1-2 | Robert Glatzeder | Cole's brother |
Brendan Fraser | John Gunther | 3 | Torsten Münchow | Noah's prison guard |
Ramón Rodríguez | Benjamin "Ben" Cruz (young) | 4th | Jan Andres | Former soldier who falls in love with Allison |
Christopher Meyer | Anton Gatewood | 4-5 | Son of Janelle Wilson and student in Compton | |
Emily Browning | Sierra | 4-5 | Patrizia Carlucci | Helen and Vic's neighbor in Los Angeles |
Claes Bang | Sasha man | 5 | Marcus Off | Actor and crush of Helen |
Jonathan Cake | Furkat | 3, 5 | Artist and Whitney's admirer | |
Russell Hornsby | Carl Gatewood | 4-5 | Janelle's ex-husband and Anton's father |
Episode list
production
On February 8, 2013, it was announced that Showtime had commissioned a pilot episode for the series. The project was ordered on January 16, 2014 as a full series with an episode count of ten episodes. During the second season, the series was extended for a third season in December 2015. In January 2017, the series was extended for a fourth season. At the end of July 2018, Showtime announced that it would produce a final fifth season, which aired from August 25 to November 3, 2019.
Awards
season 1
- Won:
- Golden Globe Award 2015 - Best Series (Drama)
- Golden Globe Award 2015 - Best Actress in a Series (Drama) - Ruth Wilson
- Nominations:
- Critics' Choice Television Award 2016 - Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Maura Tierney
- Golden Globe Award 2015 - Best Actor in a Series (Drama) - Dominic West
- People's Choice Awards 2015 - Favorite Pay TV Performer - Joshua Jackson
- Satellite Award 2014 - Best TV Series (Drama)
- Satellite Award 2014 - Best Actress in a Series (Drama) - Ruth Wilson
- Writers Guild of America Award 2014 - Best New Series
season 2
- Won:
- Golden Globe Award 2016 - Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Movie made for TV - Maura Tierney
- Satellite Award 2016 - Best Actor in a Series (Drama / Genre) - Dominic West
- Nominations:
- Critics' Choice Television Award 2016 - Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Maura Tierney
- 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards - Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Maura Tierney
- Satellite Award 2016 - Best TV Series (Drama)
- Satellite Award 2016 - Best Actress in a Series (Drama / Genre) - Ruth Wilson
- Satellite Award 2016 - Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie - Maura Tierney
Web links
- Showtime Official Website
- The Affair at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Affair at Serienjunkies.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Matt Webb Mitovich, Matt Webb Mitovich: Golden Globes: Fargo, True Detective Lead Nominations; Jane the Virgin, Transparent Score Multiple Nods . December 11, 2014.
- ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Golden Globes: "Fargo" wins against "True Detective" - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Culture .
- ↑ Golden Globes 2015: See All the Winners .
- ↑ Nobody wants to be guilty of love . In: The time . September 9, 2015. Accessed December 7, 2015.
- ↑ "The Affair": Showtime with a new trailer and poster . In: TV wish list . July 14, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ↑ Which One of These Stories Do You Believe? The Affair brings Rashomon-style storytelling to television. . In: Slate . October 9, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ 'The Affair' Creator Sarah Treem on Constructing the 'Rashomon' of Relationship Dramas . In: Indiewire . October 10, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- ^ German dubbing files: German dubbing files - Series - The Affair .
- ^ Nellie Andreeva: Showtime Gives Pilot Order To 'Affair' . February 8, 2013.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva: Showtime To Pick Up Drama 'The Affair', Philip Seymour Hoffman Comedy To Series . January 16, 2014.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'Homeland' & 'The Affair' Renewed By Showtime . In: Deadline.com . December 2015.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: 'The Affair' Renewed For Season 4 By Showtime Ahead Of Season 3 Finale - TCA . In: Deadline.com . January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ↑ Lenka Hladikova: The Affair: Showtime orders a 5th but final season . In: Serienjunkies.de . July 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.