The Alienist - The Encirclement

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Television series
German title The Alienist - The Encirclement
Original title The alienist
Country of production United States
original language English
year 2018
Production
company		 Paramount Television ,
Anonymous Content
length 42 minutes
Episodes 10 in 1 season ( list )
genre Crime series
music Rupert Gregson-Williams
First broadcast January 22, 2018 (USA) on TNT

First publication in German		 April 19, 2018 on Netflix
occupation
synchronization

The Alienist - Die Einkreisung (Original title: The Alienist , English for The Soul Doctor ) is an American crime series based on the novel Die Einkreisung (in original The Alienist ) by Caleb Carr .

action

Each episode begins with the following statement:

“In the 19th Century, persons suffering from mental illness were thought to be alienated from their own true natures. Experts who studied them were therefore known as alienists. "

“In the 19th century it was thought that those who were insane were alienated from their real souls. The experts who examined them were therefore called psychiatrists at the time. "

- Netflix

In New York in 1896, young male prostitutes who offered themselves up as young girls to men fell victim to a gruesome series of murders. The newly appointed police chief Theodore Roosevelt wants to clean up the corruption within his authority and secretly entrusts the psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler and the newspaper illustrator John Moore with the investigation. They are supported by Sara Howard, Roosevelt's secretary and first female employee of the New York City Police Department , and the twins and detectives Marcus and Lucius Isaacson, whose Jewish beliefs are often a problem for them in the investigation.

Chief Byrnes and his assistant Captain Connor are not necessarily on the "right" side of the law, nor are they familiar with the new, psychological investigative methods of Dr. Kreizlers agree, torpedo them and go their own way, often obscuring or twisting facts and steering them in the wrong directions. The first suspect is the son of the wealthy and influential van Bergen family. The police know from him that he is not only spoiled, but also eccentric and sexually perverted. However, the respected family is under police protection and is covered by Byrnes. After more boys' bodies appear, however, Roosevelt decides to find Van Bergen and arrest him.

Captain Conner prevents this, however, by directing the operation, in which Roosevelt is personally present, to a wrong address. Roosevelt is extremely upset about this and demotes Connor in front of the house and in front of all the police officers. After this disgrace, Connor goes on the hunt for van Bergen, whose parents want to protect him from police access and want to send him to Argentina, finds him and chases him to the top of a bridge construction site. Van Bergen doesn't get any further, argues with Connor, insults him, whereupon he is shot and falls into the river. Since his body is never found, everyone assumes that van Bergen left the United States for Argentina.

However, the murders do not stop and it is clear to everyone that van Bergen could not have been the culprit, which Dr. Kreizler had already suspected that the offender's psychological profile had to be different. The joint deliberations of the group around Dr. Kreizler go in the direction of the war trauma of a former soldier. You follow several leads that lead you through various psychological clinics and hospitals. At St. Elizabeth Hospital in Washington, DC , Dr. Kreizler and Moore track down a man named John Beecham. Sara follows his trail in his hometown in New York State and Kreizler / Moore drive to his brother Adam Dury in Boston . During questioning Durys, it is revealed that his brother changed his name due to trauma caused by the massacre of his parents, taking the last name of the tormentor (Beecham). He changed his first name from "George" to "John".

Connor had a professional killer (called "The Swede") on Kreizler in order to prevent him from solving the murders and thereby expose the police to ridicule. “The Swede” ambushes the two of them, but only injures Kreizler. Back in New York, they track Beecham through the census bureau he had worked for a few years earlier. When they find him in a water tank, he first knocks Moore and later Kreizler down because he kidnapped Joseph, one of the rascals, for his next crime. When Kreizler comes to, Beecham wants him to watch what he did, but is shot from behind by Connor, who has been chasing Moore and the doctor. Connor, who now wants to book the position and death of the "monster" for himself and the police, tries to shoot Kreizler, but is disturbed by Sara and turns to her. When he chokes her, she shoots him with a "lady revolver".

Roosevelt thanks Moore and Sara for solving the case, but has to pay tribute to Connor in a public honor in order to protect the face and reputation of the police and those of the bereaved Connors. Byrnes grins smugly. Kreizler and the Isaacsons autopsy Beecham's brain, but cannot find any abnormal changes. Kreizler is disappointed and interprets the investigation as a complete failure for his psychological research based on this case.

background

The first season was filmed in Budapest from April 1 to September 25, 2017 . In the US, TNT aired the first episode of the series on January 22nd and the last episode on March 26th, 2018. In Germany, the series became available on Netflix on April 19, 2018 .

In August 2018, TNT announced the production of another miniseries based on the second novel, Angels of Darkness, which is a sequel to The Encirclement . The three main actors Daniel Brühl , Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning will continue their roles.

Cast and dubbing

The Berlin-based synchron Wenzel Lüdecke was responsible for the synchronization . The dialogue book was written by Beate Gerlach, who also directed.

role actor Voice actor
Dr. Laszlo Kreizler Daniel Brühl Daniel Brühl
John Moore Luke Evans Jaron Lowenberg
Sara Howard Dakota Fanning Lisa May-Mitsching
Cyrus Montrose Robert Wisdom Tilo Schmitz
Lucius Isaacson Matthew Shear Fabian Oscar Vienna
Marcus Isaacson Douglas Smith Henning Nöhren
Theodore Roosevelt Brian Geraghty Marcus Off
Captain Connor David Wilmot Reinhard Scheunemann
Stevie Taggert Matt Lintz Marco Eßer
Mary Palmer Q'orianka Kilcher
Sergeant Doyle Martin McCreadie Gerrit Hamann
Thomas Byrnes Ted Levine Hans Bayer
JP Morgan Michael Ironside Jürgen Kluckert

Episode list

No. German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first publication (D / A / CH) Director script
1 The boy on the bridge The Boy on the Bridge Jan. 21, 2018 April 19, 2018 Jacob Verbruggen Hossein Amini
2 Fruitful partnership A Fruitful Partnership Jan. 29, 2018 19th Apr 2018 Jacob Verbruggen Hossein Amini, E. Max Frye
3 Silver smile Silver smile Feb 5, 2018 April 19, 2018 Jacob Verbruggen Gina Gionfriddo
4th Bloody thoughts These Bloody Thoughts Feb 12, 2018 April 19, 2018 James Hawes Gina Gionfriddo, Cary Joji Fukunaga
5 The teaching of the Hildebrandt star Hildebrandt's Starling 19th Feb 2018 April 19, 2018 James Hawes E. Max Frye
6th Ascension of Christ Ascension Feb. 26, 2018 April 19, 2018 Paco Cabezas E. Max Frye
7th Many holy men Many sainted men 5th Mar 2018 April 19, 2018 Paco Cabezas John Sayles
8th Psychopathia Sexualis Psychopathia Sexualis March 12 2018 April 19, 2018 David Petrarch John Sayles
9 requiem requiem 19 Mar 2018 April 19, 2018 Jamie Payne Hossein Amini
10 The castle in the sky Castle in the Sky 26th Mar 2018 April 19, 2018 Jamie Payne Cary Joji Fukunaga, John Sayles, Chase Palmer

reception

The Alienist received mixed reviews in its opening season. Rotten Tomatoes attributes 63% positive reviews to the series (as of March 26, 2018). Newsday's Verne Gay , for example, wrote: “What seems to have come to life on the book pages has a hard time sparking on the screen - admittedly, it is also not easy to step through the haze and shadows that cover it threaten to devour. "

Bjarne Bock from the industry portal Serienjunkies.de wrote in his assessment of the pilot episode: “All in all, in the case of The Alienist, the questionable and yet widespread maxim Style over substance appears to be. The series is impeccable, if not outstanding, in terms of its staging and acting. ”The biggest weakness, however, is the script, which does not come with an exciting plot, good character drawings or successful dialogues.

The series was nominated for the Saturn Award for best action / thriller series and Dakota Fanning for best TV supporting actress in 2018 . Also for the Golden Globes in 2019 was The Alienist in the category "Best Miniseries or TV Movie" and Daniel Bruhl as "Best Actor, Miniseries or TV movie" nominated.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Alienist at crew united . Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ Nina Rehfeld: US thriller series with Daniel Brühl. In: Spiegel Online . January 25, 2018, accessed on January 30, 2018 : "First broadcast from January 22 on TNT (English), in Germany from April 19 on Netflix"
  3. ^ TNT Orders "The Angel of Darkness" Limited Series . In: TheFutonCritic.com . August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ The encirclement. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on April 30, 2018 .
  5. ↑ The Alienist: Season 1. In: rottentomatoes.com. Accessed March 5, 2018 .
  6. ↑ 'The Alienist': Tepid adaptation of the best-seller. In: newsday.com. Accessed March 5, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Bjarne Bock: The Alienist: Review of the pilot episode. In: serienjunkies.de. January 24, 2018, accessed March 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ "Werk ohne Autor" and Daniel Brühl nominated for Golden Globes. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . December 6, 2018, accessed December 7, 2018 .