The Crow - The Series
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Crow - The Series |
| Original title | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| year | 1998 |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 22nd |
| genre | Drama , action series |
| idea | Bryce Zabel |
| production |
Bryce Zabel , Edward Pressman |
| music | Peter Manning Robinson |
| First broadcast | September 25, 1998 (USA) |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 4, 2000 on RTL II |
| occupation | |
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The Crow - The Series (Original Title: The Crow: Stairway to Heaven ) is a 22-part Canadian television series from 1998, based on the cartoon character The Crow . The title role was played by Mark Dacascos .
action
The plot of the pilot is based on that of the first movie, The Crow . Also in the television series, the musician Eric Draven returns to the living after his murder with unearthly abilities, where he is protected by a crow (the messenger of the soul). He is condemned to remain on earth as a merciless undead and to atone for all the injustices to which he once fell victim. Only then is it possible for him to be led into the afterlife as a so-called intermediate being (“crow”). First he avenges his death and that of his girlfriend - unlike in the movie - he has to stay on earth until there is a balance between good and bad (which he tries to establish in the following 21 episodes).
The last episode ended with a cliffhanger that was not disbanded because Universal Studios bought the producing film company PolyGram and was not interested in a sequel afterwards.
Publications
Video cassette
In Germany, Warner released two episodes on a cassette, except for the pilot "Stairway to Heaven", which appeared on a cassette.
DVD and Blu-rays
In 2013, the first eleven episodes in the German dubbed version were sold on DVD by Koch Media GmbH. At the beginning of 2014 the second part of the 1st season (3 DVDs) was released and in November 2014 a complete box containing both seasons (6 DVDs) was released.