The Handmaid's Tale - The Handmaid's Report

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Television series
German title The Handmaid's Tale - The Handmaid's Report
Original title The Handmaid's Tale
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Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) since 2017
Production
company		 MGM Television, White Oak Pictures, The Littlefield Company, Daniel Wilson Productions, Inc.
length 44-60 minutes
Episodes 36 in 3+ seasons
genre drama
idea Bruce Miller
Initial release April 26, 2017 (USA) on Hulu

First publication in German		 October 4, 2017 on EntertainTV series
occupation
synchronization

The Handmaid's Tale - The Handmaid's Tale (Original: The Handmaid's Tale ) is an American television series based on the book The Handmaid's Tale (Original: The Handmaid's Tale ) by Margaret Atwood is based. The series start was on April 26, 2017 at the video portal Hulu , after it was placed in April of the previous year with a direct order. In 2017, the series won the Emmy Award in several categories (best drama series and Elisabeth Moss and Ann Dowd for best actresses) and two Golden Globe Awards (best drama series and Moss). This makes The Handmaid's Tale the first series of a video-on-demand service to win the most important US television award for best drama series.

The German-language version of the first season was first published on October 4, 2017 on EntertainTV Series , a portal operated by Telekom Deutschland and its Telekom Entertain service .

The first two episodes of the series' second season were made available on Hulu on April 25, 2018. The other episodes were added on Wednesdays. The third season started on June 5, 2019 with the first three episodes on Hulu. It comprises a total of 13 episodes.

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The series largely follows the plot of the book for the first season. From there, the story was freely developed from the second season. In America with a dystopian future, nuclear disasters , environmental degradation and sexually transmitted diseases have led to widespread sterility . In this society the totalitarian , Christian-fundamentalist state of Gilead is developing . Society is organized by power-obsessed leaders in a new, militarized, hierarchical regime of fanaticism and newly created social classes in which women are brutally subjugated and, among other things, are not allowed to work, own property, money or read. Instead, the last fertile women are owned by certain men. As a sign of this, these women lose their first and last name when they come into the possession of a man and have to adopt a new single name made up of the prefix “Des-” (in the English-language original “Of-”) and the suffix , consisting of the first name of the man to whom they belong, for example: Desfred , Desglen or Deswarren . If the women change hands (for example after the death of the husband), they must take the name of the new husband, such as Desglen , who becomes Dessteven .

Cast and dubbing

The series is set to music at Studio Hamburg Synchron . Nadine Geist writes the dialogue books and directs the dialogue.

Main cast

Role name actor Main role Supporting role Voice actor
June Osborne / Desfred Elisabeth Moss 1.01– Tanya Kahana
Commander Fred Waterford Joseph Fiennes 1.01– Frank Schaff
Serena Joy Waterford Yvonne Strahovski 1.01– Aline Staskowiak
Emily / Desglen (later Dessteven) Alexis Bledel 1.01–1.03, 2.02– 1.05 Ilona Brokowski
Janine / Deswarren (later Desdaniel) Madeline Brewer 1.01–1.10, 2.02– Anna Gamburg
Aunt Lydia Ann Dowd 1.01– Peggy Sander
Luke Bankole OT Fagbenle 1.01– Tobias Schmidt
Nick Blaine Max Minghella 1.01– Nico Sablik
Moira Samira Wiley 1.01–1.10, 2.03– Anja Stadlober
Rita Amanda Brugel 2.01– 1.01–1.10 Svantje washer
Commander Joseph Lawrence Bradley Whitford 3.01- 2.12-2.13 Klaus-Dieter Klebsch

Notable supporting actors

Role name actor Supporting role
(seasons) 		Voice actor
Hannah Bankole Jordana Blake 1-
Commander Warren Putnam Stephen Kunken 1-
Naomi Putham Ever Carradine 1- Irina von Bentheim
Alma / Desrobert Nina Kiri 1-
Beth Kristen Gutoskie 1.3- Marieke Oeffinger
Holly Maddox Chery Jones 2-
Olivia Winslow Elizabeth Reaser 3
Commander George Winslow Christopher Meloni 3 Frank Röth
Eleanor Lawrence Julie Dretzin 2-3 Katharina Koschny
Mark Tuello Sam Jaeger 2-

Episode list

Season 1 (2017)

The first broadcast of the first season was published from April 26, 2017 to June 14, 2017 on the US streaming service Hulu . The German free TV premiere took place from October 18 to 22, 2019 on Tele 5 .

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First published in the USA German language first publication (D) Director script
1 1 Desfred Offred 26 Apr 2017 4th Oct 2017 Reed Morano Bruce Miller
After trying to escape, June Osborne is forcibly separated from her daughter and trained as a "maid" in a re-education facility. Then she is assigned to the house of Commandant Fred Waterford under her new name Desfred, from whom she is to be impregnated in a ritual cohabitation, since his wife (like many others) can no longer give birth.
2 2 birthday Birth Day 26 Apr 2017 4th Oct 2017 Reed Morano Bruce Miller
A "maid" friend named Deswarren gives birth to a healthy child for her reign. June befriends Desglen, her co-destiny, who claims to be a member of a resistance organization. Desglen hires June to scout out their landlord, Commandant Waterford. When he orders her into his room and plays Scrabble with her, she learns that he is about to travel to Washington DC. When she wanted to tell Desglen, she was replaced. Another "maid" will serve under the name Desglen.
3 3 awakening Late 26 Apr 2017 4th Oct 2017 Reed Morano Bruce Miller
The previous Desglen Emily is charged with a lesbian relationship and her lover is hanged for it. June remembers how it all started when she and her friend Moira were called "pussies" by a barman, her credit card was blocked and she lost her job shortly afterwards when all the women had to be laid off. The state authorities reacted to a demonstration directed against this with volleys of machine guns. When Mrs. Waterford thinks June is pregnant, she becomes much nicer to her. But when June has her period again, Mrs. Waterford reacts angrily and forbids her to leave the room. Desglen is forcibly circumcised to remove her lesbian feelings.
4th 4th Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum May 3, 2017 Oct 12, 2017 Mike Barker Leila Gerstein
June remembers her friend Moira, with whom she overpowered a "sister" with whom Moira exchanged clothes and tried to escape by train to Boston, while June was recaptured. June suffers from being "imprisoned" in her room. During a visit to the doctor, the doctor offers her to impregnate her instead of the commandant, as he is supposedly sterile. June refuses. At the fertilization ceremony with the commanding officer that follows on the same day, he has potency problems, so June is sent back to her room untouched. When she plays Scrabble again, she learns that her Desfred predecessor has committed suicide. With reference to this danger, she succeeds in having the commandant lift the "room arrest" pronounced by his wife. At the same time, the commandant translates for her the Latin sentence that her predecessor wrote on the plinth of the dressing room and that gave June hope during her arrest, without her knowing its meaning: "Don't let the bastards get you down."
5 5 Good faith Faithful May 10, 2017 19th Oct 2017 Mike Barker Dorothy Fortenberry
Mrs. Waterford believes that her husband is sterile and tells June to let Nick make her pregnant. In their presence, Nick and June have sexual intercourse. Desglen is used again as a maid, this time as Dessteven. After her arrest, she can no longer work for the resistance organization "Mayday" and asks June to work in her place. Dessteven kidnaps a car in the market and deliberately runs over a guard with it. She will be taken away again. June remembers how she met Luke, the father of her child, who then separated from his wife. Mr. Waterford, who has now played Scrabble with June many times, gently touches June's knee during the "ceremony". She then angrily confronts him because she fears that his wife will send him to the "colonies", which usually results in a quick death. Although Nick admits to June that she is an "eye", she secretly visits him again, and the two are passionate about sleeping together.
6th 6th A woman's place A woman's place 17th May 2017 Oct. 26, 2017 Floria Sigismondi Wendy Straker Hauser
Mrs. Waterford remembers falling in love with Mr. Waterford, initially as an equal political campaigner but increasingly accepting that, according to her own political beliefs, her place will only be behind her husband. A trade delegation from Mexico is received at the commandant's house. While June, in the presence of the commanding officer and his wife, confirms that she will serve as a "maid" of her own free will and full of conviction, she uses a moment of the absence of everyone else to reveal the truth to the head of the delegation. Her assistant tells June that her husband is alive and agrees to forward a letter to him.
7th 7th On the other hand The other side May 24, 2017 Nov 2, 2017 Floria Sigismondi Lynn Renee Maxcy
Luke was shot while his wife was arrested. The ambulance with which he was transported had an accident on a bridge, and he was the only one to survive. He found the place where his wife had been arrested and where his daughter's cuddly toy was still lying. He is found by a group of refugees and taken away. But only he and a mute companion manage to escape to Canada. Five years later, he received the letter that his wife June had given the Mexican delegation.
8th 8th Jezebel's realm Jezebels May 31, 2017 Nov 9, 2017 Kate Dennis Kira Snyder
Mr. Waterford brings June makeup and a dress and smuggles her into a secret brothel. There June meets Moira, whose escape failed and who now has to work as a prostitute. June sleeps with Mr. Waterford and Nick ends his relationship with her.
9 9 Elevation, blood and God's gift The Bridge June 7, 2017 Nov 16, 2017 Kate Dennis Eric Tuchman
Deswarren must hand over their child to Warren's family and move to a new family as Desdaniel. There she refuses the "ceremony". She kidnaps her child and threatens to use it to jump from a bridge into the icy stream. June is brought in, who manages to get Desdaniel to hand over her child before she jumps into the ice-cold water by herself with suicidal intent. June reveals the password Emily received to another maid in order to join the resistance. Your first task is to smuggle a package out of the brothel. She manages to get Fred Waterford to visit the brothel on the spur of the moment, but learns there that Moira has given up and is not ready to get her the package. Her haunting words, however, surprisingly reach Moira, who sends June the parcel through the meat seller.
10 10 salvation Night June 14, 2017 23 Nov 2017 Kari Skogland Bruce Miller
Mrs. Waterford finds out her husband has gone out with June and hits June. When a pregnancy test turns out positive, Mrs. Waterford drives June to her daughter, who she is only allowed to see from a distance. Mrs. Waterford tells June that her daughter is safe as long as her own unborn "daughter" is safe.

When June tries to find Nick, he leaves his door locked so that she cannot get in. She visits Mr. Waterford and asks him to bring her daughter to safety from Mrs. Waterford. Contrary to the instructions she received, June opens the package and finds countless letters in it with reminders from various maids about the crimes committed to them. The maids are called to a "rescue" where Janine, the current Desdaniel, is to be stoned for endangering her child. The maids refuse to carry out the stoning, whereupon June is picked up by the "eyes", so to speak by the police.

Season 2 (2018)

The first broadcast of the second season was published on the US streaming service Hulu from April 25, 2018 until July 11, 2018 . The second season was published in German from August 2, 2018 on Telekom's EntertainTV streaming portal.

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First published in the USA German language first publication (D) Director script
11 1 June June April 25, 2018 Aug 2, 2018 Mike Barker Bruce Miller
12 2 Unwives Unwomen April 25, 2018 Aug 2, 2018 Mike Barker Bruce Miller
13 3 Gender betrayal Baggage 2nd May 2018 Aug 2, 2018 Kari Skogland Dorothy Fortenberry
14th 4th The other women Other women May 9, 2018 9 Aug 2018 Kari Skogland Yahlin Chang
15th 5 seed Seeds May 16, 2018 16 Aug 2018 Mike Barker Kira Snyder
16 6th First blood First Blood 23 May 2018 23 Aug 2018 Mike Barker Eric Tuchman
17th 7th After that nach May 30, 2018 30 Aug 2018 Kari Skogland Lynn Renee Maxcy
18th 8th The women's work Women's Work June 6, 2018 6 Sep 2018 Kari Skogland Nina Fiore, John Herrera
19th 9 Clever powers Smart power June 13, 2018 13 Sep 2018 Jeremy Podeswa Dorothy Fortenberry
20th 10 The final ceremony The Last Ceremony 20th June 2018 Sep 20 2018 Jeremy Podeswa Yahlin Chang
21st 11 Holly Holly June 27, 2018 27 Sep 2018 Daina Reid Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder
22nd 12 Postpartum Postpartum 4th July 2018 4th Oct 2018 Daina Reid Eric Tuchman
23 13 The word The Word 11th July 2018 Oct 11, 2018 Mike Barker Bruce Miller

Season 3 (2019)

The first broadcast of the third season has been published on the US streaming service Hulu since June 5, 2019 . In Germany, on 5 September 2019 were on MagentaTV via streaming all the episodes provided.

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First published in the USA German language first publication (D) Director script
24 1 night Night 5th June 2019 5th September 2019 Mike Barker Bruce Miller
25th 2 Maria and Martha Mary and Martha 5th June 2019 5th September 2019 Mike Barker Kira Snyder
26th 3 Care Useful 5th June 2019 5th September 2019 Amma Asante Yahlin Chang
27 4th God bless the child God Bless the Child June 12, 2019 5th September 2019 Amma Asante Eric Tuchman
28 5 Unknown caller Unknown caller 19th June 2019 5th September 2019 Colin Watkinson Marissa Jo Cerar
29 6th household Household June 26, 2019 5th September 2019 Dearbhla Walsh Dorothy Fortenberry
30th 7th Under his eye Under his eye 3rd July 2019 5th September 2019 Mike Barker Nina Fiore and John Herrera
31 8th Not suitable Unfit July 10, 2019 5th September 2019 Mike Barker Kira Snyder
32 9 Heroic Heroic 17th July 2019 5th September 2019 Daina Reid Lynn Renee Maxcy
33 10 ceremony Witness July 24, 2019 5th September 2019 Daina Reid Jacey Heldrich
34 11 Liar Liars July 31, 2019 5th September 2019 Deniz Gamze Ergüven Yahlin Chang
35 12 sacrifice Sacrifice 7th August 2019 5th September 2019 Deniz Gamze Ergüven Eric Tuchman
36 13 Mayday Mayday August 14, 2019 5th September 2019 Mike Barker Bruce Miller

background

Margaret Atwood was consulted in developing the series to ensure that the progression of the story did not go against her expectations. For example, Atwood insisted that the main character's younger daughter must survive because she wanted to tell the story of her life.2019 appeared Atwood's novel The witnesses ( The Testament ), 15 years after the end of The Handmaid's Tale attaches. In it, Atwood paid attention to compatibility with the plot of the television series. In an interview, Atwood said that her further development of the character Aunt Lydia, who plays a central role in the sequel book , was shaped by Ann Dowd's portrayal in the television series. In the audio book version of the book, Dowd reads the parts of the text told from Aunt Lydia's point of view.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva: Elisabeth Moss To Star In Straight-To-Series Drama 'The Handmaid's Tale' On Hulu . April 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Daniel Holloway: Emmys: Diversity Reigns Over Trump as 'Big Little Lies,' 'Handmaid's Tale,' 'SNL' Dominate . 18th September 2017.
  3. ↑ Karoline Meta Beisel: New streaming offer. One is still going. In: Media. Süddeutsche Zeitung, September 3, 2016, accessed on September 10, 2017 : "With" The Handmaid's Tale ", one of the most successful series of the year, Deutsche Telekom is now entering the series streaming business."
  4. ↑ 'The Handmaid's Tale': Here's the first trailer for season 2, and a premiere date .
  5. ↑ Sean Hollister: The Handmaid's Tale returns for its third season on June 5th. In: The Verge. February 11, 2019, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  6. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Series | The Handmaid's Tale: The Handmaid's Report. Retrieved April 5, 2018 .
  7. ^ Deutsche Telekom AG: Deutsche Telekom: New season of "The Handmaid's Tale" only on EntertainTV. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Ann Dowd and More Will Narrate the 'Testaments' Audiobook. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .
  9. ^ Henry Chu, Henry Chu: Margaret Atwood on New Book 'The Testaments': 'Instead of Moving Away From Gilead, We Started Moving Towards It'. In: Variety. September 10, 2019, accessed April 6, 2020 .