The Long Road Home (Miniseries)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Long Road Home |
| Original title | The Long Road Home |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English , Arabic |
| year | 2017 |
| length | 44-52 minutes |
| Episodes | 8 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | War film , drama |
| idea | Mikko Alanne |
| production | Benjamin Anderson, Jason Clark, Edward McGurn, Mike Medavoy |
| music | Jeff Beal |
| First broadcast | November 7, 2017 (USA) on National Geographic Channel |
| German-language first broadcast |
November 16, 2017 on National Geographic Channel |
| occupation | |
The Long Road Home is an eight-part US miniseries from 2017. The series, based on an idea by Mikko Alanne , was based on the US journalist's book The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family , published in 2007 Martha Raddatz .
It premiered on November 7th through December 19th, 2017 on the National Geographic Channel . The German premiere was shown on the National Geographic Channel, the FOX Channel and Sky 1 from November 16 to December 28, 2017 .
action
After the official end of the war in Iraq on May 1, 2003, Iraq is still occupied by US and British forces eleven months later . The Long Road Home shows the events of the first Cavalry Division of the US Army , which in one on April 4, 2004 ambush in Sadr City , a district of Baghdad , came. In addition to the fighting in which eight US soldiers were killed and over 60 wounded, and the rescue mission, the series also deals with the fate of families before, during and after the events at the unit's home base in Fort Hood, Texas .
Background and production
In November 2015 it was announced that the National Geographic Channel was working on the adaptation of Martha Raddatz's bestseller The Long Road Home . The production, planned as a miniseries, was finally released in July 2016. In March 2017, alongside Michael Kelly , Noel Fisher , Jeremy Sisto and Patrick Schwarzenegger , Kate Bosworth , Sarah Wayne Callies and Jason Ritter were announced as actors .
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbing was done at EuroSync GmbH in Berlin under the dialogue direction and based on the dialogue book by Christian Gundlach .
| Role name | Actress | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| LTC Gary Volesky | Michael Kelly | Peter Flechtner |
| Lt. Shane Aguero | EJ Bonilla | Tobias Nath |
| CPT Troy Denomy | Jason Ritter | Florian Hoffmann |
| SGT Robert Miltenberger | Jeremy Sisto | Thomas Schmuckert |
| PFC Tomas Young | Noel Fisher | Nico Sablik |
| SGT Eric Bourquin | Jon Beavers | Ricardo Richter |
| SPC Israel Garza | Jorge Diaz | Fabian Heinrich |
| SPC Robert Arsiaga | Ian Quinlan | Tim Sander |
| SGT Ben Hayhurst | Patrick Schwarzenegger | Amadeus Strobl |
| Jassim Al-Lani | Darius Homayoun | Diab Nasser |
| Gina Denomy | Kate Bosworth | Marie Bierstedt |
| Leann Volesky | Sarah Wayne Callies | Antje von der Ahe |
| Eric Borquin (young) | Charlie Ray Reid | Moritz Albrecht |
Episode list
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast US | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The way to war | The Road to War (Alternative title: Black Sunday, Part 1) |
Nov 7, 2017 | Nov 16, 2017 | Phil Abraham | Mikko Alanne |
| 2 | 2 | The eye of the storm | The Eye of the Storm (Alternative title: Black Sunday, Part 2) |
Nov 7, 2017 | Nov 16, 2017 | Phil Abraham | Lana Cho |
| 3 | 3 | Way into the dark | Into the Unknown | Nov 14, 2017 | 23 Nov 2017 | Mikael Salomon | Alan Di Fiore |
| 4th | 4th | In the valley of death | In the Valley of Death | Nov 21, 2017 | Nov 30, 2017 | Mikael Salomon | Mikko Alanne |
| 5 | 5 | The decision | The Choice | Nov 28, 2017 | 7th Dec 2017 | Phil Abraham | Mikko Alanne & Scott Gold |
| 6th | 6th | A place of hope | A City Called Heaven | 5th Dec 2017 | Dec 14, 2017 | Phil Abraham | Mikko Alanne & Alan Di Fiore |
| 7th | 7th | At the end of hope | Abandon Hope | Dec 12, 2017 | Dec 21, 2017 | Mikael Salomon | Amy Louise Johnson & Kelly Wiles |
| 8th | 8th | So close to you in your dreams | Always Dream of Me | 19 Dec 2017 | Dec 28, 2017 | Phil Abraham | Mikko Alanne |
Web links
- The Long Road Home in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Long Road Home at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Geographic launches new event series “The Long Road Home” as a global premiere in 171 countries and 45 languages . In: Presseportal.de . September 7, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Inside the ambush known as Black Sunday . In: ABC News . November 7, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ↑ Nat Geo Adapting Martha Raddatz's 'The Long Road Home'; E! Renews '#Richkids' . In: Deadline . November 30, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ↑ Nat Geo Greenlights 'The Long Road Home' Event Series Based On Martha Raddatz Book . In: Deadline . July 29, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Kate Bosworth, Sarah Wayne Callies, Jason Ritter Lead Nat Geo's 'Long Road Home' . In: The Hollywood Report . March 23, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ The Long Road Home. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on January 20, 2018 .