The Missing (TV Series)

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Television series
German title The Missing
Original title The Missing
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 2014-2016
Production
company
New Pictures
Company Pictures
Two Brothers Pictures
Playground Entertainment
length about 60 minutes
Episodes 16 in 2 seasons ( list )
genre Crime , thriller , drama
Theme music Come Home by Amatorski
Director Tom Shankland (Season 1)
Ben Chanan (Season 2)
idea Harry Williams
Jack Williams
music Dominik Scherrer
camera Ole Bratt Birkeland
First broadcast 28 October 2014 (UK) on BBC One
German-language
first broadcast
October 2, 2015 on Sky Atlantic HD
main actor
supporting cast
synchronization

The Missing ( English the missing ) is a British crime series that of Harry and Jack Williams was developed and written.

action

First season

Tony, Emily and their five-year-old son Ollie have to stop in a town in northern France because of a breakdown on their way on vacation. During the live broadcast of the quarter-finals of the 2006 soccer World Cup in a pool bar, Ollie disappears among a crowd of soccer fans. Despite an extensive search, the boy has disappeared without a trace. The local police entrusted one of France's most renowned investigators, Julien Baptiste, with the case. The desperation of the parents is followed by the media down to the smallest detail.

Eight years later, Ollie's disappearance is still not cleared up. The parents have separated in the meantime, but Tony still doesn't believe in the death of his son. Emily is now in a new relationship with Detective Mark Walsh. When new clues emerge about his son's disappearance, Tony persuades the now retired investigator Julien Baptiste to reopen the case. In the end, the parents learn that their son was hit by a drunk driver and that his brother, the examining magistrate, had all traces removed, but it is not finally clear whether the child is dead or has been kidnapped by child traffickers. While the mother assumes the death of her son, closes the story and remarries, the father continues to investigate and, after addressing children as his son in many places, is arrested in Russia.

Second season

Sam and Gemma Webster are British military personnel who are stationed in Eckhausen near Hanover . Eleven years ago, their 13-year-old daughter Alice disappeared without a trace, the couple was left alone with their son Matthew.

Shortly before Christmas 2014, Alice suddenly reappears in her hometown. The seriously ill girl is admitted to the hospital and mumbles the name "Sophie Giroux" in delirium. Her appendix is removed at the clinic . The parents wait at the bedside until Alice wakes up. The young woman is severely traumatized and shrinks from her family.

The military police restart the investigation, led by Eve Stone. Suspecting a connection with the abduction of Sophie Giroux, Eve contacts the retired Julien Baptiste, who was entrusted with the case of the French girl while he was active. Julien makes his way to Germany to question Alice, who has been released.

Alice lives again with her parents, who have no access to their daughter. In the interviews with the police, Alice states that the local butcher abducted her and Sophie. The accused denies everything and the search for the dungeon remains fruitless. When a military man shoots himself, Julien Baptiste finds a lead that leads to Iraq.

In another storyline, the course of the investigation is told two years later, in 2016. Alice is dead and her father Sam is disfigured by severe burn scars. Julien Baptiste is terminally ill and does everything in his power to find the second missing girl.

characters

First season

  • Tony Hughes is Emily's ex-husband and the father of Ollie. Even after eight years, he continues to believe that his son is still alive and goes to look for him again with investigator Julien Baptiste.
  • Emily Hughes is the mother of Ollie. She is now divorced from Tony. Despite her pain and feelings of guilt, she no longer believes that her son is still alive and starts a new relationship with detective Mark Walsh.
  • Julien Baptiste is a well-known investigator in France. He was entrusted with the case of solving Ollie's disappearance. When Tony discovers new clues in 2014 that have to do with Ollie's disappearance, he helps the desperate father to look again. He himself has a drug addict daughter who refuses to accept his help.
  • Mark Walsh is a detective who was also on vacation in northern France in 2006 and supported the Hughes family. He later becomes engaged to Emily Hughes after she broke up with Tony.

Second season

  • Sam Webster is a serviceman in the British Forces. After the events in 2014 he was transferred to the office.
  • Gemma Webster works as a teacher. She supports Julien in an effort to find the second missing girl.
  • Matthew Webster is the brother of Alice. He feels guilty for the death of his sister and gets on the wrong track.
  • Eve Stone leads the military police investigation. She discovers that her father, who has dementia, is involved in the case.
  • Jorn Lenhart is a German police officer who assists Julien and the military police in their search for Sophie.

Cast and dubbing

The German-language dubbing was done at Film- & Fernseh-Synchron under the dialogue direction of Inez Günther , who also wrote the dialogue book together with Cosima Kretz .

main actor

actor role Season Voice actor
James Nesbitt Tony Hughes 1 Michael Lott
Frances O'Connor Emily Hughes 1 Ulrike Stürzbecher
Tchéky Karyo Julien Baptiste 1, 2 Ralph Schicha
Jason Flemyng Mark Walsh 1 Thomas Loibl
Ken Stott Ian Garrett 1 Wolfgang Müller
Keeley Hawes Gemma Webster 2 Solveig Duda
David Morrissey Sam Webster 2 Matthias Klie
Abigail Hardingham Alice Webster 2 Marcia from Rebay
Jake Davies Matthew Webster 2
Laura Fraser Eve Stone 2 Shandra Schadt
Florian Bartholomäi Jorn Lenhardt 2 Florian Bartholomäi

supporting cast

actor role Season Voice actor
Diana Quick Mary Garrett 1
Arsher Ali Malik Suri 1 Oliver Scheffel
Titus De Voogdt Vincent Bourg 1 Julian Manuel
Said Taghmaoui Khalid Ziane 1 Pierre Kiwitt
Anastasia Hille Celia Baptiste 1 Anke Korte
Oliver Hunt Oliver Hughes 1 Tim Eitner
Jean-François Wolff Alain Deloix 1
Emilie Dequenne Laurence Relaud 1 Elisabeth von Koch
Anamaria Marinca Rini Dalca 1 Anna Ewelina
Johan Leysen Karl victory 1

background

The plot is told in two different timeframes: Season one takes place in 2006 (during Ellie's disappearance) and one in the present, in 2014. Season 2 takes place in 2014 (during Alice's return) and in 2016, two years after Alice's Death.

Filming season 1

Although the series is set in France and the United Kingdom, most of the filming took place in the Belgian locations of Huy , Halle , Charleroi and Brussels . Only a few scenes were actually shot in Paris and London .

Filming season 2

The action takes place in Germany, France and Switzerland. The place Eckhausen is fictional, it was shot in Malmedy, Belgium .

Charisma

United Kingdom

It was first broadcast in the UK on October 28, 2014 on BBC One . The series finale aired on December 16, 2014.

United States

The first broadcast of the eight-part first season took place on November 15, 2014 on the US cable channel Starz .

Germany

The pay-TV channel Sky Atlantic HD has been broadcasting the first season since October 2, 2015 , after the first episode was first broadcast on September 26, 2015 on Sky Krimi . In addition to being broadcast on TV, the series can also be accessed via Sky Go and Sky Anytime ; The next episode has been available on the latter platform since October 2, 2015, one week before the TV broadcast.

Episode list

season 1

No.
( total )
No.
( St. )
German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first broadcast (D) Director script Odds
(UK)
1 1 Eden Eden Oct 28, 2014 26 Sep 2015 Tom Shankland Harry & Jack Williams 5.76 million
2 2 Pray for me Pray for Me Nov 4, 2014 Oct 9, 2015 Tom Shankland Harry & Jack Williams 5.66 million
3 3 The Assembly The meeting Nov 11, 2014 Oct 16, 2015 Tom Shankland Harry & Jack Williams 5.79 million
4th 4th fault Gone fishing Nov 18, 2014 Oct 23, 2015 Tom Shankland Harry & Jack Williams 4.98 million
5 5 Molly Molly Nov 25, 2014 Oct 30, 2015 Tom Shankland Harry & Jack Williams 5.54 million
6th 6th concrete Concrete Dec 2, 2014 Nov 6, 2015 Tom Shankland Harry & Jack Williams 4.66 million
7th 7th Return to Eden Return to Eden Dec 9, 2014 Nov 13, 2015 Tom Shankland Harry & Jack Williams 5.31 million
8th 8th Until death Till death Dec 16, 2014 Nov 20, 2015 Tom Shankland Harry & Jack Williams 6.61 million

season 2

No.
( total )
No.
( St. )
German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first broadcast (D) Director script Odds
(UK)
9 1 Homecoming Come home Oct 12, 2016 - Ben Chanan Harry & Jack Williams 7.83 million
10 2 The turtle and the stick The Turtle and the Stick 19th Oct 2016 - Ben Chanan Harry & Jack Williams 7.08 million
11 3 A prison without walls A prison without walls Oct 26, 2016 - Ben Chanan Harry & Jack Williams 6.75 million
12 4th Sea lavender Statice Nov 2, 2016 - Ben Chanan Harry & Jack Williams 6.74 million
13 5 Forgetting Forgetting Nov 9, 2016 - Ben Chanan Harry & Jack Williams 7.11 million
14th 6th Saint John Saint John Nov 16, 2016 - Ben Chanan Harry & Jack Williams 6.59 million
15th 7th 1991 1991 23 Nov 2016 - Ben Chanan Harry & Jack Williams 7.11 million
16 8th The mountain The Mountain Nov 30, 2016 - Ben Chanan Harry & Jack Williams -

Awards and nominations

Golden Globe Award
Emmy Award

See also

Missing case Madeleine McCann - British girl who disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal in 2007 and has been missing since then

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c The Missing. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on April 2, 2020 .
  2. The Missing - Season 2: The drama begins with the return. In: femundo.de. October 12, 2017, accessed April 2, 2020 .
  3. Sky brings the series "The Missing" to Germany . August 19, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015.