Z: The Beginning of Everything
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Z: The Beginning of Everything |
| Original title | Z: The Beginning of Everything |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2015 (pilot), 2017 |
| Production company |
Amazon Studios |
| length | approx. 27 minutes |
| Episodes | 10 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Historical drama |
| idea |
Dawn Prestwich , Nicole Yorkin |
| production | Therese Anne Fowler |
| music | Marcelo Zarvos |
| First broadcast | November 5, 2015 (USA) on Amazon Video |
| German-language first broadcast |
March 3, 2017 on Amazon Video |
| occupation | |
Z: The Beginning of Everything is an American television series that is partly fictionalized and is dedicated to the life of Zelda Sayre and in particular her relationship with F. Scott Fitzgerald .
It is based on the book Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler , who also produces the series. The series was realized by Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin for Amazon Studios . Christina Ricci took on the leading role of Zelda Sayre . F. Scott Fitzgerald has been played by David Hoflin since the second episode . In the pilot episode , the role of the writer was taken over by Gavin Stenhouse .
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The young Zelda Sayre met the aspiring writer F. Scott Fitzgerald at a dance evening at the age of 18 . Against the resistance of her father, who works as a judge, who sees writing as a breadless art, Zelda holds on to the relationship. In 1919 the couple got engaged. In April 1920, Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald marry in an unadorned ceremony in New York. This is quickly burdened by Scott's alcoholism and irascibility.
Cast and dubbing
Samira Jakobs and Angela Ringer were responsible for the dialogue book . The dialogue director took Gerd Naumann for synchronous company Interopa film , Berlin.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald | Christina Ricci | Sonja Spuhl |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | David Hoflin | Alexander Doering |
| Minnie Sayre | Kristine Nielsen | Sonja German |
| Judge Anthony Sayre | David Strathairn | Christian Rode |
| Max Perkins | Jim True Frost | Bernd Vollbrecht |
| Townsend Martin | Corey Cott | Martin Sabel |
| Tallulah Bankhead | Christina Bennett Lind | Nicole Hannak |
| Eugenia Bankhead | Natalie Knepp | Luisa Wietzorek |
| 'Tilde' Sayre Palmer | Holly Curran | Melanie Isakowitz |
| 'Tootsie' Sayre Smith | Jamie Anne Allman | Bianca Krahl |
| Eleanor Browder | Sarah Schenkkan | Franciska Friede |
| Ludlow Fowler | Jordan Dean | Thomas Schmuckert |
| Livye Hart | Maya Kazan | Marieke Oeffinger |
| Edmund Wilson | Joel Brady | Sven Gerhardt |
| Edna St. Vincent Millay | Lucy Walters | Sandrine Mittelstädt |
| Harold Ober | Matt Malloy | Kaspar Eichel |
| Anne Ober | Talia balm | Katharina Koschny |
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | First published in the USA | German language first publication (D / A / CH) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The beginning of everything | pilot | Nov 6, 2015 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Tim Blake Nelson | Dawn Prestwich, Nicole Yorkin |
| 2 | Just people | Just Humans | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Mike Barker | Dawn Prestwich, Nicole Yorkin |
| 3 | This side of paradise | The Right Side of Paradise | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Mike Barker | Lydia Woodward |
| 4th | You, me and us | You, Me and Us | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Neasa Hardiman | Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson |
| 5 | The it girl | The It Girl | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Neasa Hardiman | Kit stone waiter |
| 6th | Camera off! | Lights! Camera! Fitzgerald! | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Minkie Spiro | Marcus Gardley |
| 7th | The billing | Where There Are Friends, There Are Riches | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Minkie Spiro | Doug Dorst |
| 8th | A retreat | Playing house | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Wash Westmoreland | Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson |
| 9 | Quicksand | Quicksand | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Wash Westmoreland | Lydia Woodward |
| 10 | The return | Best of All | Jan. 27, 2017 | 3rd Mar 2017 | Mike Barker | Dawn Prestwich, Nicole Yorkin |
Reviews
The majority of US critics were positive about the series. At Metacritic, the first season has a Metascore of 61/100 based on 17 reviews. According to Rotten Tomatoes , 68% of reviews were positive, with an average rating of 6.46 / 10.
Deutschlandfunk saw the series as a “shimmering portrait of a remarkable woman”. Christina Ricci shows "why men are not always the better protagonists". The series still has its weaknesses; some dialogues are "soap opera-like" and the complex characters are drawn "sometimes one-dimensional". David Hoflin works as F. Scott Fitzgerald next to the main actress "pale".
Ann-Kristin Tlusty expressed herself very critically in her criticism for the time . Like the original book, the series succumbs to “the pompous sheen of a costume ham” and only “conscientiously” works off the facts of Zelda Fitzgerald's life. On the other hand, the viewer does not learn anything about the wishes and inner workings of the main character. For fans, the “one-dimensional portrayal of one of the most influential writers of the 20th century as a choleric drinker” is particularly “disappointing”, even though David Hoflin's play is “quite multifaceted”.
Markus Ehrenberg made a similar judgment in the Tagesspiegel . Ultimately, the series uses “again male frames of reference and expectations” and is largely silent about the inner workings of the protagonist. On the other hand, Ehrenberg saw positively that “the legend of F. Scott Fitzgerald [...] is being scratched”.
Web links
- Z: The Beginning of Everything in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Z: The Beginning of Everything. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on March 4, 2017 .
- ^ Z: The Beginning of Everything: Season 1 . Metacritic . Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ Z: The Beginning of Everything . Rotten tomatoes. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Simone Schlosser: Shimmering portrait of Zelda Fitzgerald . In: Deutschlandfunk from February 28, 2017
- ↑ a b c Ann-Kristin Tlusty: Deep views, little depth . In: The time of March 3, 2017
- ↑ a b Markus Ehrenberg: Sweet and Lost . In: Der Tagesspiegel from March 6, 2017