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Aug 24, 2021 Full Review Joel Keller Decider [Taylor Kitsch's] presence in The Defeated transforms the show from something intriguing to something that could either get really good or go south in ...
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- Taylor Kitsch
- Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
- October 30, 2020
Aug 18, 2021 · The Defeated Season 1 Review – a gripping postwar thriller with a unique perspective. Thanks to a welcome German perspective, some solid performances, and a propulsive mystery, The Defeated is a gripping thriller. This recap of The Defeated Season 1 is spoiler-free. Nazis are the quintessential villains of all popular culture, and indeed of ...
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Aug 19, 2021 · There are a couple of contrivances with the main plot but for the most part it’s easy to look past in the wake of such an interesting setting. The smart choice of cutting from the uplifting news reels at the start of the show across to the war-torn buildings of Berlin serves up a wonderful juxtaposition and visually, The Defeated is fantastic.
The series was written by Måns Mårlind, [2] and produced by Tandem Productions and Bron Studios. [3] It premiered in Germany on ZDF in four film-length episodes in October and November 2020. In Australia, it was shown as Shadowplay in 2021 on free-to-air TV station SBS. [4] The Defeated was distributed on Netflix on 18 August 2021.
- ‘The Defeated’ Season 1: Plot Summary
- Who Was The Angel Maker?
- Why Did Max’s Brother, Moritz, Go AWOL?
- What Was Shadowplay?
- ‘The Defeated’ Season 1: Ending Explained
The screen opens with a haunting sight of Berlin collapsed in pieces. Elsie Garten, a German SOP, is in charge of a small group of detectives known as “Scarecrows” who work to keep the peace and order in Berlin (American Sector). They have established a small station inside a demolished bank building. Elsie begins the narrative with a mysterious ca...
In The Defeated Episode 1, “First Trick,” Elsie mentioned a powerful man, the Boogeyman of Berlin, Angel Maker or Engelmacher (in German). It was the name given to a person who helps women with abortions. During and after the war, many women faced tyranny and were exploited by powerful men and soldiers. In the grief-stricken land, Penicillin was sc...
Max’s elder brother, Moritz McLaughlin, had a medical history of psychotic delusions, cruelty, uncontrollable outbursts, and the potential for violence. These psychopathic tendencies developed in Moritz’s childhood as both were raised in a physically abusive environment. On an unfortunate night, Moritz’s father shot their German mother and later pu...
Moritz learned from one of his Nazi targets, Otto Oberlander, that the art looted by the Nazis was being traded for a safe passage out of Germany. Moritz recovered a lost piece by Johann Sebastian Bach from Otto’s office that he would use to guarantee a safe passage for his children before Moritz found him out and killed him. Later, Moritz handed “...
Max and Elsie figured out who the “Angel Maker” was who was bothering doctor Hermann Gladow. He devised a plan to bomb the police station and burn all the witnesses and evidence that might lead to him. Hermann abducted police officer Trude Schweinstager and compelled her to plant the bomb. However, later, the bomb was planted by Hermann’s new accom...
Oct 30, 2020 · Aug 18, 2021. The unrelenting gloom is meanwhile likely to strike a winning register with fans of Scandi noir (The Defeated is from the producers behind Scandi classic The Bridge). There’s little humour or light relief. But The Defeated serves up a new twist on the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War, and weaves in a compelling ...
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The Defeated: With Taylor Kitsch, Michael C. Hall, Logan Marshall-Green, Nina Hoss. Max McLaughlin is an American cop who arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war.
