''Dogs of Berlin'' is a
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series and the second German series produced for
Netflix
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after ''
Dark
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''.
First pictures of the ongoing production were shown in April 2018,
after production started in November 2017.
The first season was released on Netflix on December 7, 2018.
Plot
Police officers Erol Birkan and Kurt Grimmer investigate the murder of the fictional Turkish-German football star Orkan Erdem. The act sends Berlin into a frenzy, and the list of potential suspects is long: Neo-Nazis from the
Marzahn
Marzahn () is a locality within the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin. Berlin's 2001 administrative reform led to the former boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf fusing into a single new borough. In the north the Marzahn locality inclu ...
borough of Berlin, the Arab Mafia from the same neighborhood as the footballer, Turkish nationalists angry with the superstar playing for Germany instead of Turkey, football fans, and the Berlin Mafia. The chain of evidence may even lead to the highest offices of the capital. In order to uncover the truth, the two police officers have to venture deep down into the Berlin underworld.
Cast
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Fahri Yardım
Fahri Ogün Yardım (born 4 July 1980) is a German actor.
Biography
Yardım was born in Hamburg, Germany, where his parents moved from Turkey.
He is best known for his portrayal of Hüseyin in ''Almanya – Welcome to Germany'' and as inves ...
as Erol Birkan, an
ethnic Turkish German police officer who is transferred from his drug investigation to co-head the task force investigating the murder of a celebrity Turkish-German footballer
* Felix Kramer as Kurt Grimmer, a homicide detective who has a severe gambling problem that creates several work-related problems. He co-heads the task force alongside Birkan.
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Urs Rechn
Urs Rechn is a German actor, most famous for his appearance in the 2015 Cannes Grand Prix-winning Holocaust drama ''Son of Saul''.
Biography
Urs Günther Rechn was born on January 18, 1978, in Halle an der Saale, then German Democratic Republ ...
as Gert Seiler, Grimmer's immediate supervisor
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Katharina Schüttler as Paula Grimmer, Kurt's wife.
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Anna Maria Mühe
Anna Maria Mühe (born 23 July 1985) is a German actress.
Biography
Born in Berlin to actor Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007) and actress Jenny Gröllmann (1947–2006), she was invited by director Maria von Heland to a casting for ''Big Girls Don't C ...
as Sabine 'Bine' Ludar, as a Girlfriend of Kurt Grimmer
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Kais Setti as Kareem Tarik-Amir
* Mohammed Issa as Murad Issam, a young teenager
* Deniz Orta as Maïssa Issam
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Katrin Sass
Katrin Sass (, for a time Katrin Saß) is a German actress. She became known internationally for playing the idealistic socialist mother Christiane Kerner in the 2003 tragicomedy ''Good Bye, Lenin!''
Biography
She was born in Schwerin, in th ...
as Eva Grimmer, Kurt's deeply racist mother
* Sebastian Zimmler as Ulf Grimmer, head of a white nationalist gang
* Alina Stiegler as Petrović
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Hannah Herzsprung
Hannah Herzsprung (; born 7 September 1981) is a German actress.
Biography
Hannah Herzsprung is the daughter of actor Bernd Herzsprung and fashion designer Barbara Engel. She debuted as an actress in 1997 in the BR series ''Aus heiterem Himmel ...
as Trinity Sommer
* Antonio Wannek as Hans Kuscha
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Mišel Matičević
Mišel Matičević (, born 22 April 1970) is a German film, television and theater actor of Croatian descent.
Early life and education
Matičević was born in West Berlin to Croatian parents who were guest workers in West Germany. Following hi ...
as Tomo Kovač
* Ivan Vrgoč as Stipe
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Jasna Fritzi Bauer
Jasna Fritzi Bauer (born 20 February 1989) is a Swiss actress. She has appeared in more than fifteen films since 2010.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Swiss film actresses
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as Nike Strack, an employee who beats and urinates on Paula after she is fired for stealing
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Constantin von Jascheroff
Constantin von Jascheroff (born 5 March 1986) is a German actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1995.
Filmography German Dub
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
German male film actors
German ma ...
as Robert Fucht, another homicide detective who is both suspicious and jealous of Grimmer
* Imad Mardnli as Wahid
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Branko Tomović
Branko Tomović ( sr, italic=yes, Бранко Томовић; born June 17, 1980) is a German-Serbian actor and filmmaker.
Career
He was born in Münster, Germany, though his actual origin is from the Carpathians in Serbia. His parents emigra ...
as Dario
* Samy Abdel Fattah as Raif Tarik-Amir
* Giannina Erfany-Far as Kamila
* Sinan Farhangmehr as Hakim Tarik-Amir
* Sebastian Achilles as Guido Mack
* Hauke Diekamp as Wachtmeister
* Lena Schmidtke as Mandy Klink
* Langston Uibel as Raphael Bou'Penga
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Yasin El Harrouk
Yasin El Harrouk, known artistically as YONII, is a German actor and rapper of Moroccan origin. He sings in both German and Moroccan Arabic.
Biography
Yasin El Harouk was born in 1991 in Germany to a family of Moroccan guest workers from Berkan ...
as Fahd
* Robert Gallinowski as Johann Henkenmaier
* Renato Schuch as Murathan Canavar
* Paul Wollin as Gregor Munn
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Seyneb Saleh
Seyneb Nesha Saleh (born 25 December 1987) is a German actress. She is best known for her role as Naadirah in the 2018 Netflix film ''Mute''.
Biography
Seyneb Nesha Saleh was born on 25 December 1987 in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. She is a dau ...
as Rafika Masaad
* Jan Bülow as Tom Kriftel
* Deniz Cooper as Aykut Kubat
* Eray Egilmez as Pusat Erdem
* Anne Müller as Gesine Kramer
* Yung Ngo as Karsten Nguyen
* Niels-Bruno Schmidt as Bruno Przybylla
* Aram Tafreshian as Lars Niedermann
* Dora Zygouri as Emilia Grimmer
* Markus Boysen as Walther Laubach
* Werner Daehn as Hardy Kranz
* Tyron Ricketts as Leon Bou' Penga
* Leonas Sielaff as Thor Ludar
* Malte Thomsen as Eckard Meiser
Episodes
Season 1 (2018)
References
External links
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{{Netflix original ended series (2012–2018)
Serial drama television series
German-language Netflix original programming
2018 German television series debuts
Television shows set in Berlin