Blinded (TV Series)

''Blinded'' or ''Fartblinda'' is a Swedish television drama series, which was streamed via C More from 19 August 2019 and broadcast on TV4 from 2 September. It is based on the novel, ''Farblinda'' (2016), by Swedish writer Carolina Neurath. The first season of eightepisodes was directed by and Johan Lundin. Scripts were mostly written by Jesper Harrie, who was joined by Jonas Bonnier or Maria Karlsson for some episodes. It stars Julia Ragnarsson as Bea, a financial investigative reporter, and Matias Varela as Peder, a bank CEO. Meanwhile, Bea and the married Peder are having a clandestine affair. The second season, also with eightepisodes, followed on 16 May 2022, which was directed by Jonsson and Lundin. Jonsson co-wrote scripts with Erik Hultkvist and they were joined by additional scriptwriters. Lead actors Ragnarsson and Varela reprised their roles.

Premise

Investigative journalist Bea discovers dubious practices in Stockholm's financial sector. There are contradictions between ST Bank's credit losses and those declared in its latest official quarterly report. That report claims the bank is completely solid with their recent financial performance exceeding expectations. Bea's situation is complicated by her clandestine affair with Peder, the married CEO of ST Bank. Peder is unwilling to publicly admit to any problems at his bank. Bea receives anonymous emails, which declare that the bank's losses are even higher than previously indicated. Bea learns that Peder has lied to the media, while she considers whether to reveal her lover's financial fraud.

Cast and characters

* Julia Ragnarsson as Beatrice "Bea" Farkas ( Andersson): ''The Daily Post''s financial journalist
* Matias Varela as Peder Rooth: ST Bank's CEO, Sophie's husband, Hampus and Hedda's father.
* Julia Dufvenius as Sophie Rooth ( Leijonhufud): writer, Peder's wife
* as Marcus Thulin: Bea's fellow financial journalist
* as Hampus Rooth: Peder, Sophie's son
* as Bjarne Rasmussen: bank's CFO
* Lisette Pagler as Nina Vojnovic: newspaper's financial reporter
* Johan H:son Kjellgren as Anders Rapp: newspaper's financial editor, Bea's boss
* Edvin Endre as Carl Rehnskiöld: Otto's son, has cerebral palsy
* Claes Månsson as Otto Rehnskiöld: bank's chairman, hunting club member
* Gabriella Repic as Eszti Farkas: Bea's grandmother
* as Pierre Eckervik
* as Jon-Andreas "JA": newspaper's IT expert
* Vera Vaindorf as Hedda Rooth: Peder, Sophie's daughter
* Peter Eggers as Ulf Klingspor: bank's Private Banking manager, Peder's rival
* Urban Bergsten as Fotografen (English: Photographer) Björn: newspaper's photographer
* as Sven-Ivan Segerfält: financier, Otto's rival, hunting club member
* as Anne Bystedt: rival bank's CEO

Season one only

* as Henrik Beijer: bank's Trading manager, hedge fund expert
* as Adam Berg: bank employee, Henrik's underling, Bea's former classmate
* Victor von Schirach as Robin Lesse: bank's archivist
* Ania Chorabik as Eleonor Björnor: bank's Communications Director
* as Nico Karamanlis: bank's Trading deputy manager
* as Herdi Kader: bank's Trading employee, Adam's co-worker
* as Sten Waltin: Otto's henchman
* Christel Elsayah as Irene Lindh: Bea's confidante
* Kajsa Ernst as Birgitta Kerchinsky: bank's Governance, Risk, Compliance manager
* as Marianne Rehnskiöld: Otto's wife, Carl's mother
* as Torbjörn Ask: Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) chief investigator
* Johannes Kuhnke as Leo Stiger: nurse, Adam's boyfriend
* Sebastian Karlsson as Jocke
* as Rebecka Klingspor: Ulf's wife, Sophie's friend
* as Martin Cassel: financier, Sven-Ivan's rival, hunting club member
* Yohanna Idha as Amanda Karlsson: casino croupier, drug-dealer, Henrik's sometime girlfriend
* Emilia Roosmann as Polina: Sven-Ivan's latest girlfriend
* Tobias Cronwall as Broman: Martin's henchman
* as Totte: homeless man, who sleeps rough outside Bea's building

Season two only

* Ane Dahl Torp as Susanne Jonsson
* Peter Gantzler as Aksel Bonnesen
* as Christina Rasmussen
* Rosemarie Mosbæk as Louise Bonnesen
* as Klas Ygren
* Alex Fatehnia as Bodyguard Enzo
* as Viktoria Lindén
* Sovi Rydén as Aksel's female assistant
* as Carlos
* as Amina Farshid
* Dejmis Rustom Bustos as Saeed Roozbahani
* Balder Ljunggren as Jonas Jonsson
* as Malin Sandqvist

Production

''Blinded'' (in international markets) or ''Fartblinda'' (in Sweden), is based on the 2016 novel ''Fartblinda'' by Swedish financial journalist and writer Carolina Neurath. It is a fictional story, which was inspired by actual events. In 2010 a financial scandal affected the Swedish private HQ Bank, which lost billions in Swedish krona in securities trading and concealed those losses in its reports, having previously been named Sweden's best private bank.

Filming rights were purchased by the production company FLX. Jens Jonsson and Johan Lundin were employed as directors for individual episodes. The screenplay, based on Neurath's book, was mostly written by writer Jesper Harrie together with Maria Karlsson and Jonas Bonnier assisting on some episodes. The first season's filming began in late 2018. Starring roles for Julia Ragnarsson as Bea and Matias Varela as Peder were confirmed in October 2018. On 19 August 2019, the series started on the Swedish streaming service C More and on 2 September 2019 on TV4. Filming for the second season began in mid-2021, with Rangnarsson and Varela reprising their roles, its episodes premiered in May 2022 on C More. A German dubbed version of the first season was broadcast on pay-TV channel, Sat.1 Emotions from 23 March 2020. German free-TV channel, One broadcast season one from 9 March 2021. The second season followed in Germany on 18 July 2022.

Episode guide

Season one

Season two

References

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2010s crime drama television series
2019 Swedish television series debuts
Swedish drama television series
Swedish-language television shows
Television shows based on Swedish novels
Television shows filmed in Sweden
Television shows set in Stockholm