Devils (TV Series)
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''Devils'' () is a
financial thriller Financial thrillers are a subgenre of thriller fiction in which the financial system and economy play a major role. History The novel '' The Financier'' (1912) by Theodore Dreiser displays elements of a financial thriller and is an early examp ...
drama television series created by Alessandro Sermoneta, Mario Ruggeri, Elena Bucaccio, , Daniele Cesarano, Barbara Petronio, and Ezio Abbate for Lux Vide and Sky Italy. It is based on the 2014 novel of the same title by Brera. ''Devils'' is a Lux Vide and Sky Italy production in association with Orange Studio and OCS. The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on
Sky Atlantic Sky Atlantic is a British pay television channel owned by Sky Group, Sky Group Limited that launched in 2011 and broadcasts in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel airs original British-produced dramas like ''Fortitude (TV series), F ...
in Italy. Ahead of its premiere, Devils was renewed for a second series.


Plot

London, 2011. Italian trader Massimo Ruggero is the Head of Trading at the New York London Investment Bank (NYL). While the
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affects Europe, Massimo is making hundreds of millions for NYL out of speculation. As his mentor Dominic Morgan, the American CEO of NYL and the nearest to a father that Massimo has ever had, fully supports him, the talented trader seems to be the first choice in the run for vice-CEO. However, when Massimo is involved in a painful scandal that sees his estranged wife playing an escort, Dominic denies him the promotion, choosing the old-school banker Edward Stuart instead. Massimo is left astounded – his mentor turned his back on him. Convinced that the scandal was a set-up, Massimo is determined to seek the truth but when Edward suddenly dies, Massimo realizes that something bigger is at stake. With the help of his trading team and a group of
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s, Massimo will discover the hidden agenda behind apparently unrelated events, such as the Strauss-Kahn scandal, the Libyan Civil War, and the crisis of the PIIGS. Facing the devils who pull the strings of the world, Massimo will have to choose whether to fight them or to join them.


Cast and characters


Main

* Alessandro Borghi as Massimo Ruggero * Laia Costa as Sofia Flores * Kasia Smutniak as Nina Morgan * Malachi Kirby as Oliver Harris *
Lars Mikkelsen Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen (; born 6 May 1964) is a Danish actor. He is known for his roles as Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the Danish police procedural '' The Killing'', the character Charles Augustus Magnussen in the t ...
as Daniel Duval * Pia Mechler as Eleanor Bourg *
Paul Chowdhry Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry (born 21 August 1974), better known as Paul Chowdhry, is a British comedian and actor. He is of Indian Punjabi Sikh descent. He began his stand up career in 1998 and hosted the Channel 4 comedy series '' Stand Up for the ...
as Kalim Chowdrey *
Sallie Harmsen Sallie Harmsen (born May 2, 1989) is a Dutch actress having had roles in ''In Real Life (film), In Real Life'' for which she won Golden Calf for Best Actress at the Netherlands Film Festival 2008. Harmsen appeared in ''De Geheimen van Barslet'' Go ...
as Carrie Price *Harry Michell as Paul McGuinnan *
Patrick Dempsey Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is an American actor and racing driver best known for playing neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–15; 2020–21). He is also known for his leading man romantic film roles, such ...
as Dominic Morgan


Recurring

*
Ben Miles Benjamin Charles Miles (born 29 September 1966) is an English actor, best known for his starring role as Patrick Maitland in the television comedy '' Coupling'', from 2000 to 2004, as Montague Dartie in '' The Forsyte Saga'', from 2002 to 2003, ...
as Edward Stuart *Nathalie Rapti Gomez as Kate Baker * Jemma Powell as Claire Stuart * Lorna Brown as Vicky Bale *Maximilian Dirr as Karl Haufman *Tom McKay as Chris Bailey *Anthony Souter as BBC reporter *
Chris Reilly Christopher Francis Reilly (born in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor. Career Chris Reilly began acting in 2009 age 31, and studied at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with a Screen Academy Wales Bursary. Most Recent Work: *" Slow Ho ...
as Alex Vance *Christina Andrea Rosamilia as a transgender person


Episodes


Series overview


Series 1 (2020)


Series 2 (2022)


Distribution

The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on
Sky Atlantic Sky Atlantic is a British pay television channel owned by Sky Group, Sky Group Limited that launched in 2011 and broadcasts in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel airs original British-produced dramas like ''Fortitude (TV series), F ...
in Italy, 18 April 2020 on OCS in France, 16 September 2020 on
W Network W Network (often shortened to W) is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel primarily broadcasts general entertainment programming oriented towards a female audience. W Network was ...
in Canada, and 7 October 2020 on
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in the United States.


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* {{Sky Atlantic 2020 Italian television series debuts 2020s Italian drama television series British English-language television shows Financial thrillers Sky Atlantic (Italian TV channel) original programming Television shows based on Italian novels Television shows set in Italy Television shows set in London