1899 Netflix: All About Netflix’s 1899 TV Series, From The Creators Of Dark From Plot to Star Cast
1899 Netflix: It was December 2017 when Netflix stunned its subscribers with Intricate Dark, a sci-fi thriller series born from the brilliant minds of Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar. After the success of Dark, in 2018 the two authors signed a global agreement with Netflix to produce content exclusively for the streaming platform (as reported by The Hollywood Reporter) and so they set up 1899 Netflix, which brings to the stage a new mystery. , this time linked to the story of some migrants while traveling to pursue the American dream, they end up instead finding themselves inside a nightmare. Here’s everything we know about the 1899 TV series. This article is constantly updated.
1899 Netflix: The Plot
The plot of the TV series 1899 tells the story of a group of European passengers who board a ship to reach the United States. During the voyage, the boat encounters another ship adrift that has been missing for months. From that moment what was supposed to be a normal emigration journey becomes a real drama in which passengers find themselves involved, together with their “skeletons in the closet”. Every passenger hides secrets that he does not want to reveal to others.
On November 14, 2018, the official synopsis was released on the Netflix site:
The original series revolves around a migrant steamer headed west to leave the old continent from London to New York. The passengers, a mixture of European origins, are united by their hopes and dreams for the new century and their future abroad. When they discover another migrant ship adrift on the open sea, their journey takes an unexpected turn. What they find on board will turn their passage into the promised land into a horrible nightmare”.
Trailer of 1899 Netflix
On May 3, 2021, Netflix released the first teaser of the 1899 TV series:
On May 31, 2022, Baran bo Odar, one of the two creators of 1899, posted a short preview clip on his official Instagram profile, which preceded the first real trailer.
The official trailer, available in the original language with Italian subtitles, was unveiled on June 6, 2022, at Netflix’s Geeked Week event:
The Cast of 1899 Netflix
Below you can see the list of the main protagonists of 1899. Among the faces already known to the public, appears that of Andreas Pietschmann (German actor), who played the old Jonas in the TV series Dark. Also featured in the cast are Emily Beecham (British actress), and Catherine Miller in Disney’s Cruella. The actors of the cast of 1899 are all of different nationalities as it is a requirement for the plot, which is centered on migrants who come from different countries of the world.
- Aneurin Barnard: British actor
- Miguel Bernardeau: actor of Spanish nationality
- Maciej Musial: actor of Polish nationality
- Anton Lesser: British actor
- Rosalie Craig: English actress
- Clara Rosager: Danish actress
- Maria Erwolter: Danish actress
- Yann Gael: Cameroonian actor
- Mathilde Ollivier: actress of French nationality
- José Pimentão: Portuguese actor
- Isabella Wei: Chinese actress
- Gabby Wong: Chinese actress
- Jonas Bloquet: Belgian actor
- Fflyn Edwards: Welsh actor
- Alexandre Willaume: Danish actor
- Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen: Danish actor
Trivia: 1899 Netflix Is A Multilingual Series
The creators of 1899 Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, decided to deal with the issue of immigration at 360 °. For this reason, they have chosen a multi-ethnic cast that comes from different countries around the world including Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Spain. In the series, each actor speaks their mother tongue, and 1899 is also presented on Netflix. This feature has repercussions wanted by the authors even in the same plot of 1899, as people find it difficult to understand each other by speaking different languages; and this makes it even more difficult to manage the drama they face on their journey.
How Many Are The Episodes Of 1899 Netflix
The first season of the TV series 1899 consists of eight episodes lasting one hour each. The first episode that kicks off the 1899 series is titled The Ship. This detail was revealed in a post by Baran bo Odar, one of the two creators of the series, on his official Instagram profile of him.
1899 Netflix Release Date
The 1899 TV series premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022, while it will be available on streaming, the as per Netflix release schedule, from November 17, 2022. The release date was revealed by the cast of 1899 in a short video broadcast during Netflix’s TUDUM 2022 event.
Development of 1899
The creators of 1899, Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, are also the two executive producers and showrunners of the project. They both wanted to create an international show both in the making phase and in the plot of the 1899 story. In that regard they told Deadline the following:
We felt that with the last few years that Europe was in decline, we wanted to counterpoint Brexit and rising nationalism in several countries, to get back to that idea of Europe of Europeans working and creating together. We wanted to explore this heart of Europe, where everyone comes from somewhere else and speaks a different language. Language defines your culture and behavior so much. Netflix and other streaming services opened the door to content in so many different languages, breaking the barrier that people struggled to read subtitles with. There is so much to discover out there besides the English language, it’s good to hear different voices.
