Crooks (TV series)

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Crooks
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Genre Thriller
Drama
Written by
  • Benjamin Hessler
  • Georg Lippert
  • Marvin Kren
Directed by
Starring
Music by
  • Stefan Will
  • Schallbauer
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of episodes8
Production
Producers
  • Quirin Berg
  • Max Wiedemann
Cinematography
  • Xiaosu Han
  • Andreas Thalhammer
Editors
  • Jan Hille
  • Christoph Loidl
  • Christoph Brunner
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time40–67 min
Production company W&B Television
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseApril 4, 2024 (2024-04-04)

Crooks is a German thriller drama television series written and directed by Marvin Kren. [1] Produced under W&B Television, and stars Frederick Lau, Christoph Krutzler and Svenja Jung. [2] The series premiered on Netflix on April 4, 2024. [3] [4]

Contents

On 25 June 2024, Netflix renewed it for a second season. [5]

Cast

Production

The series was announced on Netflix. [7] It is based on the Big Maple Leaf heist (2017). [8] [9] It marks the second collaboration between Marvin Kren, Frederick Lau and Kida Khodr Ramadan after 4 Blocks (2017). [10] The principal photography of the series commenced in April 2022 and wrapped up in August 2022. [11] The trailer of the series was released on March 5, 2024. [12]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 80% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10. [13] Ty'Kira Smalls of Common Sense Media gave the series a grade of four out of five stars. [14] Joel Keller of Decider reviewed the series. [15]

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