De drabbade

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De drabbade
Genre Drama
Written by Hans Rosenfeldt
Directed byMåns Mårlind
Starringsee below
Country of originSweden
Original languagesSwedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Scottish Gaelic, English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
CinematographyKurt Berggren
Andreas Wessberg
Running time60 min (12 episodes)
89 min (Television Pilot)
Original release
Network Sveriges television
Release28 September (2003-09-28) 
14 December 2003 (2003-12-14)

De drabbade (The Affected in English) is a 2003 Swedish TV series. It was partly inspired by the Danish television series De udvalgde from 2001, but has even more been the inspiration for the American TV series Heroes .

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Plot summary

A supernatural force sweeps over Scandinavia and Finland, causing all satellite and radar facilities to stop working for a duration of 6 seconds. During this time certain people get affected by the force and receive different kind of supernatural capacities, as their weaknesses are turned into their greatest asset. One by one they are recruited to one of two sides in an upcoming battle between light and darkness. The two groups are led by The Bright Lady and The Dark Lady. All are in danger as the Hunter seeks to hunt them down one by one. After both groups have formed (the Baby-girl is believed to be dead, but is found alive in some fishermen's net, having spent months in the cold water of the Bothnian Bay), all affected in both camps begin to amplify their skills, and it is assumed to be some kind of war between the two groups. However this is not the case.

The Bright Lady eventually turns out to be just another side of the Dark Lady. All affected in the bright group are put to sleep by their trusted leader through a magical spell, then as the Hunter shoots them in their sleep, their capabilities comes into the Bright Lady. The same destiny awaits the dark ones, however a man that can read other's thoughts suspects foul play, and a few of the dark ones run away from the Dark Lady, together with the strongest of all the affected. A six or seven months old baby-girl, known as The Balancer of Power.

The escaping group manages to find the journalist, that during each episode has found out more and more about what is about to happen. The two ladies will fight each other, and the winner will then destroy planet Earth as we know it (in some kind of Armageddon). In the final countdown, the little remaining group must try to find out what supernatural capability the baby, or The Balancer of Power, actually has before the Dark Lady arrives. But as the "mind reader" attempts to read the mind of the baby, he only discovers that she does not like water - but there is a certain smell that she longs for. Then the baby gets to strong "to be read". And at the second attempt the "mindreader" simply dies, but before he dies, he explains that the smell the baby longs for, is the smell of her dead mother.

Some of the characters

Bright side:

Dark side:

Others:

Themes

Characters are faced with the choice to use their new powers for good or bad.

Cast

and

Production

The character of the prophet Adelyn Saville (and web pages [1] ) was created for the series. In a buzz marketing campaign SVT sent out a letter containing a question "Är du drabbad?" and medallions covered in a blood like substance. In the letter there was also an address to a webpage. [2]

The summer before the series premiered, head writer Hans Rosenfeldt said he would talk about Adelyn in his episode of Sommar. [3]

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References

  1. Unknown author "The Secret Prophecies of Adelyn Saville". Retrieved on 22 June 2009.
  2. Gustav Edman. Var du drabbad? ... av buzz marketing? Archived 2004-06-19 at the Wayback Machine Sverox nr. 33. January 2004. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  3. Hans Rosenfeldt Archived 2004-08-01 at the Wayback Machine Sveriges radio s webpage. Retrieved 22 June 2009.