Faster Than Fear

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Faster Than Fear
German Schneller als die Angst
Genre Drama
Screenplay byKlaus Arriens und Thomas Wilke
Directed byFlorian Baxmeyer
Starring
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producers Sam Davis
Kim Fatheuer
Camera setup Multi-camera
Production companyRowboat Film
Release
Original network Das Erste
Original releaseJanuary 1, 2022 (2022-01-01) –
present

Faster Than Fear (German: Schneller als die Angst) is a 2022 German TV series directed by Florian Baxmeyer. [1] It's based on an original idea from Klaus Arriens and Thomas Wilke who also wrote the scripts for all six episodes.

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Plot

Sunny is a tough cop, but lately she hasn't been quite herself. After a six-week absence, she is back on duty, right back on a hard case. André Haffner has escaped the prison and nobody knows how. He must have had help – on the inside and out. One thing is for sure: he will kill again – and his victims are women. Sunny is eager to take the lead, but her superiors give that to her colleague and send her to therapy. Sunny has a secret reason for her absence: she was assaulted and has no idea by whom. Even though her male colleagues and her partner Alex support her, she doesn't trust them fully. Suspicion has become her second nature and when Sunny finds out who may have attacked her, she wages a proxy war with the hunt for Haffner, revealing more parallels between them than she would like.

Cast

Production

The first season was shot between August 4, 2020, and October 30, 2020, in Magdeburg and Berlin. [2]

The series was broadcast in double episodes on January 1, January 2, and January 9, 2022, on Das Erste in late prime. It was first published on the streaming platform of ARD on December 30, 2021. [3]

Reception

Faster Than Fear got positive reviews overall. Joachim Huber for Tagesspiegel mentioned that the series is "a must for an every series fan". He praised the crew and the entire ensemble for celebrating the art of television through the series. [4]

The Weser-Kurier enjoys the complex characters who are exposed layer by layer over the course of the script. [5]

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on the other hand, criticizes the introduction of the characters, but states that the series finally comes into its own in the second episode. [6]

Tilmann P. Gangloff for Tittelbach.tv wrote that the twisty und exciting plot enfolds on two levels: the crumbling network of relationships on one hand and the cat-and-mouse-game-like hunt for serial killer on the other, which both escalate eventually. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Beta Film Sells Police Thriller 'Faster Than Fear' to Austria, Australia, New Zealand". Variety . Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  2. ↑ Schneller als die Angst, TV-Serie, 2020-2021 | Crew United (in German), retrieved 2022-05-30
  3. ↑ "Schneller als die Angst (1) - Filme im Ersten - ARD | Das Erste". www.daserste.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  4. ↑ Huber, Joachim (2021-12-30). "Wenn der Blick in den Abgrund geht". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN   1865-2263 . Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  5. ↑ "Krimiserie "Schneller als die Angst": Großes Kino in der ARD". www.rnd.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  6. ↑ Hannemann, Matthias. ""Schneller als die Angst" im Ersten: Psychopathen in freier Wildbahn". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN   0174-4909 . Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  7. ↑ "Schneller als die Angst – Kritik zum Film bei Tittelbach.tv". tittelbach.tv - der fernsehfilm beobachter. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
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