Once the plot is established, You Are Wanted becomes a perpetual motion machine. In a crisis: will Lukas and Hanna stick together? No mercy: Lukas is tortured to give up “Burning Man”īig Brother is watching: in the cyber-command headquarters, USAĪ question of trust: who works with whom?
In danger: Lukas needs to protect his son Leon Hacker at work: Angel (Hannah Hoekstra) helps Lukas Going berserk: Lukas threatens the BND agent Wakura Uncompromising: Admiral Bruce Gardner (Michael Landes) on the hunt for Lukas Franke Ominous: Lukas sees his ex-mentor Case (Aleksandar Jovanovic) everywhere. The mistrust escalates into full-fledged paranoia in Season 2 when the CIA steps in to chase Lukas Franke down, and even the BND can’t protect him.įamily meeting: the Franke family wants to leave Germany Especially after the NSA scandal when it came out that the US intelligence agencies had been eavesdropping on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone. The storyline taps into the widespread suspicion of the United States that arose in Germany after the Edward Snowden revelations. In this all-too-timely scenario, every smart device is a surveillance tool or a potential weapon. He soon discovers that the villains have infiltrated his personal life, and he, his wife Hanna (Alexandra Maria Lara) and their young son Leon (Franz Hagn) aren’t safe anywhere. When Germany’s national security agency, the BND, joins the hunt, Lukas’ predicament becomes even more dangerous. With all of his personal data at their command, the hackers blackmail Lukas to do their bidding while the local police pursue him as a suspected terrorist. What is this Berlin-based thriller that has become must-binge TV for viewers in so many countries? You Are Wanted stars Schweighöfer as Lukas Franke, a nice-guy hotel manager and family man who is framed by hackers for causing a citywide blackout. The six-episode second season debuted in May 2018. Small wonder a second season was green-lit just five days after Season 1 went live. Even more notably, the show became an instant hit for Amazon in France, Italy, Spain and Canada – finding audiences as far abroad as Mexico and Brazil. The six-episode first season launched in 2017 and in just one weekend set a record as Amazon’s most-viewed series in Germany and Austria. Joining the ranks of other German hit series is Amazon Prime Video’s You Are Wanted, the breakout techno-thriller starring Matthias Schweighöfer.
Thanks to video streaming, suddenly there’s no telling how far a German show can go. A hit all over the world, the series is more than just the proverbial game changer for Amazon – it’s helping to redefine German TV’s image. When Amazon Video launched the first season of “You Are Wanted” with Matthias Schweighöfer in March 2017, the six-episode thriller became a literal overnight success.
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