Am 10. Oktober startet bei der BBC eine ambitionierte Historienserie namens THE LAST KINGDOM. Sie spielt auf der britischen Insel im 9. Jahrhundert, als die Wikinger das Land heimsuchen, und zeigt die Geburt Englands.
Das Historiendrama wird produziert von BBC America, BBC 2 und der Produktionsfirma Carnival Films, der wir auch DOWNTOWN ABBEY verdanken, man darf sich also vermutlich auf eine qualitativ hochwertige Serie freuen.
Es spielen unter anderem Alexander Dreymon (American Horror Story, Blood Ransom) als Uthred, Rutger Hauer (True Blood, Blade Runner), David Dawson (Ripper Street, Road to Coronation Street), Emily Cox (The Silent Mountain, Circle of Life), Matthew Macfadyen (Anna Karenina, MI‑5) und Ian Hart (Boardwalk Empire, The Bridge).
Die Serie basiert auf Bernard Cornwells Romanreihe THE SAXON STORIES.
Zum Inhalt:
9th century AD; many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Vikings, only the great Kingdom of Wessex stands defiant under its visionary King Alfred the Great (Dawson). It is the last kingdom.
Against this turbulent backdrop lives Uhtred (Dreymon). Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is orphaned by the Vikings and then kidnapped and raised as one of their own. Forced to choose between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are ever tested. What is he — Saxon or Viking? On a quest to claim his birthright, Uhtred must tread a dangerous path between both sides if he is to play his part in the birth of a new nation and, ultimately, recapture his ancestral lands.
The Last Kingdom is a show of heroic deeds and epic battles but with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.
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