Blinded (TV series)
| Blinded | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Fartblinda |
| Genre | Drama, thriller |
| Based on | Fartblinda by Carolina Neurath |
| Screenplay by | Jesper Harrie, Jonas Bonnier, Maria Karlsson |
| Directed by | Jens Jonsson, Johan Lundin |
| Starring | |
| Music by | David Engellau, Uno Helmersson |
| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Original language | Swedish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | C More, TV4 |
| Release | 19 August 2019 – 27 June 2022 |
Blinded or Fartblinda is a Swedish television drama series, which was streamed via C More from 19 August 2019 and broadcast on TV4 from 2 September.[1][2] It is based on the novel, Farblinda (2016), by Swedish writer Carolina Neurath.[1][2] The first season of eight episodes was directed by Jens Jonsson and Johan Lundin.[1] It stars Julia Ragnarsson as Bea, a financial investigative reporter, and Matias Varela as Peder, a bank CEO.[3] Meanwhile, Bea and the married Peder are having a clandestine affair.[1] The second season, also with eight episodes, followed on 16 May 2022 with Ragnarsson and Varela reprising their roles.
Premise
[edit]Investigative journalist Bea discovers dubious practices in Stockholm's financial sector. There are contradictions between ST Bank's credit losses and those declared in its latest official quarterly report. That report claims the bank is completely solid with their recent financial performance exceeding expectations. Bea's situation is complicated by her clandestine affair with Peder, the married CEO of ST Bank. Peder is unwilling to publicly admit to any problems at his bank. Bea receives anonymous emails, which declare that the bank's losses are even higher than previously indicated. Bea learns that Peder has lied to the media, while she considers whether to reveal her lover's financial fraud.
Cast and characters
[edit]- Julia Ragnarsson as Beatrice "Bea" Farkas (previously Andersson): The Daily Post's financial journalist
- Matias Varela as Peder Rooth: ST Bank's CEO, Sophie's husband, Hampus and Hedda's father.
- Julia Dufvenius as Sophie Rooth (née Leijonhufud): writer, Peder's wife
- Albin Grenholm as Marcus Thulin: Bea's fellow financial journalist
- Vincent Wettergren as Hampus Rooth: Peder, Sophie's son
- Christian Wennberg as Bjarne Rasmussen: bank's CFO
- Lisette Pagler as Nina Vojnovic: newspaper's financial reporter
- Johan H:son Kjellgren as Anders Rapp: newspaper's financial editor, Bea's boss
- Edvin Endre as Carl Rehnskiöld: Otto's son
- Claes Månsson as Otto Rehnskiöld: bank's chairman, hunting club member
- Gabriella Repic as Eszti Farkas: Bea's grandmother
- Filip Wolfe Sjunnesson as Pierre Eckervik
- Martin Eliasson as Jon-Andreas "JA": newspaper's IT expert
- Vera Vaindorf as Hedda Rooth: Peder, Sophie's daughter
- Peter Eggers as Ulf Klingspor: bank's Private Banking manager, Peder's rival
- Urban Bergsten as Fotografen (English: Photographer) Björn: newspaper's photographer
- Robert Sjöblom as Sven-Ivan Segerfält: financier, Otto's rival, hunting club member
- Gabriella Boris as Anne Bystedt: rival bank's CEO
Season one only
[edit]- Oskar Thunberg as Henrik Beijer: bank's Trading manager, hedge fund expert
- Ania Chorabik as Eleonor Björnor: bank's Communications Director
- Björn Elgerd as Adam Berg: bank employee, Henrik's underling, Bea's former classmate
- Mats Blomgren as Sten Waltin
- Arvin Kananian as Nico Karamanlis: bank's Trading deputy manager
- Philip Oros as Herdi Kader: bank's Trading employee, Adam's co-worker
- Victor von Schirach as Robin Lesse: bank's archivist
- Christel Elsayah as Irene Lindh: Bea's confidante
- Yohanna Idha as Amanda Karlsson: prostitute, drug-dealer, Henrik's sometime girlfriend
- Björn Andersson as Martin Cassel: financier, Sven-Ivan's rival, hunting club member
- Tobias Cronwall as Broman: Martin's henchman
- Annica Liljeblad as Marianne Rehnskiöld: Otto's wife, Carl's mother
- Anna Sise as Rebecka Klingspor: Ulf's wife, Sophie's friend
- Kajsa Ernst as Birgitta Kerchinsky: bank's Governance, Risk, Compliance manager
- Claes Ljungmark as Torbjörn Ask: Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) chief investigator
- Johannes Kuhnke as Leo Stiger: nurse, Adam's boyfriend
- Emilia Roosmann as Polina: Sven-Ivan's latest girlfriend
Production
[edit]Blinded (in international markets) or Fartblinda (in Sweden),[4] is based on the 2016 novel Fartblinda by Swedish financial journalist and writer Carolina Neurath.[5] It is a fictional story, which was inspired by actual events. In 2010 a financial scandal affected the Swedish private HQ Bank, which lost billions in Swedish krona in securities trading and concealed those losses in its reports, having previously been named Sweden's best private bank.[6]
Filming rights were purchased by the production company FLX.[7] Jens Jonsson and Johan Lundin were employed as directors for individual episodes. The screenplay, based on Neurath's book, was mostly written by writer Jesper Harrie together with Maria Karlsson and Jonas Bonnier assisting on some episodes.[8][9] The first season's filming began in late 2018.[10] Starring roles for Julia Ragnarsson as Bea and Matias Varela as Peder were confirmed in October 2018.[10] On 19 August 2019, the series started on the Swedish streaming service C More and on 2 September 2019 on TV4.[10] Filming for the second season began in mid-2021, with Rangnarsson and Varela reprising their roles, its episodes premiered in May 2022 on C More.[11] A German dubbed version of the first season was broadcast on pay-TV channel, Sat.1 Emotions from 23 March 2020. German free-TV channel, One broadcast season one from 9 March 2021. The second season followed in Germany on 18 July 2022.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Krei, Alexander (5 November 2019). "Sat.1 Emotions sichert sich schwedische Serie Blinded" [Sat.1 Emotions secures Swedish series Blinded]. DWDL.de (in German). Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Blinded (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Knox, David (8 December 2019). "SBS on Demand: Blinded". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Blinded (Fartblinda)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Serien mit Carolina Neurath" [Series with Carolina Neurath]. wunschliste.de (in German). Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "HQ Bank in Zwangsliquidation" [HQ Bank in compulsory liquidation.]. nzz.ch (in Swiss German). 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Lundin, Julia (23 February 2016). "Carolina Neuraths bok kan bli tv-serie – FLX köper rättigheterna" [Carolina Neurath's book could become a TV series – FLX buys the rights]. resume.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Blinded". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Döbele, Ralf (26 January 2021). "Blinded: Schwedischer Finanz-Thriller demnächst im Free-TV" [Blinded: Swedish financial thriller soon on free television]. wunschliste.de (in German). Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ a b c "Ragnarsson och Varela klara för huvudrollerna i C Mores och TV4:s nya originalserie Fartblinda" [Ragnarsson and Varela are ready for the lead roles in C More's and TV4's new original series Fartblinda]. tv4.se (in Swedish). 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Krannich, Bernd (30 June 2022). "Blinded: Zweite Staffel des Finanz-Thrillers kommt zu Deutschlandpremiere" [Blinded: Second season of the financial thriller premieres in Germany]. wunschliste.de (in German). Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ ""Blinded" feiert Free-TV-Premiere" ["Blinded" Celebrated Free-TV Premiere]. Quotenmeter.de (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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