After “Nothing New in the West” comes mystery and funny Nazis: these are the next German Netflix highlights for 2023 and 2024

Netflix is ​​now known for drawing attention to upcoming own productions at various events – sometimes well in advance. With the Netflix Content Show 2023, there was also such an event in Germany this year. FILMSTARTS was there when moderator Patrice Bouédibéla looked into the future for two hours with all kinds of prominent interlocutors (such as the actors Matthias Schweighöfer and Peri Baumeister, but also the directors Peter Thorwarth and Marvin Kren) and presented many exciting projects.

In addition to exclusive insights and trailers for major American productions such as “Tyler Rake: Extraction 2” with Chris Hemsworth, “The Mother” with Jennifer Lopez or “Heart Of Stone” with Gal Gadot and Matthias Schweighöfer, the focus here was mainly on German films and series that await us in 2023 and 2024 on Netflix and some of which were already known approximately, others were completely re-revealed.

After the streaming provider played a decisive role in making often neglected genre material from Germany more socially acceptable in Germany thanks to hits like “Dark”, and with the respectable success of “Nothing New in the West” also brought a lot of Oscar wind in the back for German Netflix content gives now challenge yourself further in areas that are rather unusual for the local entertainment landscape. Below we summarize, among other things, what these are.

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“Blood and gold(Beginning: May 26, 2023): Following his Netflix hit “Blood Red Sky”, “Bang Boom Bang” director Peter Thorwarth ventures into a film genre that has never existed before in Germany, at least on this scale: a Nazi action comedy with “Blood & Gold”. The focus is on the abandoned German soldier Heinrich (Robert Maaser), who becomes involved in the chaotic search of the SS (including Alexander Scheer) for a Jewish pot of gold.

“Paradise” (launch: July 2023): In the near future, the pharmaceutical company AEON and its obscure boss (Iris Berben) enable the transfer of life from one person to another. What brings some closer to immortality becomes a nightmare for AEON employee Max (Kostja Ullmann) and his wife Elena (Marlene Tanzcik) when the latter is asked to donate 40 years to pay off debts…

“60 Minutes” (Start: Spring 2024): MMA fighter Octavio (Emilio Sakraya) has only one hour to show up at his daughter’s birthday or lose custody. A race against time begins, in which Octavio is also chasing a gang of criminals.

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“sleeping dogs(Start: summer 2023, 6 episodes): A shabby cop (Max Riemelt) and a young prosecutor (Luise von Finckh) stumble upon an old murder case that leads to a large-scale conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of law enforcement and also seems to be connected to a destructive terrorist. attack.

“Dear Child” (Start: Fall 2023, 6 episodes): At the heart of the new adaptation (which incidentally features music by double Ocar-winning Brokeback Mountain and The Last Of Us composer Gustavo Santaolalla) is a mother (Kim Riedle) imprisoned for years with her two children by a stranger who . When she finally manages to escape one day, the true extent of this hellish journey is revealed.

“Criminel” (release: fall/winter 2023, 8 episodes): When the theft of a coin gets out of hand, family man Charly (Frederick Lau) and Austrian driver Joseph (Christoph Krutzler) must join forces to declare war on criminal clans from Berlin, Vienna and Marseille.

“Hello” (Start: Spring 2024, 4 episodes): Sven (Florian David Fitz) and his daughter actually wanted to welcome his wife Paula (Peri Baumeister) back to Earth after a mission aboard the ISS. But there is no trace of the astronaut. However, she has left her husband with a mystery that soon reveals to him that his wife has apparently found something in the depths of space that should not be made public.

“Suddenly Chancellor” (Start: 2024, 8 episodes): After a sensational drug and sex scandal involving her predecessor, conservative Christine Kilonzo-Krämer suddenly becomes Germany’s first black female chancellor in this political satire.