Cape Town (also known as Mat Joubert) is a South African-German produced TV-series based on the novel Dead Before Dying by author Deon Meyer.[1] The series is produced by German company all-in-production, whose head Annette Reeker bought rights 5 years before starting the production. Produced without any television channel backing it, Reeker funded the series with private earnings of about 6 million Euro[2] and wrote the episodes on her own, with English writer Mark Needham translating them from German into English.[3] The world premiere of the series was scheduled for June 23, 2016, on Polish channel TVN.[4]
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| Also known as | Mat Joubert |
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| Created by | Annette Reeker |
| Based on | Dead Before Dying by Deon Meyer |
| Written by | Annette Reeker & Mark Needham |
| Directed by | Peter Ladkani |
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| Country of origin | South Africa, Germany |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Release | 23 June 2016 |
Plot
editCop Mat Joubert is devastated following the murder of his wife, who also worked for the police. He now spends his time drinking and contemplating suicide. When he gets back to work, Mat discovers he has been partnered with a new colleague and has to investigate the murders of several men, all shot with the same German weapon. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Cape Town, young female models are being drugged, raped and murdered.
Cast and characters
edit- Trond Espen Seim as Mat Joubert
- Boris Kodjoe as Sanctus Snook
- Arnold Vosloo as Robin van Rees
- Marcin Dorociński as Christian Coolidge
- Axel Milberg as Norbert Wernicke
- Jessica Haines as Hanna Nortier
- Isolda Dychauk as Irena Krol
- Jody Abrahams as Bart de Wit
- Ian Roberts as Gerbrand Vos
- Nandi Horak as Rosina Windburg
- Vusi Kunene
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ GmbH, DWDL.de. "Gewagtes Serien-Abenteuer am Kap der guten Hoffnung - DWDL.de".
- ^ Germany, Quotenmeter GmbH, Würzburg. ""Cape Town" - Stadt ohne Identität".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Weltpremiere: "Cape Town" startet in Polen - all-in-production". Archived from the original on 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
