The key cast for drama series “Hamburg Days,” about The Beatles’ early days in the German city, has been revealed as the six-parter started filming in Hamburg, Munich and Liverpool.
The series stars Rhys Mannion (“It Is in Us All,” “Freud’s Last Session”) as John Lennon, Liverpudlian singer/songwriter Ellis Murphy as Paul McCartney, newcomer Harvey Brett as George Harrison, Louis Landau (“Rivals,” “Kennedy”) as Stu Sutcliffe, newcomer Patrick Gilmore as Pete Best, Luna Jordan (“Wild Republic,” “Sleeping Dog”) as Astrid Kirchherr, Casper von Bülow (“Druck,” “Wann wird es endlich wieder so, wie es nie war”) as Klaus Voorman, Laura Tonke (“22 Lengths,” “Amrum”) as Nielsa Kirchherr, Trystan Pütter (“Ku’damm 56”), and Max von der Groeben (“Fack Ju Göhte”).
“Hamburg Days”
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The show is created by showrunner Christian Schwochow, whose credits include “The Crown” and “Munich – The Edge of War,” and head writer Jamie Carragher, who previously worked on “Succession.” The story is inspired by German artist Klaus Voormann’s autobiography.
“Hamburg Days” is set in the 1960s in the smoke-filled clubs of Hamburg’s St. Pauli red-light district, where an inexperienced young rock ‘n’ roll band from Liverpool collide with two young artists, Klaus Voormann and Astrid Kirchherr. Together they help spark a transformation that turns a scrappy group of teenagers into the greatest music phenomenon the world has ever known.
The music is being curated by music producer and BAFTA-winner David Holmes (“Killing Eve,” “Ocean’s” franchise).
The series is produced by W&B Television and Turbine Studios, with co-financiers AGC Television and German broadcaster ZDF. The BBC have acquired it for BBC iPlayer and BBC One.
The series was developed by Benjamin Benedict (“Generation War”). Schwochow is directing, alongside Laura Lackmann (“Call My Agent Berlin,” “The Pimp: No F***Ing Fairytale”). Frank Lamm (“Andor,” “The Crown”) is director of photography. Klaus Voormann is an exclusive consultant to the show.
Carragher and Schwochow are executive producers alongside Benedict, Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann of W&B Television, Andrew Eaton and Justin Thomson of Turbine Studios, and AGC’s Stuart Ford, Lourdes Diaz and Miguel A. Palos Jr. Isabel Haug of W&B Television and Katharina Haase serve as producers. At ZDF, the project is overseen by Alexandra Staib, Caroline von Senden and Sandra Dettki.
It is being produced with the support of the German Motion Picture Fund (GMPF), MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern and Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg.
AGC Intl. is handling worldwide sales outside the U.K. (BBC) and Germany (ZDF).
Source: variety.com
