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lines before they happen; like when you feel a chord change coming in a catchy song.
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New international drama
Shadowplay comes to SBS next month.
The series stars Taylor Kitsch, Nina Hoss and Michael C. Hall, set in the direct aftermath of World War II, seen from the perspective of 1946’s Berlin.
The eight-part drama from the creators of
Midnight Sun and
The Bridge launches with a double episode on SBS and SBS on Demand.
Created by Måns Mårlind (Midnight Sun, The Bridge) and co-directed with Björn Stein (Midnight Sun, The Bridge), Shadowplay is the wild west of purgatory. American cop Max McLaughlin (Taylor Kitsch, Friday Night Lights) arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war. Max’s goal is to take down “Englemacher” Gladow, the Capone of this divided and broken city. Secretly, Max undertakes a personal crusade to find his missing brother (Logan Marshall-Green, Madame Bovary, The O.C), who is killing ex-Nazis in hiding. Unbeknownst to Max, he is being used as a pawn in what will becom