Jantje Friese’s 1899 Series OTT Release date, OTT platform, Time and More

Jantje Friese’s 1899 Series OTT Release date: With her creative and emotional partner Baran bo Odar, German film producer and screenwriter Jantje Friese (born in 1977) co-created the Netflix series Dark (2017–2020) and 1899 (2022). At the University of Television and Film Munich, Jantje Friese studied production and media management. Following graduation, she worked as a producer for Neue Sentimental Film Berlin and Made in Munich Film Production. In 2010, she and her spouse Baran bo Odar served as the production managers of the feature film The Silence.

She co-wrote the Who Am I – No System Is Safe (2014) screenplay with Odar, who also served as the film’s director. At the 2015 German Film Award, her work was up for Best Screenplay.

Through this movie, Netflix learned about Friese and Odar and made them both offer to create a TV show based on the movie. Instead, Dark, the first German Netflix series, was co-created by Friese and Odar and debuted on December 1, 2017. For her writing on Dark season 1, Friese received a Grimme-Preis in 2018, Germany’s highest television honor.  Dark was renewed for a third season on June 21, 2019, and season 2 was made available. that was published on June 27, 2020. Friese and Odar made the announcement for their upcoming series, 1899, before the third season of Dark debuted.

1899 Series OTT Release

Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar are the creators of the multilingual 1899, an epic period mystery-science fiction streaming television series in German. On November 17, 2022, Netflix announced its debut. It has garnered largely favorable reviews from critics, who praised the performances, directing, photography, and casting while occasionally criticizing the pacing as being too slow. The producers are considering two additional seasons.

The first two episodes had their debut in September 2022 at the Toronto International Film Festival. The entire season premiered on Netflix on November 17, 2022.

Series Storyline/ Plot

The steamer Kerberos is traveling from England to New York City on October 19, 1899. On the same journey, its sister ship Prometheus vanished without a trace four months earlier. When third-class traveler Krester comes in, pleading for a doctor, Maura and many other first-class travelers on Kerberos are in the dining area. Franz kicks Krester out, but Maura follows Krester down into third class and untangles Tove’s knotted umbilical cord. Concerns about closeness plague Lucien and Clémence. Maura experiences odd visions. She runs across the Kerberos’s captain, Eyk, who cautions her to abide by the ship’s regulations. A communication containing merely a set of coordinates was received, likely from Prometheus. Many passengers were upset by Eyk’s decision to alter the Kerberos’ path to those coordinates.

The Prometheus, which looks to have been abandoned, is seen by Kerberos. Along with Maura, Ramiro, Olek, and Jérôme, Eyk boards the Prometheus. Kester piques angel’s attention. The Kerberos is boarded by an enigmatic figure who enters the space next to Maura’s. Eyk discovers a bizarre hairband on Prometheus and learns that the telegraph has been destroyed. Scarab beetle leads Maura to a cupboard, which she opens to discover a boy giving her a black tetrahedron object. The shipping business sends Eyk a telegram that just contains the two words “Sink ship.” The boy, the sole individual found on Prometheus, is housed in Maura’s room. She finds a ring in his possession and a mark behind his left ear that looks like an upside-down triangle with a horizontal line.

Daniel is the name the enigmatic man uses to address Maura. Kester receives a cigarette tin from Angel. A Legion of Honor medal was left in the room of Lucien and Clémence by Jérôme. One of Eyk’s daughters wears the same hairband as Prometheus, and he experiences hallucinations of his wife and daughters, who perished in a home fire a few years earlier. When he awakens, a shaft has appeared in his bedroom beneath the bed.

Cast and Crew

• Emily Beecham as Maura Henriette Franklin/Singleton, a neurologist and one of the first female doctors in the UK, traveling alone to America
• Aneurin Barnard is Daniel Solace, a mysterious man who boards the Kerberos.
• Andreas Pietschmann as Eyk Larsen, the ship’s weather-beaten captain
• Miguel Bernardeau as Ángel, a wealthy Spaniard traveling with Ramiro
• José Pimentão as Ramiro, a faux priest traveling with Ángel
• Isabella Wei is Ling Yi, a mysterious young woman from Hong Kong, traveling with Yuk Je.
• Gabby Wong is Yuk Je, a middle-aged woman from Hong Kong traveling with Ling Yi.
• Yann Gael [fr] as Jérôme, a French stowaway.
• Mathilde Ollivier as Clémence, a young woman from the Paris elite, accompanied by her new husband Lucien
• Jonas Bloquet as Lucien, an upper-class Parisian, and former Lieutenant of the French Foreign Legion, newly married to his wife Clémence
• Rosalie Craig as Virginia Wilson, a sociable, wealthy British woman
• Maciej Musiał as Olek, a Polish stoker on his way to New York
• Clara Rosager as Tove, a young pregnant Danish woman traveling to New York with her family
• Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen [de] as Krester, a young Danish man with a mysterious scar on his face
• Maria Erwolter as Iben, a religious Dane traveling with her husband Anker and children, who supposedly hears the voice of God
• Alexandre Willaume as Anker, a religious Dane going to New York with his wife Iben, his son Krester, and his daughters Tove and Ada
• Tino Mewes as Sebastian, the first mate on the Kerberos
• Isaak Dentler as Franz, the captain’s right-hand man
• Fflyn Edwards as Elliot, a.k.a. “the boy”, a mysterious mute boy found under unusual circumstances, who becomes Maura’s charge on board the Kerberos.
• Anton Lesser as Henry Singleton, a British investor and Maura’s father

1899 Series OTT Release Date, Digital Rights, and Satellite Rights

Netflix aims to provide the best shows and films in a variety of languages from across the world while also making sure that they have the most subscribers who can continue to stream material uninterrupted. This fascinating series is slated to premiere on Netflix on November 17, 2022.

1899 Series Digital OTT  Platform Rights

Baran bo Odar, who previously oversaw one of the best science fiction thrillers, “Dark,” is in charge of directing this series. One of the top mind-bending online programs now available has been called Dark. We might anticipate more mind-bending material in 1899 because the same guy is directing both of these programs. The rights to this intriguing and eagerly awaited series have been purchased by Netflix’s OTT service.

1899 Series Theatres/ OTT Release

The eight-episode first season of the 1899 online series centers on transnational immigrants who are crossing continents until they are lost in the middle of the ocean. This intriguing 8-episode series will be accessible for streaming on the Netflix OTT platform, although the developers have not yet chosen a definite OTT release date for the show.

Date of Theatrical Release: n/a

Online Streaming: Netflix

A release date for OTT: November 17, 2022.

 Satellite rights: TBA

Date of Satellite Release: TBD

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Our Final Review

Another perplexing show from the makers of Dark, 1899 will have you watching each episode even though the subject and production will leave you perplexed. Netflix will start offering this series for streaming on November 17. Starting at 1:30 PM IST, you can start watching it.