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Spy City is a spy thriller television miniseries created by William Boyd about spies in 1961 Berlin, during the Cold War. The series first aired in Germany, and AMC+ picked up the rights to stream in the United States at MIPTV.
Synopsis
A British spy is sent to Berlin in 1961 to uncover a mole in the United Kingdom's Embassy or among the Allies, shortly before the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Cast and characters
Dominic Cooper as Fielding Scott
Romane Portail as Severine Bloch
Leonie Benesch as Eliza Hahn
Ben Münchow as Reinhart
Johanna Wokalek as Ulrike Faber
Seumas Sargent as Conrad Greer
Tom Ashley as George Brotherton
Rupert Vansittart as Ian Stuart-Hay
Adrian Lukis as Aldous Petrie
Tonio Arango as August Froben
Lukáš Bech as Vasily Lubkov
Mark Zak as Viktor Kovrin
Gabriel Andrews as Man No. 1
Episodes
Production
Spy City entered development in 2014, when Boyd created and began writing the show. It was initially planned to be a ten-episode series. In 2019, Dominic Cooper was cast in the lead role. The series was shot in Roudnice nad Labem, Plzeň, Prague in Czech Republic, from 27 August to 30 November 2019, subbing for Berlin in 1960s. The series was co-produced by H&V Entertainment GmbH, ZDF, Seven Stories (UK) and Wilma Film (Czech Republic) and was supported by FFF Bavaria, Nordmedia, German Motion Picture Fund and Czech Film Fund.
Release
Originally, all episodes were released in Germany on 3 December 2020 to the Magenta TV streaming service. The series will be broadcast in Germany on ZDF in Fall 2021. ViacomCBS Global Distribution has the international distribution rights, and at MIPTV, AMC Networks purchased the rights for the United States for AMC+. AMC+ is releasing the episodes on a weekly basis starting 15 April 2021. Britbox aired the series in the UK on 23 December 2021.
Reception
The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 70% approval rating, based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. Metacritic, calculated a weighted average score of 72 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
References
External links
Spy City at IMDb
Spy City at Rotten Tomatoes
Spy City at Nordmedia
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