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The Swarm

The Swarm

The series “The Swarm” chronicles the struggle of humankind against an unknown swarm intelligence that lives in the depths of the sea. When the reckless treatment of the oceans threatens the natural habitat of this mysterious collective, it strikes back quickly, all human life is at stake – and the fate of the entire world population rests in the hands of a small group of scientists.

 

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With the support of the Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA of the European Union.

© ZDF/Julian R. Wagner / Leif Haenzo

CAST & CREW

Cast

Oliver Masucci, Leonie Benesch, Cécile de France, Alexander Karim, Joshua Odjick, Barbara Sukowa, Krista Kosonen, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Takuya Kimura, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Dutch Johnson, Eidin Jalali, Takehiro Hiera, Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, und andere

Producer

Eric Welbers, Frank Doelger

Associate Producer

Charlotte Groth, Friedemann Goez

Screenplay

Chris Lunt, Michael A. Walker, Steve Lally, Gemma Hurley, Marissa Lestrade

Director

Barbara Eder, Luke Watson, Philipp Stölzl

Commisioning Editor

Frank Zervos (ZDF), Burkhard Althoff (ZDF), Alexandra Staib (ZDF)

Production Design

Julian Wagner

Casting

Robert Sterne

Funding

Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union

PRODUCTION DETAILS

PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Mai - September 2021

First Broadcast

March 6, 7, 8 and 9, 8:15 p.m. on ZDF
available from February 22 on ZDFmediathek

Runtime

8 x 45 min