LIEBES KIND - Main trailer released for new psychological thriller series

DEAR CHILD is based on Romy Hausmann's best-selling novel

Head Writer & Director: Isabel Kleefeld

Writer & Director: Julian Pörksen

Produced by: Tom Spiess and Friederich Oetker

Director of Photography: Martin Langer and Alexander Fischerkoesen

Editors: Renata Salazar Ivancan and Christoph Cepok

Music: Gustavo Santaolalla and Juan Luqui

Cast: Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein, Hans Löw, Haley Louise Jones, Justus von Dohnányi, Julika Jenkins, Birge Schade, Christian Beermann, Seraphina Maria Schweiger, Özgür Karadeniz, and Jeanne Goursaud

Production Company: Constantin Television

Watch the main trailer HERE.

Watch the teaser trailer HERE.

Berlin, August 10, 2023 – Gripping trailer for best-seller adaptation: Perspective switches and dramatic twists will have audiences hooked on the psychological thriller DEAR CHILD. The miniseries of six 45-minute episodes starts September 7, worldwide and exclusively on Netflix. 

DEAR CHILD is based on Romy Hausmann's eponymous novel, adapted to screenplay by head writer Isabel Kleefeld together with Julian Pörksen. The pair also co-directed the series. DEAR CHILD was produced by Tom Spiess and Friederich Oetker.

The cast of the ultra-exciting series includes talented child actors Naila Schuberth and Sammy Schrein, alongside Kim Riedle, Hans Löw, Haley Louise Jones, Justus von Dohnányi, Julika Jenkins, Birge Schade, Christian Beermann, Seraphina Maria Schweiger, Özgür Karadeniz, and Jeanne Goursaud.

More interesting facts about DEAR CHILD:

• Romy Hausmann's thriller was also an international sensation – in the US and England, for example. The book has been translated into 24 languages in total.

• Head Writer Isabel Kleefeld and producers Tom Spiess and Friederich Oetker were able to get their hands on a copy of the book just before publishing, thanks to their good relationship with the publishers, and thought the story was so promising that they immediately secured the rights.

• The music for the series was created by Argentinian composer and two-time Oscar winner Gustavo Santaolalla. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for Brokeback Mountain (2006) and Babel (2007). He worked in collaboration with Juan Luqui to compose the tense, atmospheric soundtrack for DEAR CHILD.

• Two leading and very complex roles in the miniseries are played by talented child actors Naila Schuberth and Sammy Schrein. Since DEAR CHILD is a psychological thriller, the children each got a tailored and child-appropriate script written just for them.

• The child actors were cast first for the miniseries, before the adults, since the adults needed to have certain physical similarities with the children.

Coming on September 7 – exclusively and worldwide on Netflix!

About DEAR CHILD

Lena lives in complete isolation with her two children, Hannah and Jonathan, in a hig-security house. They eat their meals, go to the bathroom, and go to bed at precisely prescribed times. As soon as he enters the room, they line up to show their hands. They do everything he says. Until the young woman manages to escape. After a near-fatal car accident, she is hospitalized, accompanied by Hannah. 

DEAR CHILD starts where traditional thrillers end: with redemption. But the true extent of this nightmare is revealed when Lena's parents arrive at the hospital the same night. They have been desperately searching for their missing daughter for almost 13 years… 

DEAR CHILD is a six-part mini-series based on Romy Hausmann's novel of the same title.

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