| Genre: | Drama |
| Creator: | Oliver Kienle |
| Director: | Christian Schwochow |
| Composer: | Kyan Bayani |
| Language: | German |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 12 |
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| Cinematography: | Frank Lamm |
| Camera: | Single-camera |
| Runtime: | 50–53 minutes |
| Last Aired: | present |
Bad Banks is a German-Luxembourgish television series first aired in February 2018. In March 2018, it was renewed for a second season.[1] In the U.S., the series was acquired by Hulu.[2]
Production was carried out by Federation Entertainment and the first season was filmed in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, London and Luxembourg.
The first series consisting of six episodes was premiered in Berlin in February 2018 and broadcast on ARTE on March 2, 2018. Subsequently, U.S. network Hulu acquired the series. In August 2018, the series was released in the Netherlands on the channel AVROTROS. The series is also available on Netflix in Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland and France. Series 1 & 2 are both available in the UK from Channel 4 / Walter Presents.[3] The series is also available in Poland from TVP and on CBC Gem in Canada.
| Actor/Actress | Role | Age | Details[4] [5] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paula Beer | Jana Liekam | 25 | Former Crédit International (CI) structurer | |
| Barry Atsma | Gabriel Fenger | 45 | Deutsche Global Invest (DGI) investment division head | |
| Désirée Nosbusch | Christelle Leblanc | 49 | CI executive, former financial crime agent | |
| Mai Duong Kieu | Thao Hoang | 31 | DGI analyst, Jana's team member | |
| Albrecht Schuch | Adam Pohl | 29 | DGI salesman, Jana's team member | |
| Tobias Moretti | Quirin Sydow | 50 | DGI CFO, has a past with Fenger | |
| Jean-Marc Barr | Robert Khano | 53 | DGI CEO, colluding with Sydow | |
| Marc Limpach | Luc Jacoby | 40 | Former CI banker, Jana's ex-colleague | |
| Germain Wagner | Ties Jacoby | CI board member, Luc's father | ||
| Jörg Schüttauf | Peter Schultheiß | 53 | Lord Mayor of Leipzig | |
| Jeff Wilbusch | Noah Weisz | 33 | Jana's boyfriend with a 5-year-old daughter |