1. Wine by Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach is a screen version of the German bestseller "Wine" based on real cases from the author's legal practice. Who is already in lust rubbing pens, take your time. Wine - unrealistically different from the "series of lawyers" to which we are accustomed. Here, no one is looking for evidence, witnesses, do not try to incriminate the "witness of the prosecution" in a lie, there is no eloquent final speech of the lawyer and plus complete disregard for the personal life of Mr. Kronberg. In the series, the hearing of the case in the courtroom is more like a wake - in German, reserved, dignified, calm, all on the case. The representatives of the legal system have zero emotions.
The FSF guilt is more of a philosophical series-thinking about how "it is difficult to judge a person's guilt". Attorney Friedrich Kronberg is the only link between the series. A new series, a new case. But not Friedrich the main character of the series, the main character is his clients and their difficult cases. You understand from the very beginning - from the point of view of the law all Friedrich's charges are guilty. And in terms of morals? Is it worth punishing an honest couple - they committed a terrible misdemeanor many years ago, but thanks to this they managed to rise "from the bottom" and improve their lives? What kind of punishment did the wife deserve - she killed the husband of a sadist and a tyrant? And so on. Clients' stories are told with no decoration, "close to the text", more like a chronological list of facts. The creators have no desire to impress us, to evoke sympathy, to smooth the corners, to make us take sides. After each series, I had a different "aftertaste" - from a state of mild shock to disgust. And there were questions in my head - as he or she justly punished? Motive - a mitigating circumstance or "law is law" and everyone is equal before it? Why do rapists manage to avoid retribution?
For the first time, I faced "lawyers in the German way" and realized that the film about the lawyer Friedrich Kronberg - a very difficult movie, but I have to agree with the author - incredibly "difficult to judge about the guilt of man.
Country: Germany.
Year: 2015.
Status: 2 seasons.
IMDB rating - 7.1
2. Fearless is a story about a fair lawyer. Fourteen long years Kevin Russell is in prison for the murder of Linda Simps. Everybody around is sure - he is a criminal, and only his ex-wife Annie, all these years trying to get a review of the case. She is convinced that Kevin did not kill anyone, but confessed only under the pressure of the investigator. Accidentally, Annie came across the name of the lawyer Emma Benville, who has just won the trial and proved the innocence of his client, who was considered guilty for two years. Annie wrote a letter to her lawyer and, to her great surprise, Emma Benville agreed to meet with Kevin in prison. The meeting was "nervous," but Emma realized that not everything was obvious in the Linda Simps case. After agreeing to conduct her own investigation, Emma could not think that she would "turn a hive of angry wasps", and they would "sting" her and her friends strongly, ruthlessly, ruthlessly and at the most unexpected moment.
I will not belong to paint the charms of the fearless. I will save your time and say briefly - an awesome series. Amateurs tickle the nerves - to watch necessarily. Feel the hand of Patrick Harbinson (Homeland, 24 hours) - strong, truthful, dynamic, realistic and without terrorists, well, nothing). I take off my hat, Mr. Harbinson, and you made the viewer nervously wiggle, worry and worry. The main role is played by the talented, charming Helen McCrory (Sharp Visors, Inside the 9th issue). It is a pleasure to watch the fragile, determined Helen bravely go to her goal - to prove the innocence of the client no matter what.
Naturally, there are no TV shows without flaws, and in Bespashnaya they are also, but some of them are not fearless), do not pay attention to them.
Country: Great Britain.
Year: 2017.
IMDB rating - 7.6
3. Midnight Sun - Search for a serial killer in a Scandinavian way. In Sweden, a French citizen was murdered in the mining town of Kerna in a terrible way. He was tied to a helicopter's blade and the helicopter was spun around. The man literally got his head blown off. To investigate all the circumstances of the death of a French national from Paris, Detective Caina Zandi is sent. However, the death of the Frenchman was only the beginning of a series of brutal and mysterious deaths. Relying on the help of the local police and the city prosecutor Andres Harnesca, the lady has to unravel this difficult case.
Director and screenwriter of the Midnight Sun Mons Morlind. You ask. I will strengthen the effect. This is one of the creators of the series Bridge (Broen). Now the last name has sounded? And then it became clear at once since the series had a hand in such a maternal "maniac" - will be bloody, cruel, cruel and confusing. Yes, I can assure you that it is!
European series, and therefore all the characteristics of the "classic European series" in the Midnight Sun are present with a great deal - the slowness of the narrative, emphasis on the personal life of GG, periodic sagging of the plot, beautiful landscapes and natural shooting, excellent soundtrack, realism and excellent detective component. For connoisseurs and fans of the European detective, Midnight sun is a great gift!
I know - the series was shown on TV, but it was somehow past me. What if you missed it too? Look at this.
Country: Sweden, France.
Year: 2016.
IMDB rating - 7.5
To be continued...
Part 1: https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5d7bb23278125e00ad8d367a/beatiful-series-of-past-years-part-2-5d95036d35ca3100b0e4df89