Druck (TV series)
Druck (English: pressure) is a German teen drama streaming television series, based on the Norwegian TV series Skam,[1] created by Julie Andem. It premiered with its first full episode on March 23, 2018 on Funk and YouTube.
| Druck | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Teen drama |
| Based on | Skam by Julie Andem |
| Starring | Lilly Dreesen Milena Tscharntke Michelangelo Fortuzzi Tua El-Fawwal Mina-Giselle Rüffer Sira-Anna Faal |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 58 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Lasse Scharpen Jan Kromschröder Eva Kaesgen Edgar Derzian Nikolaas Meinshausen Julia Zechiel |
| Production location | Berlin |
| Running time | 11–40 minutes |
| Production company | Bantry Bay Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | ZDF Funk |
| Original release | March 19, 2018 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Employing the same distribution method and overall storylines as the original Norwegian production, Druck is shown in real-time through short clips on a nearly daily basis on YouTube, supplemented with screenshots of messages between the characters over WhatsApp or Telegram and compiled clips into full episodes on Friday. Real social media accounts created for the fictional characters on Instagram allow viewers greater insight into the show beyond its clips. The first of these short clips was released on March 19, 2018. On December 24, 2019 a fifth season was announced to premier summer 2020.[2] On April 12, 2020 it was announced, that season 5 will focus on Nora Machwitz, while also introducing a new generation. On August 10, 2020 a teaser was released, announcing that season 5 would start on September 20, 2020. On September 1, 2020, Lukas von Horbatschewsky announced that a sixth season is in pre-production. On December 13, 2020, the first clip of season 6 dropped and revealed the new main, Fatou Jallow.
The show was nominated for the 55. Grimme-Preis 2019 and the 56. Grimme-Preis 2020, both times in the category Kids & Teens.[3][4]
Premise and plot
Druck follows a group of friends in their teen life in Berlin and deals with daily and current events, like friendship, love and the search for their own identity. Every season centers around a new character.[5]
The first season centers around Hanna and started with the first clip on March 19, 2018. After having "stolen" her best friend's boyfriend, Hanna suddenly loses all her friends and her former crew ostracizes and nags her. Her relationship with her boyfriend Jonas suffers from this. Hanna finally finds a new group of friends who help her get a grip on her life.
The second season centers around Mia, a close friend of Hanna. Mia is a feminist and dislikes the arrogant Alexander Hardenberg, who exerts a bad influence on her friend Kiki. After Mia asks Alex to end his relationship with Kiki, she gets to know another side of Alex and slowly develops feelings for him, which in turn threatens her friendship with Kiki. The first clip for the second season was released on December 17, 2018.
The third season centers around Matteo and his relationships, both with the boys and girls in the group. While the upperclassman prepare for their final exams and graduation, Matteo struggles with the pressure from his friends to be intimate with the girl he is dating while hiding that he is actually gay. He also is grappling with mental health and family dynamics that create an increasing reliance on substances to cope with them. While he stresses about school and girls, he experiences the rise and fall of his developing romance with the mysterious new boy in school, who has his own secret. The first clip of season three was released on March 9, 2019.[6]
The fourth season centers around Amira and the expectations put upon her by faith, family, and friends. While she prepares to find independence abroad she also wants to be true to her beliefs and to herself. There is a lot of pressure on her from the communities she belongs to, which her younger brother is also experiencing. While she helps those around her with their own difficulties, she finds a conflict between her commitment to her religion and the feelings that grow between her and Mohammed, who is not Muslim. She begins to isolate herself from the other girls, and must find a balance between all the parts of her life. The first clip of season four was released on June 8, 2019.[7]
The fifth season centers around Nora, one of Kiki's two sisters. After breaking up with Costantin, all her former friends reject her. Her mom is alcoholic and she has to face everything on her own, since Kiki is in another city with Carlos and Zoe, her other sister, avoids staying home with their mum. She finds some new friends and a new love interest while she deals with her own mental health. COVID-19 is also one of the themes of this season. The first clip of season five was released on September 20, 2020.
The sixth season centers around Fatou, member of Nora's new group of friends. The first clip of season six was released on December 13, 2020. Fatou starts a relationship with her crush Kieu My, while facing problems at school. Because of bad marks, she might not be able to graduate. In the meanwhile, her friends' group is collpasing due to some arguments. For example, Ava and Mailin fight over the theme of social justice. Although only some COVID-19 restrictions are shown on screen, the season was filmed before the new lockdown, therefore it does not reflect the real German Coronavirus situation between December and February.
Characters
The following are characters in Druck.
| Character | Actor | Counterpart in Skam | Seasons | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Hanna Jung | Lilly Dreesen | Eva Kviig Mohn | ha.nnanananana | Central | Main | Recurring | Main | ||
| Mia Amalie Winter | Milena Tscharntke | Noora Amalie Sætre | mia_hollycaulfield | Main | Central | Recurring | Main | ||
| Matteo Florenzi | Michelangelo Fortuzzi | Isak Valtersen | matteohno | Main | Recurring | Central | Recurring | ||
| Amira Thalia Mahmood | Tua El-Fawwal | Sana Bakkoush | amira.da.queen | Main | Central | ||||
| Nora Machwitz | Mina-Giselle Rüffer | norangensaft | Central | Main | |||||
| Fatou Jallow | Sira-Anna Faal | chibifatou | Main | Central | |||||
| Kiki Machwitz | Leanora Zoë Voss | Vilde Lien Hellerud | kikirekiii | Main | Recurring | Main | Recurring | ||
| Sam M'Pele | Jobel Mokonzi | Chris Berg | sampagner | Main | Recurring | ||||
| Jonas Augustin | Anselm Bresgott | Jonas Vasquez | jon_astronaut | Main | Recurring | ||||
| Alexander Hardenberg | Chris Veres | William Magnusson | alex.hardenberg | Recurring | Main | Guest | Recurring | ||
| Carlos Schmidt | Louis Daniel | Elias | car_lospolloshermanos | Guest | Recurring | Main | Recurring | ||
| Magnus Fossbakken | |||||||||
| Abdi Ates | Arda Göerkem | Mahdi Disi | kebab.di | Guest | Main | Recurring | |||
| Sara Adamczyk | Luise Emilie Tschersich | Sara Nørstelien | sara.czyk | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||
| Emma W. Larzen | |||||||||
| Leonie Richter | Juliane Schütze | Ingrid Theis Gaupseth | leonie.rchtr | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||
| Sonja | |||||||||
| Samuel Fischer | Pablo Grant | Christoffer Schistad | sam_el.fischer | Recurring | Guest | ||||
| Hans Brecht | Florian Appelius | Eskild Tryggvasson | super.sch_hans | Main | Guest | ||||
| Linn Shira | Ada Philine Stappenbeck | Linn Larsen Hansen | linn.sensuppe | Recurring | |||||
| Björn Quisling | Malte Thomsen | Nikolai Magnusson | bjoern.quisling | Recurring | |||||
| David Schreibner | Lukas von Horbatschewsky | Even Bech Næsheim | da_vid.gif | Guest | Main | Recurring | |||
| Laura Schreibner | Naomi Achternbusch | Sonja | Recurring | ||||||
| Mohammed Razzouk | Hassan Kello | Yousef Acar | mo_zouk | Main | |||||
| Omar Mahmood | Samy Abdel Fattah | Elias Bakkoush | phara_omar | Recurring | |||||
| Essam Mahmood | Hussein Eliraqui | er.sie.essam | Recurring | ||||||
| Nadia Mansour | Rana Farahani | Jamilla | nad.ya.amar | Recurring | |||||
| Stefan Wiese | Carl Bagnar | Recurring | |||||||
| Victoria | Tijan Marei | Recurring | |||||||
| Zoe Machwitz | Madeleine Wagenitz | zoe.keinwitz | Guest | Main | Recurring | ||||
| Ava Celeste Pereira | Aicha Lopes | its.your_girl_ava | Main | ||||||
| Mailin Richter | Frida Stittrich | __mai_lin__ | Main | ||||||
| Josh Zimmermann | Zethphan D. Smith-Gneist | dieser_josh | Main | Guest | |||||
| Kieu My Vu | Nhung Hong | q.meeee | Recurring | Main | |||||
| Ismail Inci | Mustafa Eren Özdilberler | ismail.worldwide | Recurring | ||||||
| Finn Nguyen | Quang Anh Le | nguyen.finn | Recurring | ||||||
| Constantin Ostendorf | Casper von Bülow | consti.ost | Recurring | ||||||
| Yara Aimsakul | Elena Ployphailin Siepe | yara.cita | Recurring | Guest | |||||
| Ilai Jallow | TBA | TBA | Recurring | ||||||
Episodes
The episodes listed here corresponds to the appearance on funk.net and YouTube.
Overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aried | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | March 19, 2018 | June 8, 2018 | |
| 2 | 10 | December 17, 2018 | March 1, 2019 | |
| 3 | 10 | March 9, 2019 | May 17, 2019 | |
| 4 | 10 | June 8, 2019 | September 22, 2019 | |
| 5 | 10 | September 20, 2020 | November 27, 2020 | |
| 6 | 10 | December 13, 2020 | February 19, 2021 | |
Season 1
The first season contains ten episodes and centers around Hanna Jung and her relationship with Jonas.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Liebe ist alles (Love is everything)" | 18 min | 24 March 2018 |
| 2 | 2 | "Wir alle zusammen (All of us together)" | 14 min | 30 March 2018 |
| 3 | 3 | "Freunde (Friends)" | 13 min | 6 April 2018 |
| 4 | 4 | "Die Party ist vorbei (The party is over)" | 11 min | 20 April 2018 |
| 5 | 5 | "Vorfreude (Anticipation)" | 18 min | 29 April 2018 |
| 6 | 6 | "Fick dich! (Fuck you!)" | 18 min | 4 May 2018 |
| 7 | 7 | "Einmal Schlampe, immer Schlampe! (Once a slut, always a slut!)" | 23 min | 18 May 2018 |
| 8 | 8 | "Blutige Drohung (Bloody Threat)" | 25 min | 25 May 2018 |
| 9 | 9 | "Abstürze (Crashes)" | 19 min | 1 June 2018 |
| 10 | 10 | "Partyhelden (Hero-Party)" | 30 min | 8 June 2018 |
Season 2
The second season contains ten episodes and centers around Mia Winter and her relationship with Alex.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Jungs sind scheiße! (Boys Suck!)" | 22 min | 21 December 2018 |
| 12 | 2 | "Brüste, Fatshaming & Kakao (Breasts, Fatshaming & Cocoa)" | 27 min | 28 December 2018 |
| 13 | 3 | "Mach mit ihr Schluss!!! (Break up with her!!!)" | 23 min | 4 January 2019 |
| 14 | 4 | "Die schönste Frau der Welt (The prettiest Woman on Earth)" | 33 min | 11 January 2019 |
| 15 | 5 | "Der Abi Chaker Clan (The Abi Chaker Clan)" | 28 min | 25 January 2019 |
| 16 | 6 | "Perfectly Wrong" | 22 min | 1 February 2019 |
| 17 | 7 | "Panikherz (Panic Heart)" | 30 min | 8 February 2019 |
| 18 | 8 | "Ghost Girl" | 18 min | 15 February 2019 |
| 19 | 9 | "Keine Angst! #MeToo (No fear! #metoo)" | 34 min | 22 February 2019 |
| 20 | 10 | "Liebst du mich? (Do you love me?)" | 30 min | 1 March 2019 |
Season 3
The third season contains ten episodes and centers around Matteo Florenzi and his relationship with David.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "Einfach abhauen! (Just running away!)" | 21 min | 15 March 2019 |
| 22 | 2 | "Joints & Sandwiches" | 23 min | 22 March 2019 |
| 23 | 3 | "Neon-Schmetterlinge (Neon butterflies)" | 20 min | 29 March 2019 |
| 24 | 4 | "Unter Wasser (Under Water)" | 21 min | 5 April 2019 |
| 25 | 5 | "Ich bin nicht schwul (I'm not gay)" | 20 min | 12 April 2019 |
| 26 | 6 | "Das Wichtigste im Leben (The most important thing in life)" | 25 min | 19 April 2019 |
| 27 | 7 | "Zusammen oder allein? (Together or alone?)" | 26 min | 26 April 2019 |
| 28 | 8 | "Outing" | 21 min | 3 May 2019 |
| 29 | 9 | "Liebe (Love)" | 22 min | 10 May 2019 |
| 30 | 10 | "Unsere Zeit ist jetzt (Our time is now)" | 23 min | 17 May 2019 |
Season 4
The fourth season contains ten episodes and centers around Amira Thalia Mahmood. The first episode links this with the last season and the last two episodes center around Mia and Hanna and bring their story to a conclusion.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | "Der Abiball! (Prom!)" | 20 min | 14 June 2019 |
| 32 | 2 | "Die Frau mit dem kalten Blick (The woman with the cold gaze)" | 17 min | 26 July 2019 |
| 33 | 3 | "Herzklopfen (Racing Heart)" | 22 min | 2 August 2019 |
| 34 | 4 | "Das erste Date (The first Date)" | 29 min | 9 August 2019 |
| 35 | 5 | "Gebrochene Herzen (Broken Hearts)" | 24 min | 16 August 2019 |
| 36 | 6 | "Eskalation (Escalation)" | 25 min | 23 August 2019 |
| 37 | 7 | "Du bist so wie du bist (You are who you are)" | 22 min | 30 August 2019 |
| 38 | 8 | "Verliebt (In love)" | 30 min | 6 September 2019 |
| 39 | 9 | "Hör auf dein Herz! (Follow your heart!)" | 33 min | 13 September 2019 |
| 40 | 10 | "Alles ist Liebe (Everything is love)" | 35 min | 22 September 2019 |
Season 5
The fifth season contains ten episodes and centers around Nora Machwitz, younger sister of Kiki Machwitz, while also introducing a new generation.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 1 | "Alles neu! (Everything new!)" | 27 min | 25 September 2020 |
| 42 | 2 | "Angriff (Attack)" | 21 min | 2 October 2020 |
| 43 | 3 | "Stalker" | 27 min | 9 October 2020 |
| 44 | 4 | "Kalte Küsse (Cold kisses)" | 28 min | 16 October 2020 |
| 45 | 5 | "Ende und Anfang (End and Beginning)" | 32 min | 23 October 2020 |
| 46 | 6 | "Unterdruck (Underpressure)" | 24 min | 30 October 2020 |
| 47 | 7 | "Ich fühle nichts (I don't feel anything)" | 21 min | 6 November 2020 |
| 48 | 8 | "Absturz (Crash)" | 27 min | 13 November 2020 |
| 49 | 9 | "Du bist nicht allein (You are not alone)" | 34 min | 20 November 2020 |
| 50 | 10 | "Fühlen (Feel)" | 40 min | 27 November 2020 |
Season 6
The sixth season contains ten episodes and centers around Fatou Jallow.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Duration | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 1 | "Neue Galaxien (New Galaxies)" | 20 min | 18 December 2020 |
| 52 | 2 | "Gay Silence" | 23 min | 25 December 2020 |
| 53 | 3 | "Supernova" | 26 min | 1 January 2021 |
| 54 | 4 | "Du bist fake (You are fake)" | 19 min | 8 January 2021 |
| 55 | 5 | "Ich bin nicht gut genug (I'm not good enough)" | 22 min | 15 January 2021 |
| 56 | 6 | "Schwerelos (Weightless)" | 28 min | 22 January 2021 |
| 57 | 7 | "Einfach vergessen (Just forgot)" | 24 min | 29 January 2021 |
| 58 | 8 | "Lichtjahre entfernt (Lightyears away)" | 21 min | 5 February 2021 |
| 59 | 9 | "Folge 59 (Episode 59)" | TBA | 12 February 2021 |
| 60 | 10 | "Folge 60 (Episode 60)" | TBA | 19 February 2021 |
External links
References
- Foreman, Liza (28 March 2020). "European broadcasters take on streaming giants by targeting youth audience". Screen Daily. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- Schmid, Julia (2 January 2020). "Neue "DRUCK"-Folgen bestätigt: Neustart oder 5. Staffel?". SerienFuchs (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- "Nominierungen – 55. Grimme Preis 2019". Grimme Preis (in German). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- "Nominierungen – 56. Grimme Preis 2020". Grimme Preis (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- "Jugendserie:Druck - ZDFmediatek". ZDF (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ""DRUCK" Staffel 3: Starttermin und erster Trailer veröffentlicht". Serienfuchs (in German). 4 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ""DRUCK" on the producers website, Bantry Bay Productions GmbH". Bantry Bay (in German). Retrieved 25 February 2020.