{"id":58735,"date":"2023-09-07T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=58735"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T19:36:00","slug":"apple-tv-lands-first-german-series-with-new-dark-comedy-wheres-wanda-starring-heike-makatsch-axel-stein-and-lea-drinda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/07\/apple-tv-lands-first-german-series-with-new-dark-comedy-wheres-wanda-starring-heike-makatsch-axel-stein-and-lea-drinda\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+ Lands First German Series with New Dark Comedy &#8220;Where&#8217;s Wanda?,&#8221; Starring Heike Makatsch, Axel Stein and Lea Drinda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58737\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Wheres-Wanda-20230907b.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Wheres-Wanda-20230907b.webp 555w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Wheres-Wanda-20230907b-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>Today Apple TV+ announced its first German-language series, produced by UFA Fiction, with new eight-episode dark comedy &#8220;<em><strong>Where&#8217;s Wanda?<\/strong><\/em>,&#8221; starring International Emmy Award\u00ae nominee Heike Makatsch (&#8220;<em>Love Actually<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Hilde<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>I&#8217;ve Never Been to New York<\/em>&#8220;), German Comedy Award winner Axel Stein (&#8220;<em>The Vault<\/em>&#8221; \/ original title &#8220;<em>Way Down<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Not My Day<\/em>&#8220;), multiple award-winning actress Lea Drinda (&#8220;<em>The Gryphon<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>We Children from Bahnhof Zoo<\/em>&#8220;), newcomer Leo Simon, presenter, and actress Palina Rojinski (&#8220;<em>Welcome to Germany<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Nightlife<\/em>&#8220;) and entrepreneur, actress, and author Nikeata Thompson (&#8220;<em>How to Dad<\/em>&#8220;). &#8220;<em>Where&#8217;s Wanda?<\/em>&#8221; tells the story of Dedo and Carlotta Klatt, who are desperate to locate their missing daughter months after her disappearance. When the police fail to find her, they take matters into their own hands and discover that behind closed doors, none of their neighbors are who they pretend to be.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58736\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Wheres-Wanda-20230907a.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Wheres-Wanda-20230907a.webp 555w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Wheres-Wanda-20230907a-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>The series also features multiple award winners Devid Striesow (&#8220;<em>All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>I&#8217;m Off Then<\/em>&#8220;) and Joachim Kr\u00f3l (&#8220;<em>The Most Desired Man<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Gloomy Sunday<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Mack the Knife &#8211; Brecht&#8217;s Threepenny Film<\/em>&#8220;), alongside Jasmin Shakeri (&#8220;<em>The Magic Flute<\/em>&#8220;) and Bavarian Film Award nominee Kostja Ullmann (&#8220;<em>My Blind Date With Life<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Paradise<\/em>&#8220;).<\/p><div id=\"morty-3599548162\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>How far would you go to save your child? For Carlotta (Makatsch) and Dedo (Stein), the answer is clear. Until recently they were a normal family, but after waiting in vain for the police to bring back their 17-year-old daughter Wanda (Drinda), who disappeared months ago without a trace, they are now taking matters into their own hands. 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