Writer(s)
Jaana Burbach
Jan Galli
Ron Markus
Wolf-Alexis Puttfarken
based on an original idea by Lisa Blumenberg
With
Désirée Nosbusch
Marc Limpach
Barry Atsma
Mai Duong Kieu
Tobias Moretti
Germain Wagner
Steve Karier
Eugénie Anselin
Technical data
Year: 2018
Language: German
Country: Germany, Luxembourg
Duration: 6 x 52 min
Producers: Nicolas Steil - Iris Productions
Lisa Blumenberg - Letterbox Filmproduktion
Distribution: Federation Entertainment (Ventes Internationales)
Awards and festivals
ROMY - 2019 : ROMY in the "Best Book TV Fiction" category (Oliver Kienle)
GRIMME PRIZE - 2019 : Prize in the "Fiction" category with special mention for Oliver Kienle (chief author, assistant author team), Christian Schwochow (director), Lisa Blumenberg (producer), Paula Beer (performance of Jana Liekam) and Désirée Nosbusch (Performed by Christelle LeBlanc)
Deutscher Fernsehpreis - 2019 : Best TV Series and Best Director - Christian Schwochow
New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards - 2019 : World Gold Medal in the "Feature Films" category
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis - 2018 : Best TV Production
Metropolis - 2018 : Best Director (Christian Schwochow)
Bambi 2018 : Best National Actress (Paula Beer)
Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen - 2018 :
Best Actor in a Leading Role for Barry Atsma
Best Supporting Actress for Désirée Nosbusch
Best Supporting Actor for Albrecht Schuch
Best Casting Director for Anja Dihrberg
Best Program Officers for ZDF & ARTE
Best Production Company for Lisa Blumenberg
Hessischer Film- und Kinopreis - 2018 : Special award for BAD BANKS and Lisa Blumenberg for outstanding individual achievement of a film project
Deutscher Regiepreis Metropolis - 2018 : Prize in the category "Best Director TV Series / Multi-Part" (Christian Schwochow)
Deutscher Schauspielpreis - 2018 : Prize in the category "Actor in a leading role" (Paula Beer and Barry Atsma)
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis - 2018 : Prize in the category "TV and new media productions"
30. Bayerischer Fernsehpreis : Blue Panther for Best Director in the "TV Movies / Series and Series" category (Christian Schwochow)
5th Festival of German Films in New York : # KINO18 Audience Award
German Film Festival of New York - 2018 : Public Prize
GOLDENE KAMERA - 2019 : Nomination in the categories "Best Series" and "Best Actress" (Paula Beer)
ROMY - 2019 : Nomination in the categories "Best TV Series", "Best TV Fiction Book" and for the KURIER-ROMY in the category "Most Popular Actress Series" (Paula Beer)
International Emmy Awards - 2019 : Nomination in the category "Best Drama Series"
Bambi - 2018: Nomination in the categories "Series of the year" and "Best national actress" (Paula Beer)
Berlin International Film Festival - 2018 : Drama Series Day
Luxembourg City Film Festival - 2018
Prix Europa - 2018 : Nomination in the category "Best Series"
Shanghai International Film and Television Festival - 2018: Nomination in the category "Best Foreign Series"
News
- BAD BANKS wins over the North American market.
- BAD BANKS ON ZDFNEO
- LËTZEBUERGER FILMPRÄIS 2018 - SIX NOMINATIONS FOR IRIS
- BAD BANKS IN COMPETITION FOR THE PRIX EUROPA
- BAD BANKS WINS THE BEST TV PRODUCTION PRIZE
- Prizes and nominations for Bad Banks
- BAD BANKS: EIGHT NOMINATIONS FOR THE DEUTSCHER FERNSEHPREIS 2019 AND NOW ON NETFLIX.
- GRIMME-PREIS 2019: TWO NOMINATIONS FOR IRIS PRODUCTIONS
- DEUTSCHER FERNSEHPREIS: BAD BANKS WON THE PRIZES FOR THE BEST SERIES AND ALSO FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR
Synopsis
After being wrongly fired from Crédit International, a prestigious investment bank in Luxembourg, Jana Liekam, a talented young investment banker, is offered a dream-job in Frankfurt under the supervision of prominent Gabriel Fenger, Head of Investment Banking at Deutsche Invest.
Suddenly, Jana not only had to give up her job, but also leave her boyfriend and his 5-year-old daughter behind. While Jana quickly manages to impress Fenger and his team with her passion and ambition, she realizes only too late that Christelle Leblanc, her former boss at Crédit International, has secretly been pulling the strings and manipulating Jana to her own advantage.
Soon, Jana finds herself torn between her new obligations and Leblanc's relentless blackmail...will she and her career survive this merciless power play?