The six-part series “Blackout” with Moritz Bleibtreu on Joyn Plus+

What happens when the power goes out across Europe and doesn't come back on for weeks? The six-part series "Blackout", based on the million-selling bestseller by Marc Elsberg, tells this thriller scenario - exclusively on Joyn Plus+ from October 14, 2021.

Alongside Moritz Bleibtreu, top-class actors such as Marie Leuenberger, Heiner Lauterbach, Jessica Schwarz, Barry Atsma, Stephan Kampwirth, Herbert Knaup and many more play.

The high-end series is a psychological portrait of a society in a state of emergency and a highly gripping thriller that shows the worst, but also the best, in people.

On a cold November evening, a fatal chain reaction is triggered in the European power grid: power plants switch off everywhere, telephone networks collapse, trains stop - an entire continent disappears in the darkness.

While the government and authorities are struggling with the effects of the blackout and Frauke Michelsen (Marie Leuenberger), as the newly appointed head of the national crisis team, has to make decisions about resources and priorities - and thus about human lives - Pierre Manzano (Moritz Bleibtreu), a former hacker and environmental activist, becomes the focus of the investigation under the leadership of Chief Inspector Jürgen Hartlandt (Heiner Lauterbach).

Video: Trailer – “Blackout”

Manzano is convinced that the blackout is a targeted attack. His supposed insider knowledge suddenly makes Manzano, who actually wants to help Europol and the BKA, a suspect himself.

In his search for those responsible, he must confront his own past. For Manzano and for all of Europe, a merciless race against time begins.

“Blackout” is a collaboration between Joyn, Sat.1 and W&B Television.

The six-part series, based on the bestseller by Marc Elsberg (published by Blanvalet in Germany and in another 22 countries with a total of over two million copies sold), will be available exclusively on Joyn Plus+ from October 14, 2021, with free TV broadcast to follow in 2022.

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