4 Blocks (2017)

Directed by

Marvin Kren, Özgür Yıldırım, Oliver Hirschbiegel

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Length

3 seasons, 19 episodes

Rated

16

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 169 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Berlin crime family leader is forced to delay his plan to leave the drug business after his brother-in-law's arrest. He brings in a childhood friend to help run operations while his brother tries to take control.

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What happens

4 Blocks is a German drama series. It stars Kida Khodr Ramadan as Ali "Toni" Hamadi, the leader of a drug cartel in Berlin-Neukölln which has strong connections with the Arab crime families including his clan. He is forced to postpone his plans to leave the business to live an ordinary life with his wife, played by Maryam Zaree, when his brother-in-law, played by Massiv, is arrested. He brings in Vince Kerner, played by Frederick Lau, a boyhood friend, to restore order in the family business, much to the dislike of Toni's brother Abbas, played by Veysel, who is eager to succeed him as the family leader. The first season premiered on German pay television channel TNT Serie on May 8, 2017. A second season premiered on October 11, 2018 and a third in November 2019. Internationally, the series airs on Amazon Prime Video. 4 Blocks has received critical acclaim in Germany and has won multiple domestic awards, including the Grimme-Preis for Ramadan, Gelin, and director Marvin Kren, and six German Television Awards (Deutscher Fernsehpreis), including Best Drama Series, Best Actor for Ramadan, and Best Director for Kren. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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