Dear Child - The new Netflix psychological thriller series - based on Romy Hausmann's best-selling novel

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Dear Child - The new Netflix psychological thriller series - based on Romy Hausmann's best-selling novel

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15 June 2023

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Available September 7 only on Netflix

Head Writer & Director: Isabel Kleefeld Writer & Director: Julian P rksen Produced by: Tom Spiess, Friederich Oetker Director of Photography: Martin Langer, Alexander Fischerkoesen Editors: Renata Salazar Ivancan, Christoph Cepok Music: Gustavo Santaolalla, Juan Luqui

Cast: Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein, Hans L w, Haley Louise Jones, Justus von Dohn nyi, Julika Jenkins, Birge Schade, Christian Beermann, Seraphina Maria Schweiger, zg r Karadeniz and Jeanne Goursaud Production Company: Constantin Television

Our nails must be clean, and we mustn't hide anything in our hands that we could use to harm ourselves or anyone else. Those are the rules.

He makes the days. And the nights. Like God.

Control makes us safe. Rules make us safe. Safety is the most important thing in life.

After having been controlled by her captor for ages, Lena finally manages to escape - this is where Dear Child begins. But is breaking free truly liberating?

Dear Child is based on Romy Hausmann's bestselling novel of the same name. The screenplay for this six-part psychological thriller is a collaboration between head writer Isabel Kleefeld and Julian P rksen, with the pair also working together to direct the series. Tom Spiess and Friederich Oetker served as producers of this gripping psychological thriller series, which is accompanied with music by Gustavo Santaolalla and Juan Luqui.

The magnificent cast features Justus von Dohn nyi and Julika Jenkins, alongside Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein, Hans L w, Haley Louise Jones, Birge Schade, Christian Beermann, Seraphina Maria Schweiger, zg r Karadeniz and Jeanne Goursaud.

Available worldwide on September 7 - exclusively on Netflix

About Dear Child

Lena and the children Hannah and Jonathan live in a highly secured house, completely isolated from the rest of the world. They eat their meals, use the bathroom, and go to bed according to a strict schedule. As soon as he enters the room, they line up and present their hands. They do everything he says. Until Lena manages to escape. After a car accident leaves her severely injured, she is taken to hospital with Hannah at her side.

Dear Child begins where other thrillers end: with salvation. The true extent of this nightmare is revealed that night, when Lena's parents arrive after spending 13 years frantically searching for their daughter

Dear Child is a six-part miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Romy Hausmann.

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