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Netflix’s hit limited series,Cassandra, is a German thriller with a concept that would feel right at home in Black Mirror. The Prill family – artist Samira (Mina Tander) and author David (Michael Klammer), their teen son Flynn (Joshua Kantara) and nine-year-old daughter Juno (Mary Amber Oseremen Tölle) – move to the countryside for a fresh start after a harrowing chapter in their lives. With an indoor pool and a serene woodland setting, the home has plenty to offer before the family discovers a household bot and accompanying central AI system.

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Cassandra, Netflix's newest sci-fi thriller, received a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score and ranked number 9 on Netflix's Top 10 U.S. Chart. The German limited series was written and directed by Benjamin Gutsche. The series follows a family who moves into a smart home that's been uninhabited for the last 50 years. Their presence in the house awakens a domestic robot named Cassandra, which was developed in the 1970s. The titular robot is determined to keep the family in the home and does everything possible to prevent them from leaving. Gutsche pulled elements from sci-fi, horror, and psychological thrillers to create this eerie series that explores the power and danger of AI through a dramatized lens.

The hit series stars Lavinia Wilson, Mina Tander, Michael Klammer, Franz Hartwig, Joshua Kantara,...

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Cassandra might be the perfect pick if your Netflix queue feels stale and you’re craving something fresh yet thrilling. With Squid Game’s final season still months away and Stranger Things’ return shrouded in uncertainty, this fresh German sci-fi effortlessly fills the void and does so in spectacular fashion.

Unlike the countless AI-gone-wrong stories flooding Hollywood, Cassandra delivers a uniquely eerie take by setting its rogue AI drama in an alternate past, where futuristic technology was already thriving in the 1970s. To share a glimpse of what the show offers, we have listed three reasons why you shouldn’t miss the Netflix thriller. Continue reading!

The Unique Retro-Futuristic Concept Of Cassandra

One of Cassandra’s biggest draws is its setting. Rather than relying on the usual sleek, modern aesthetic of artificial intelligence thrillers, Cassandra leans into retro-futurism,...

Cassandra is a 2025 German science fiction thriller series available on Netflix. The story centers on the Prill family, who move into Germany’s oldest smart home, only to find themselves at the mercy of its AI assistant, Cassandra. As the AI becomes increasingly manipulative, the family must navigate the challenges of their new, technologically dominated environment. Here’s a comprehensive guide to the main cast and characters of Cassandra.

‘Cassandra’: Complete Cast & Characters Guide of the Netflix series Lavinia Wilson as Cassandra

Lavinia Wilson voices Cassandra, the AI system embedded within the smart home. Designed in the 1970s, Cassandra was intended to manage household tasks and ensure perfection. However, upon the Prill family’s arrival, she becomes possessive and manipulative, striving to integrate herself into the family and prevent abandonment. Wilson, known for her roles in The Billion Dollar Code and Deutschland 86, brings depth to this complex character.

When a family moves into a decades-old smart home and reactivates its dormant robot housekeeper, Cassandra, they become fresh targets for her sinister motives. Will this mid-century AI system succeed in making its new inhabitants into a picture-perfect family — no matter the cost? Created by Benjamin Gutsche (All You Need), the psychological thriller series Cassandra stars Lavinia Wilson, Mina Tander, and Michael Klammer.

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Germany’s first smart home, which has stood empty since the ’70s, is finally inhabited once again. Samira (Tander) has just moved in with her husband, David (Klammer), and their two children, Fynn (Kantara) and Juno (Tölle) after tragedy hit too close to their former home. Luckily, as they rebuild their lives, they have some help adjusting to their new house: an AI home system named Cassandra that helps with cooking, cleaning, and...

Netflix's Cassandra highlights some strong performances from its ensemble cast led by Lavinia Wilson, Mina Tander, and Michael Klammer. 

The new science fiction thriller movie revolves around the story of a family who moved into the oldest smart home in Germany. While they are thrilled with their new home, things start to take a drastic turn after its built-in AI helper starts to take over. 

Cassandra premiered on Netflix on February 6. 

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The safe space of a home turns into a battleground for psychological warfare in this tense German sci-fi thriller, reaching a fiery inferno in the finale where the past is fully unveiled. Netflix'sCassandra has been split between the past and present throughout its eight episodes, following the titular character's (Lavinia Wilson) human life and her tyrannical reign over a new family as a robot and home system. However, the past is represented in a non-linear way, jumping between years and milestones in Cassandra's life, making it a bit disorienting to piece together a timeline. Meanwhile, in the present, the Prill family are entrapped by her robotic version's manipulative ways, where Samira (Mina Tander) is locked up in a psychiatric facility while her family is imprisoned in their house.

The mystery and the tension in Cassandra, the new Netflix series, are given life by the diverse characters who come with their own varied motivations and energies. The monstrous robot, the female in crisis, and the emasculated men all find a thematic space in the series. In Cassandra, the children too have definite and considerable importance in the narrative. The film’s approach at world-building, one retro and the other modern, is an ambitious endeavor. The cast does a smooth job of presenting both worlds as convincing realities. In this article, we will acquaint ourselves with the cast of Cassandra and contemplate a little over what their characters bring to the narrative.

Lavinia Wilson as Cassandra

Cassandra, the AI system on a supposed murder spree, is made even more threatening by German actress Lavinia Wilson. Cassandra’s monotone robotic pitch, her thin arching eyebrows, and her pale skin establish her as the female monster,...

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Buoyed by a busy start to the month with 38 new movies and series dropping, this week turned out to be very active for new releases. A total of 70 brand-new movies, games, and series debuted over the past week, with even more scheduled to arrive over the weekend. Below, we’ll highlight three titles that should be on your watch list, provide the full list of new additions, and check in on what’s been topping the TV and movie charts over the past week.

At least five new releases are also scheduled to drop over the weekend. The two significant movies on the way are Uncle Drew (2018) and Spencer (2021), the latter of which we just featured on our Best Movies of February 2025 list. You can find the complete list of everything coming up on Netflix throughout the rest of February 2025 here.

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Picture: Apple Cider Vinegar is now available to stream on Netflix UK

It’s a busy start to February on Netflix UK with 56 new additions to the library, including more legacy content from the WWE.

First of all, here are the week’s top highlights:

Apple Cider Vinegar (Limited Series) N

Episodes: 6

Genre: Drama | Runtime: 60 Minutes

Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Aisha Dee, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Ashley Zukerman,

Kaitlyn Dever previously wowed audiences for her performance in Unbelievable and will star in the upcoming second season of HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us.

Belle and Milla, two young women scammed the world into thinking their wellness remedies were cures for deadly illnesses, but as the lies began to catch up with them, their lives began to unravel.

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Episodes: 6

Genre: Drama | Runtime: 50 Minutes

Cast: Lavinia Wilson, Mina Tander, Michael Klammer, Franz Hartwig, Joshua Kantara

Given the...

"You have no place here anymore." Netflix has revealed the full trailer for Cassandra, a sci-fi series from Germany streaming on Netflix in February. Yet another of these series about Artificial Intelligence helpers at home who go haywire. It's a popular topic because obviously it's a "zeitgeist" concept for entertainment. Germany's oldest smart home awakens its AI helper Cassandra after decades when a new family moves in. Cassandra, determined never to be abandoned again, manipulates events to become part of the family. She fancies herself as much more than a fairy godmother who keeps everything in order. Cassandra sees herself as an equal member of the family and does everything she can not to be left alone again – with all the means at her disposal. "Originally created to serve, now fighting to stay." Starring Lavinia Wilson as Cassandra, along with Mina Tander, Michael Klammer, Franz Hartwig, Mary Tölle, Joshua Kantara,...

As Netflix is expanding its library of German projects, one of the most exciting upcoming titles is ‘Cassandra.’ This sci-fi series tells the story of a family moving into a high-tech smart home with a dark past—its previous residents died under strange circumstances. Surely the house’s lonely robot isn’t involved… or is it?

Announced in September 2023, the series is written and directed by Benjamin Gutsche and produced by Eva Stadler and Christian Becker with Rat Pack Film. Amara Palacios is the executive producer, with J. Moritz Kaethner handling the cinematography.

Netflix recently announced that the show will be released on February 6, 2025, with a new teaser for the show:

The official synopsis for the show states the following:

The oldest smart home in Germany has been empty since the owners died under mysterious circumstances over 50 years ago. When Samira moves in with her family today, the electronic household...

Confirming Germany’s importance as a growth market, Netfix on Wednesday announced 17 new and returning shows and movies produced by some of the country’s leading producers, including docuseries “Kaulitz & Kaulitz,” about the Tokio Hotel popstar siblings, and sci-fi drama “Cassandra,” about an overzealous electronic household helper.

Netflix presented 17 feature films, series, documentaries and reality shows at a special event in Berlin.

“We have seen again and again how local stories can captivate viewers here and around the world,” said Katja Hofem, Netflix’s VP of content for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “We aim to continue this successful journey together with our partners, sharing a common goal of creating exceptional entertainment that moves and inspires people.”

Produced by Constantin Entertainment and premiering in June, “Kaulitz & Kaulitz” accompanies Tokio Hotel frontmen Bill and Tom Kaulitz, twin brothers from Magdeburg, Germany, on tour with their band and in their new home in Hollywood.

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It’s time for another slate preview, and today we’ll look through all the upcoming German-language movies and series we know are in development at Netflix for release in 2024 and beyond.

2023 was a big year for new German-language Netflix Originals, with a dozen releases in total. Dear Child was perhaps the biggest, spending six weeks in the global top 10s in total. As a reminder, all the new German titles included:

1899 (Multilingual) Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold Blood & Gold Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld Dear Child Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate Hard Feelings Making All Quiet on the Western Front Paradise Sleeping Dog Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom Too Hot to Handle: Germany Woman of the Dead

This list is everything currently announced and Netflix De (or Netflix Europe) has yet to put out an...

Bobbi Salvör Menuez is in talks to join an international cast for “Lipstick on the Glass,” the English-language debut of acclaimed Polish director Kuba Czekaj (“Baby Bump”), Variety has learned exclusively.

Pic will star Agnieszka Podsiadlik (“Mug”), who previously collaborated with Czekaj on Berlin player “The Erlprince.” The international cast includes American actor Mari Malek (“The Nile Hilton Incident”), English-French thesp Laura Benson (“Touch Me Not”), and German actors Stipe Erceg (“The Baader Meinhof Complex”), Lena Lauzemis, and Mina Tander.

“Lipstick on the Glass” is a dystopian vision of reality in which a woman is induced to abandon her gangster husband to join a feminist sect. Producer Paweł Kosuń described it as a story about every person’s right to self-determination, regardless of their gender identity or imposed social and cultural norms.

“It poses a fundamental question: who am I?” he said. “This is a question which an ever-growing number...

Network: Epix.

Episodes: 29 (hour).

Seasons: Three.

TV show dates: October 16, 2016 — February 17, 2019.

Series status: Has not been cancelled.

Performers include: Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Richard Jenkins, Mina Tander, Ashley Judd, Keke Palmer, Caroline Gooddall, and Tamlyn Tomita.

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A spy drama from creator Olen Steinhauer, the Berlin Station TV show centers on Daniel Miller (Armitage). As part of an investigation into a whistleblower, Miller goes to the CIA's Berlin station on a secret mission to discover the source of the Thomas Shaw leaks.

Once an analyst working in Panama, Daniel must acclimate himself to life as a field officer. Luckily, his old friend, the weary but charismatic Hector...

Exclusive: We’ll never know if Ashley Judd ended up becoming CIA director because Epix has canceled Berlin Station.

Just more than a month after the Season 3 finale, the MGM-owned premium cabler has pulled the plug on a fourth season of the Paramount TV spy drama, I’ve learned. Epix confirms the critically acclaimed show isn’t coming back but had no further comment. No word whether Par TV is considering shopping the series for a new home on cable or streaming.

In today’s increasingly tightening margins industry it isn’t hard to tell what likely led to the end of the series starring Judd, Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Keke Palmer, Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Mina Tander and Richard Jenkins. With top-tier talent and its European locations dominating the Olen Steinhauer-created show, Berlin Station was not cheap to make. Add to that the reality...

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What's going on with Daniel Miller and the CIA's Berlin Station? Is the Berlin Station TV show cancelled or renewed for a third season on Epix? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Berlin Station, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?

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An Epix spy drama, Berlin Station stars Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Richard Jenkins, Mina Tander, Ashley Judd, and Keke Palmer. The series centers on Daniel Miller (Armitage). As part of an investigation into a whistleblower, Miller goes to the CIA’s Berlin station on a secret mission to discover the source of the Thomas Shaw leaks. There amidst the other agents and administrators, he discovers a...

Berlin Station has a new leader. Deadline reports Jason Horwitch has been named the new showrunner for season three of the Epix TV show.The spy drama stars Richard Armitage as Daniel Miller, a CIA agent who must go undercover in Berlin. The cast also includes Rhys Ifans, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes, Leland Orser, Tamlyn Tomita, and Mina Tander.Read More…...

In the wake of Sunday night's season two finale, Epix as renewed its Berlin Station TV show for a third season. Check out what executive producer Brad Winters had to say about Berlin Station, season three, earlier this week. The Berlin Station TV series cast includes Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Richard Jenkins, Mina Tander, Ashley Judd, and Keke Palmer. The Epix spy drama follows Daniel Miller (Armitage). As part of an investigation into a whistleblower, Miller goes the CIA’s Berlin station, to investigate the Thomas Shaw leaks. Read More…...

Warning: Berlin Station Season Two Finale Spoilers. Last night, the Berlin Station TV show's season two finale ran on Epix. The cable network has not yet announced whether Berlin Station is cancelled or renewed for season three. Now, executive producer Brad Winters is discussing what measure of closure was provided in the second season and where the spy drama could go in a potential third season. The Berlin Station TV series cast includes Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Richard Jenkins, Mina Tander, Ashley Judd, and Keke Palmer. The Epix drama follows Daniel Miller (Armitage). As part of an investigation into a whistleblower, Miller heads off to the CIA’s Berlin station on a secret mission to discover the source of the Thomas Shaw leaks. There, he uncovers that they lead all the way back...

On this weekend’s dramatic Berlin Station finale, a verbal shootout goes down in Ambassador Richard Hanes’ office, ignited by the unfiltered Robert Kirsch (Leland Orser). Berlin Station is declared persona non grata by Esther Krug (Mina Tander) and the Chancellor of Germany. Watch our exclusive clip as Leland Orser’s Kirsch shines brightly in this tense meeting that ends with threats of expulsion and censorship. As fans already know, Hanes (John Doman) and Kirsch have their own issues with each other, but the meeting with Esther Krug and the Foreign Minister of Germany and his petulant aide Stefan goes south quickly...read more...

On tonight’s heart-stopping edition of Berlin Station, we see Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage) and Esther Krug (Mina Tander) cooking up more than a snack in the kitchen. Our exclusive clip reveals their relationship has progressed to an intimate level. The episode is aptly titled Right and Wrong, as April (Keke Palmer) is experiencing flashbacks and is on the fence about revealing to Robert (Leland Orser) about Hector’s (Rhys Ifans) true mission, all while Daniel is working quietly to ensure that Hector gets safe passage from the city with help from his peer and now lover, Esther. No spoilers from us,...read more...

Tonight Berlin Station sees the fallout of Otto Ganz’s death as Esther Krug (Mina Tander) asks Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage) what he wants his legacy to be in a poignant exchange, as shown in our exclusive clip below. Also, the Station’s Robert (Leland Orser) and Frost (Richard Jenkins) are following a dirty money trail and head to Norway to investigate where the funds are coming from that go to the PfD. Meanwhile, Station chief Bb Yates (Ashley Judd) and Valerie Edwards (Michelle Forbes) will cook up a new plan involving a member of the Far Right while Esther and Daniel...read more...

On Berlin Station tonight, our exclusive clip reveals a clandestine meeting with Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage) called by an irate Esther Krug (Mina Tander) inside a dimly lit grocery store warehouse. She wants answers on her missing operative and Daniel’s plans on how, exactly, he will keep tabs on Otto Ganz (Thomas Kretschmann) and his crew, who are planning a secret terrorist act to coincide with Katerina Gerhardt’s (Natalia Wörner) election. This move by Ganz is designed to cause confusion and garner sympathy to Gerhardt’s fascist protectionist rhetoric with the electorate. It comes on the heels of Robert Kirsch (Leland Orser)...read more...

"What the hell are you talking about?" Epix has just released a new trailer for season two of Berlin Station.The spy drama stars Richard Armitage as Daniel Miller, a CIA agent who must go undercover in Berlin. The cast also includes Rhys Ifans, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes, Leland Orser, Tamlyn Tomita, and Mina Tander.Read More…...

Epix Renews Berlin Station TV Series for Second SeasonCan you hear the train rumbling down the tracks? Epix has renewed its Berlin Station TV show for a second season. Richard Armitage stars as CIA agent Daniel Miller, on assignment in Berlin, Germany. Rhys Ifans, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes, Leland Orser, Tamlyn Tomita, and Mina Tander also star.The first season of this scripted spy drama premiered on October 16th. Deadline reports the renewal is for a 10-episode second season. Epix has not posted the news to its press site, but the cabler has also reportedly picked up a 10-episode second season of its new dramedy, Graves.Read More…...

Lena Schömann, producer of box office hit Fack Ju Göhte (Suck Me Shakespeer), is switching to Constantin Film after 12 years at the distributor-producer’s subsidiary Rat Pack Filmproduktion.

Schömann’s credits at Rat Pack included The Crocodiles family film franchise and 3D adventure Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods directed by Christian Ditter..

Together with Becker, she produced writer-director Bora Dagtekin’s box-office hits Turkish For Beginners and Suck Me Shakespeer which has seen by over 7m cinema-goers in Germany alone and has taken over € 52 m since its release last November.

Schömann’s first project at Constantin will be the sequel to Suck Me Shakespeer, which will begin shooting this summer and be released by Constantin Film on September 10, 2015.

Suck Me Shakespeer, which won a German Film Award last month as the country’s most successful feature of 2013, is handled internationally by Berlin-based sales outfit Picture Tree International.

Constantin stays at school

School-based stories are clearly...

Zurich -- Yildiz Ozcan will take over as head of German production outfit Wuste Film Ost in October, replacing Sabine Holtgreve.

Her first feature in the new position will be "Dunkel" (Dark) -- a German thriller starring Katharina Thalbach, Mina Tander and Clemens Schick. First-timer Alex Schmidt will direct, with principle photography set to start in November.

Wuste Film Ost is the Potsdam-based satellite division of Hamburg's Wuste Film, whose credits include Fatih Akin's "Head-On," Danish World War II epic "Flame and Citron" (as co-producers) and Anno Saul's sci-fi thriller "The Door" starring Mads Mikkelsen and Jessica Schwarz.

The Slamdance competition is open only to under-$1 million budgeted films from first-time filmmakers and runs at the same time as Sundance (in Utah) to show a more truer "independent" film style. This year they've got some great looking films, including a sweet looking vampire flick which has the Karate Kid Ralph Macchio himself, Rosencantz and Guildenstern are Undead. I Sell the Dead which was well received at Tad will be opening the fest. Also playing will be The Broken Lizard's latest film The Slammin' Salmon, and Mum and Dad.

Checkout the full lineup after the break!

Narrative Feature Competition

The Ante

Max Perrier (Director), Danek S. Kaus, James Chancellor & Simon Perrier (Writers)

West Coast Premiere, Black Comedy/Thriller, 2006, Canada, 82 minutes

An innocent man becomes the killer everyone wants him to be when he gambles with his freedom in order to save it.

A Quiet Little Marriage

Mo Perkins (Director/Writer)

Utah Premiere,...