"Fack Ju Göhte" Chantal becomes a vengeful GDR ex-spy: Jella Haase in a completely different way in the new Netflix thriller series "Kleo"
Created: 06/21/2022, 17:36
By: Janine Napirca
Netflix released the first trailer for Kleo.
In the thriller series, Jella Haase begins a revenge campaign as an ex-GDR spy.
The successful German actress
Jella Haase
has long since proved that she can not only mime the funny class clown, who is mainly interested in make-up, in
"Fack Ju Göhte"
.
In
"Berlin Alexanderplatz"
and
"Kokon"
Haase showed how versatile and talented she is and that she can play quite different character roles.
So now also in the new
thriller series "Kleo"
by
Netflix
was produced.
As an ex-GDR spy, Jella Haase has to take advantage of her changeability and slip into different roles.
A
first trailer
reveals at least once that she will change her appearance and her wardrobe again and again.
In the Netflix thriller series Kleo, a former spy (played by Jella Haase) is regained her freedom after the fall of the Berlin Wall and embarks on a vendetta.
© Svenja Terjung/Netflix
What is the new thriller series Kleo starring Jella Haase on Netflix about?
The Netflix series "Kleo" begins in
Berlin in 1987
.
Kleo, played by Jella Haase, liquidates a businessman in West Berlin
on behalf of a top-secret
Stasi commando .
When she was subsequently arrested by the Stasi, even her own grandfather opposed her.
The eponymous protagonist spends the next two years behind bars.
When the
Berlin Wall
falls, Kleo is released and seeks revenge.
Her campaign, which is directed against everyone who disappointed or betrayed her, not only leads through
Berlin in the 1990s
, but also into the
Atacama Desert of Chile
.
The screenplay for the Netflix thriller series "Kleo" with Jella Haase comes from the creators of "4 Blocks"
The screenplay for "Kleo" comes from the
author trio "HaRiBo" - consisting of Hanno Hackfort, Richard Kropf and Bob Konrad
.
The screenwriters are also partly responsible for the success of the series
"4 Blocks"
.
For the thriller series "Kleo" they were inspired by
Alexandre Dumas' classic "The Count of Monte Cristo"
.
A promising film adaptation with German participation should also be Frank Schätzing's "Der Schwarm", which was produced by ZDF, among others.
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When will the thriller series "Kleo" with Jella Haase be released on Netflix?
The streaming provider has not yet announced when Netflix subscribers will be able to stream "Kleo".
The thriller series with Jella Haase as a former spy is said to have
eight episodes
and will be available
on Netflix
this summer .
If you can't wait that long, you should take a look around to see which films and series have been available on Netflix since June.
(jn)