Scripted series · HBO Max
Banksters
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Eren M. Güvercin
Yusuf Arslan
6 eps
Merlin Von Garnier
Malte Kaiser
6 eps
Michelangelo Fortuzzi
Steven Wedemeyer
6 eps
Maria Dragus
Melanie Hübner
6 eps
Zoe Fürmann
Charlotte Kaiser
6 eps
Anna Bardavelidze
Selda Arslan
6 eps
Numan Acar
Muhammed Arslan
6 eps
Britta Hammelstein
Hanna Arslan
6 eps
Andreas Pietschmann
Dr. Jakob Kaiser
6 eps
Omid Memar
Cem Atalay
6 eps
Momo Ramadan
Soner Arslan
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Banksters actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Banksters reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Tension.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Berlin, 2004. 20-year-old Yusuf is arrested during a football match, accused of multiple bank robberies. The question: Who were his accomplices? Staying silent means prison, talking means betrayal. His sister attempts to return the money and identify who betrayed him. Based on true events.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Quirin BergProducer
Writing
- Bernd LangeWriter
Cinematography
- Ralf NoackDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- YouTube TVStreaming
- HBO MaxStreaming
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