Miniseries · Prime Video
Kraken: The Black Book of Hours
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Kraken: The Black Book of Hours actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Kraken: The Black Book of Hours reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
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
A crime series based on the bestseller *The Black Book of Hours* by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi. Kraken receives a mysterious phone call ordering him to track down a rare, valuable book; if he fails, his mother will be killed. The problem, however, is that his mother has been dead for decades. Together with his inseparable partner Esti, he must solve a complex case filled with suspense, action, and emotion.
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.
Writing
- Juan Carlos CuetoWriter
- Eva García Sáenz de UrturiWriter
- Óscar David GómezWriter
Direction
- Manuel SanabriaDirector
- Joaquín LlamasDirector
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