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Los Angeles (AP) - The royal family series “The Crown” and the comedy production “Schitt's Creek” are favorites in the running for the television Golden Globes - and the production “Unorthodox” by German director Maria Schrader also has a chance to the coveted trophy.
The Crown, which tells the story of the British royal family, was nominated six times by the Association of Foreign Press in Hollywood.
In addition to the nomination in the category of the best TV series, Olivia Colman and Emma Corrin from “The Crown” are nominated as best actresses, Josh O'Connor as best actor.
The comedy "Schitt's Creek" about a snobbish American family who has lost their belongings and has to live in a small town from now on received five Golden Globe nominations.
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From a German perspective, the Netflix series “Unorthodox” with nominations for best mini-series and in the category for best actress is the greatest hope.
The production competes against the series "Normal People", "Damengambit" and "The Undoing", among others.
In «Unorthodox», director Schrader tells the story of an ultra-orthodox Jew who fled from New York to Berlin from her husband.
The main role is played by the Israeli actress Shira Haas, who competes against Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman in the race for a Golden Globe.
In the four episodes in Yiddish, English and German, Haas plays the Jewess Esther ("Esty") from the religious community of Satmarians in Brooklyn.
It is a world with strict rules of belief: women have to shave their hair and wear wigs, for example.
They must not be touched by their husbands during their period.
Esty is initially looking forward to the marriage, but a lot is different than expected.
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The scenes set in New York are loosely based on the 2012 book “Unorthodox” by Deborah Feldman.
The storyline in Berlin, however, is fictional.
The script was written by Anna Winger (“Deutschland 83”) and Alexa Karolinski (“Oma & Bella”).
Director Schrader is known both as an actress (“Aimée & Jaguar”) and as a filmmaker (“Before the Dawn”).
“Unorthodox” received a lot of international attention - the New York Times, for example, called the story of emancipation “breathtaking”.
Among the big producers, Netflix is well ahead of its competition in the TV division with 20 Golden Globe nominations - the provider HBO has seven, the platform Hulu has six.
The globe trophies in the form of a gold-colored globe are considered the most important film award in the USA after the Oscar and will be presented on February 28 in Beverly Hills.
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