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Synopsis:
Based on Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 alternative history novel, one-hour drama series THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE explores what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II. Some 17 years after that loss, the United States and much of the world has now been split between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany, the dominating global powers. As tension mounts between the two hegemonic states, a resistance starts to grow as the United States citizens rise against the oppressive regimes.
While Germany controls much of the East Coast and Japan controls the West Coast, the Rocky Mountains have become a “neutral zone” — and ground zero for a rebellion, led by a mysterious figure known only as “the Man in the High Castle.” As people struggle with freedom, fear, equality, diversity and ideology, others accept their lives, as compromised and unfulfilling as it may be. After some enigmatic films surface with a history different than their own, some citizens begin to question their own history, reality and the government’s information. Among them are heroes, leaders, spies, pacifists, tyrants, rebels, enablers and sympathizers.
Premiere: November 20 on Prime Instant Video
Number of episodes: 10 hour-long episodes
How to watch: The Man in the High Castle is free for Prime members. Watch via Amazon Instant Video App.
Starring: Luke Kleintank as Joe Blake
Alexa Davalos as Juliana Crain
Rupert Evans as Frank Frink
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Tagomi
Joel De La Fuente as Inspector Kido
Rufus Sewell as John Smith
DJ Qualls as Ed McCarthy
Series Developed By: Frank Spotnitz
Executive Producers: David Semel (Pilot), Frank Spotnitz, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Stewart Mackinnon and Christian Baute (Headline Pictures), Isa Dick Hackett (Electric Shepherd), Christopher Tricarico, , Jace Richdale, Richard Heus
Co-Executive Producer: Dan Percival, Jordan Sheehan (Scott Free Productions), Kalen Egan (Electric Shepherd), Jean Higgins (Pilot)