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The primary cast includes [[Emily Kusche]], [[Alexander Scheer]], Mads Hjulmand, [[Lea van Acken]] Karla Nina Diedrich, Adrian Grünewald, and [[Wotan Wilke Möhring]].
The primary cast includes [[Emily Kusche]], [[Alexander Scheer]], Mads Hjulmand, [[Lea van Acken]] Karla Nina Diedrich, Adrian Grünewald, and [[Wotan Wilke Möhring]].


The vast majority of the show is in German, but the first season especially has scenes where characters with Danish background such as the roles played by [[Roland Møller]] and Mads Hjulman converse in Danish. In the third season, two lesser characters speak English, and the main cast switch to English when addressing them.
The vast majority of the show is in German, but the first season especially has scenes where characters with Danish background such as the roles played by [[Roland Møller]] and Mads Hjulman converse in Danish. In the third season, two lesser characters speak English, and the main cast switch to English when addressing them.

The title of the show is play on the English phrase "slow burn", for a story that takes time to develop, which is most apparent in the first season of the show as the teenagers and adult on the island deal with more ordinary challenges of life as the "Taubengrippe" (Pigeon flu) begins to change the world. The use of the "[[Ø|ø]]" in the title, a Scandinavian letter used in Danish, conveys that the fictional island is in a border area of Germany and Denmark.<ref name="guardian1"/><Ref name="kino">(23 July 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlW0ZEwnH-Q&t=6015s Kino+ #308 - Sløborn, Out of Play, Yummy], ''Kino Plus'' (YouTube)</ref>


Under the English title "The Island", seasons one and two of the show have been released with English subtitles.<ref name="radiotimes1">(14 July 2023). [https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sloborn-release-date-channel-4/ Sløborn: Release date, cast and trailer for Channel 4 virus thriller], ''[[Radio Times]]''</ref>
Under the English title "The Island", seasons one and two of the show have been released with English subtitles.<ref name="radiotimes1">(14 July 2023). [https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sloborn-release-date-channel-4/ Sløborn: Release date, cast and trailer for Channel 4 virus thriller], ''[[Radio Times]]''</ref>

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Sløborn
Promotional poster
Genre
Created byChristian Alvart
Directed byChristian Alvart, Adolfo Kolmerer
Starring
ComposersChristoph Schauer, Max Filges
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman / Danish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes20
Production
Running time47–60 minutes
Original release
Release23 July 2020 (2020-07-23) –
2 February 2024 (2024-02-02)

Sløborn (titled The Island in English release) is a German-Danish television series produced by Syrreal Entertainment, ZDF, Tobis Film, and Nordisk Film. Christian Alvart was the primary creator of the series and its director. It aired for three seasons between 2020 and 2024. The series concerns a worldwide pandemic as it affects the residents of the fictional German island Sløborn located in the North Sea. The first season was filmed before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, and debuted on the German ZDFneo channel in July 2020. The parallels of the storyline to actual worldwide events helped fuel popularity of the series.[1][2]

The primary cast includes Emily Kusche, Alexander Scheer, Mads Hjulmand, Lea van Acken Karla Nina Diedrich, Adrian Grünewald, and Wotan Wilke Möhring.

The vast majority of the show is in German, but the first season especially has scenes where characters with Danish background such as the roles played by Roland Møller and Mads Hjulman converse in Danish. In the third season, two lesser characters speak English, and the main cast switch to English when addressing them.

The title of the show is play on the English phrase "slow burn", for a story that takes time to develop, which is most apparent in the first season of the show as the teenagers and adult on the island deal with more ordinary challenges of life as the "Taubengrippe" (Pigeon flu) begins to change the world. The use of the "ø" in the title, a Scandinavian letter used in Danish, conveys that the fictional island is in a border area of Germany and Denmark.[1][3]

Under the English title "The Island", seasons one and two of the show have been released with English subtitles.[4]

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