Amazon Prime Video is getting ready to release its next adaptation of a novel by successful author Sebastian Fitzek. The thriller adaptation, Der Heimweg, will be released in just a few days.
Hardly any other thriller author has shaped the German novel landscape as much as Sebastian Fitzek for years. His books have already sold millions of copies and are always guaranteed to make it to the top of the local bestseller lists. The novel Der Heimweg (The Way Home) was no exception in 2020 and became one of the most successful representatives of Fitzek’s oeuvre. Amazon Prime Video has now filmed the book and will be releasing the adaptation in a few days.
Amazon is filming Sebastian Fitzek’s novel Der Heimweg: This is what the psychological thriller is about
Jules (Sabin Tambrea) works for a company that offers women the opportunity to be accompanied home with telephone support. His shift on Saturday night begins as unspectacularly as usual, before he receives a special call: young mother Klara (Luise Heyer) tells him about a terrible and seemingly hopeless situation.
The notorious serial killer of women, known as the “Calendar Killer”, is hot on Klara’s heels and has given her a deadly ultimatum: either she murders her own husband (Friedrich Mücke) – or she herself expects to die. Only Jules can help her now. A dangerous game begins.
The novel The Way Home was at number 1 in the German book charts for a full 11 weeks and remained on the German bestseller lists for 81 weeks. Within a few weeks, the novel became the best-selling book of 2020. For Amazon Prime Video, The Way Home is the second adaptation of a novel by Sebastian Fitzek, following The Therapy.
Oderbruch director Adolfo Kolmerer staged the novel adaptation based on a script by Susanne Schneider (Bella Block). In addition to Sabin Tambrea (Babylon Berlin), Luise Heyer (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) and Friedrich Mücke (Beautiful), Rainer Bock (Better Call Saul) and Andreas Döhler (All Quiet on the Western Front), among others, can be seen in The Way Home.
