4 Blocks 2017 - 2019

type: TVSeries

language: Arabic

seasons: 3

episodes: 19

genre: drama

director: Marvin Kren

Score: 6 / 10

4 Blocks is a German drama series. It stars Kida Khodr Ramadan as Ali "Toni" Hamadi, the leader of a drug cartel in Berlin-Neukölln which has strong connections with the Arab crime families including his clan. He is forced to postpone his plans to leave the business to live an ordinary life with his wife, played by Maryam Zaree, when his brother-in-law, played by Massiv, is arrested. He brings in Vince Kerner, played by Frederick Lau, a boyhood friend, to restore order in the family business, much to the dislike of Toni's brother Abbas, played by Veysel, who is eager to succeed him as the family leader.

Plot

The story begins with the Hamadi Family, one of the most powerful Arab crime families in Berlin which associated with the Al Saafi Family that controls Berlin's drug trades. Ali Hamadi, a wise man in the clan that is calm and collected while his brother Abbas Hamadi is a hotheaded troublemaker. When business goes down with the Al Saafis and the Hamadis lose power because Latif is arrested by the police, they have to find a way to keep their Empire from collapsing. However, with power, money, and traditions go by in the family, it’s hard to survive in weak-willed Berlin for Arabs, so they are willing to go through anything to get on the top.

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author	Benjamin Hessler
award	Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2018 German Cinematographer Award Goldene Kamera 2018 Grimme-Preis 2018 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1205229 Jupiter Awards
director	Marvin Kren Oliver Hirschbiegel Özgür Yildirim Özgür Yıldırım
genre	crime drama
keywords	arrest begin betray bos capture cocaine crime family drug trade kill landeskriminalamt lka moving in neukölln old friend organized crime undercover agent
musicBy	Stefan Will
nomination	Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2019 Jupiter Awards Romy
publisher	TNT Serie