Anton Lesser to star in Netflix mystery series 1899

Game of Thrones and The Crown actor Anton Lesser is set to star in Netflix original mystery series 1899.

Production has begun on the suspenseful drama from writer Jantje Friese and director Baran bo Odar, the team behind award-winning German series Dark, who are also co-producers and co-showrunners.

The eight-episode series follows the mysterious circumstances around the voyage of an immigrant ship from Europe to New York. The passengers, all of different backgrounds and nationalities, are united by their hopes and dreams for a new century and their future abroad. When they discover a second ship adrift on the open sea that had gone missing for months, their journey takes an unexpected turn. 

What they find on board will turn their passage to the promised land into a nightmare-like riddle, connecting each of the passenger’s pasts through a web of secrets.

Lesser stars alongside an international, multilingual cast that includes Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard, Andreas Pietschmann, Miguel Bernardeau, Maciej Musial and Isabella Wei, with all the characters speaking in the language of their origin.