The Man in the High Castle (TV series)

The Man in the High Castle
Genre	Alternate history Drama Dystopian Sci-fi
Created by	Frank Spotnitz
Based on	The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Starring	Alexa Davalos Rupert Evans Luke Kleintank DJ Qualls Joel de la Fuente Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Rufus Sewell Brennan Brown Callum Keith Rennie Bella Heathcote Chelah Horsdal Michael Gaston Jason O'Mara Frances Turner
Opening theme	"Edelweiss", performed by Jeanette Olsson
Composers	Henry Jackman Dominic Lewis
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English German Japanese
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	40 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Ridley Scott Frank Spotnitz Christian Baute Isa Dick Hackett Stewart Mackinnon Christopher Tricarico
Producers	Michael Cedar Jean Higgins Jordan Sheehan David W. Zucker
Production locations	Seattle, Washington Monroe, Washington Vancouver, British Columbia
Cinematography	James Hawkinson Gonzalo Amat
Editor	Kathrynn Himoff
Running time	45–70 minutes
Production companies	Amazon Studios Scott Free Productions Electric Shepherd Productions Headline Pictures Big Light Productions Picrow Reunion Pictures
Original release
Network	Amazon Prime Video
Release	January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15) – November 15, 2019 (2019-11-15)
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The Man in the High Castle is an American dystopian alternative history television series created for streaming service Amazon Prime Video, depicting a parallel universe where the Axis powers of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan rule the world after their victory in World War II. It was created by Frank Spotnitz and produced by Amazon Studios, Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions (with Scott serving as executive producer), Headline Pictures, Electric Shepherd Productions, and Big Light Productions.^[1][2] The series is based on Philip K. Dick's 1962 novel of the same name.^[1]

Based on Phillip K Dick's 1962 classic novel of the same name, executively produced by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Napoleon) and Frank Spotnitz (X Files, Leonardo) the man in the High Castle is an alternative speculative fiction in which Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan have won the war after the assassination of Franklin D Roosevelt in 1933 and the atomic bombing of Washington DC in 1947. The title refers to the titular character who collects and edits different books from various realities, along with his writing partner George Orwell.

The pilot premiered in January 2015, and Amazon ordered a ten-episode season the following month which was released in November. A second season of ten episodes premiered in December 2016, and a third season was released on October 5, 2018. The fourth and final season premiered on November 15, 2019.