In November, Netflix had major premieres of series and movies such as “Enola Holmes 2,” “The Wonder,” “Wednesday” and “1899,” a production from the creators of “Dark.”
Set in the year 1899, the series follows the multi-cultural crew of the ship Kerberos as they travel from Europe to New York, but on their way they encounter the ship Prometheus, which was supposed to be lost.
The captain decides to change course to approach the missing ship and search for survivors. Once a single child is rescued, a wave of mysterious events and unexplained deaths is unleashed.
This fantastic and suspenseful story also has a real foundation, as the shows Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar were inspired by ghost ships that disappeared in real life.
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True events that inspired ‘1899’, the Netflix series
In history there are several cases of ships disappearing without explanation, although what happened to HMS (“Her Majesty’s Ship” in Spanish) Erebus and HMS Terror in 1845 is very similar to “1899”.
These ships were commanded by British Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin on a voyage to chart the Northwest Passage through the Arctic, but were trapped in the ice.
The 129 sailors on Erebus and the Terror were unable to free the ships and eventually died of hypothermia, starvation and scurvy. The shipwrecks were discovered in 2014 and 2016 by Canadian researchers.
The series is even inspired by the legend surrounding the Bermuda Triangle in the Atlantic Ocean, where ships and aircraft have been missing for many years.
Disappearances are generally attributed to supernatural causes and ships lost in the area include HMS Atlanta in 1880, HMS Eurydice in 1978 and USS Cyclops in 1918.
Historical facts on which the Netflix series “1899” was based
“1899” is one of the Netflix series based on real events, but not only in the case of the missing ships, the creators also told Deadline on May 3, 2021 that they wanted to represent the migration crisis in Europe in 2015 and the damage of excessive nationalism.
This made the crew to be from different countries and speak their original languages to show their culture, instead of only speaking in English as seen in other productions.
So the events of the missing ships, the Bermuda Triangle, and the real-life immigration crisis that happened as the show’s writers came up with their story came together to bring Netflix’s “1899” to life.
Source: univision
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