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UNORTHODOX wins EMMY AWARD, GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION, GRIMME PREIS, PEABODY AWARD & more.





EMMY AWARD 2020 for Best Director MARIA SCHRADER and 8 NOMINATIONS.

GRIMME PRIZE 2021 for Best Limited Series.

ROMY AWARD 2021 for Best Limited Series.

FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS 2021 for Best Female Actress SHIRA HAAS and Male Actor AMIT RAHAV.

ROMY AWARD 2021 for Best Limited Series.

DEUTSCHER FERNSEHPREIS 2020 4 AWARDS for Best Limited Series, Best Lead Actress, Best Production Design, Best Costums.

DAfF Deutsche Filmakademie 2020 4 AWARDS for Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Casting, Best Make Up&Hairstyling.

BERLIN SERIES FESTIVAL 2020 3 AWARDS for Best Drama Series, Best Screenplay Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actress.



"Unorthodox multi-talent. Delia Mayer shines in her new role as a Hasidic mother-in-law."



The Yiddish and English-language mini-series based on the bestselling memoir UNORTHODOX by Deborah Feldman, has been adapted by Deutschland 83/86 creator Anna Winger and Alexa Karolinski (Signs of Life), directed by Maria Schrader (Stefan Zweig: Farewell To Europe, I'm Your Man), starring Shira Haas (Shtisel, Asia, The Zookeeper’s Wife).

UNORTHODOX tells the story of a young ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman in New York who flees her arranged marriage and religious community to start a new life in Berlin.


Cast: Shira Haas, Amit Rahav, Alex Reid, Ronit Asheri, Delia Mayer, Dina Doronne, Jeff Wildbush, David Mandelbaum, Gera Sandler, Tal Hever, Harvey Friedman, Ita Korenzecher, Eli Rosen, Safinaz Sattar, Tamar Amit-Joseph, Felix Mayr, Aaron Altaras, Langston Uibel, Isabel Schosnig, Laura Beckner, Lena Kalisch, Yousef Sweid, Aziz Dyab, Lorenz Maria Krieger.

UNORTHODOX was shot in Berlin and New York.



Ronit Asheri-Sandler, Dina Doron, Shira Haas, Delia Mayer


Delia Mayer as Miriam Shapiro


Amit Rahav, Shira Haas as Yankey and Esty Shapiro



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