Amazon began filming the series on the book by Philip Dick "The Man in High Castle"

After the successful pilot series, Amazon gave the go-ahead to the filming of the first season of the series based on the book by Philip Dick "The Man in High Castle" . The book is written in the genre of alternative history and tells about the world after the Second World War, in which the fascists won. The action takes place in 1962 in North America, which was divided between the victorious German Nazis and Japan.



Pilot series looked record for Amazon number of people. This series is part of the new Pilot Season program, in which the company demonstrates several pilot episodes of potential TV shows to gauge audience interest.
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Building on the “what is the reality” question, loved by F. Dick, the alternative history of the book tells how Hitler won the Second World War, and Axis forces divided the defeated world among themselves. According to the plot of the series, which is somewhat different from the book, Japan captured the western part of North America, Hitler - the eastern part. Between these two territories is the Neutral Zone. The victorious allies are plotting intrigues to redistribute power, and against this background both ordinary citizens and resistance activists dissatisfied with the current regime are living.



However, the inhabitants of the world, ruled by the Reich, read a forbidden book (in the series - they watch documentary newsreels) of a mysterious author, nicknamed "The Man in High Castle". In this work, titled “When the Locust Eats Himself,” Hitler and his allies lost the war. At the same time, the plot of this “book in the book” does not coincide with our reality - the UK played the main role in the victory, and it is she who shares the world with the USA.



Hollywood producers are very fond of filming Philip Dick. His films include films such as Blade Runner (the cult film by Ridley Scott , which also produces this series), Recall Everything, Screamers, Minority Report, Hour of Reckoning and Changing Reality.