Zen
2011•1 Seasons•3 Episodes•7.1•Ended
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Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. The series was filmed on location in Italy, but the dialogue is in English. The series, which comprises three 90-minute films, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings from 2 January 2011 on BBC One. The three films were based on the books Vendetta, Cabal and Ratking.
Network
BBC One
Origin
DE, IT, GB
Cast
Rufus Sewell
Aurelio Zen
Caterina Murino
Tania Moretti
Stanley Townsend
Moscati
Ben Miles
Amedeo Colonna
Ed Stoppard
Vincenzo Fabri
Nathalie Rapti Gomez
Maria
Vincent Riotta
Giorgio de Angelis
Catherine Spaak
Donata
Sargon Yelda
Romizi
Francesco Quinn
Gilberto Nieddu
Anthony Higgins
Eduardo Guerchini
Garry Cooper
Angelo
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