# King of Stonks (2022)

> A desperate finance mastermind lies and schemes his startup up the ladder to success.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/127622

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 47 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, crime
- Created by: Philipp Kässbohrer, Matthias Murmann
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, Thomas Schubert, Matthias Brandt, Larissa Sirah Herden, Maryam Zaree, Jasin Challah, Andreas Döhler, Eva Löbau
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15407486/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: sardonic, tense, brisk, morally compromised

## Synopsis

King of Stonks (2022) is a German miniseries created by Philipp Kässbohrer and Matthias Murmann for Netflix. Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht plays Till Hermann, a desperate finance mastermind whose hunger for startup stardom pushes him to lie, cheat and scheme his company up the ladder. Thomas Schubert plays Felix Armand, and Matthias Brandt plays Magnus A. Cramer, two principal figures whose loyalties and pressures tighten around the rising firm. The engine of the series is the constant maintenance of a fragile illusion: each deal, pitch and investor meeting demands a new deception, and every success raises the stakes of exposure. Its six episodes of roughly forty-seven minutes each form one continuous arc, tracking how quickly a fabricated company can gain momentum before its foundations give way. Set in contemporary Germany amid the glossy world of startup hype, the show balances sleek corporate spectacle with a tense, morally compromised atmosphere. Its tone is brisk, sardonic and suspenseful, and its themes of ambition, deception and the cost of image-building will appeal to viewers who enjoy Super Pumped and WeCrashed. Fans of corporate fraud dramas will find it a compact, watchable crime story.

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