The Regime

The Regime TV Series Details:

Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Political, Drama
Season	1
Episodes	6
Release date	March 3, 2024 – April 7, 2024
Running time	48–51 min
Starring	Kate Winslet Matthias Schoenaerts Guillaume Gallienne Andrea Riseborough Martha Plimpton Hugh Grant
Created by	Will Tracy
Directed by	Stephen Frears Jessica Hobbs
Written by	Will Tracy Sarah DeLappe Seth Reiss Gary Shteyngart Jen Spyra Juli Weiner
Executive producers	Stephen Frears Kate Winslet Frank Rich Tracey Seaward Will Tracy
Cinematography by	Alwin H. Küchler
Edited by	Peter Lambert Paulo Pandolpho
Music by	Alexandre Desplat Alex Heffes
Production Companies	Juggle Productions Hot Seat Productions HBO Entertainment
Distributor	HBO

The Regime TV Series Cast & Character:

• Kate Winslet as Elena Vernham, the chancellor of a Central European autocracy who gradually finds her position threatened by domestic turmoil.
• Matthias Schoenaerts as Herbert Zubak, a recently disgraced soldier appointed as Elena’s “personal water diviner” who quickly becomes her most trusted advisor.
• Guillaume Gallienne as Nicholas Vernham, Elena’s French, poetry-loving husband who becomes suspicious of her relationship with Zubak and his influence over her.
• Andrea Riseborough as Agnes, the Palace Manager, and Elena’s right-hand woman.
• Danny Webb as Mr. Laskin, the head of the country’s security service.
• Henry Goodman as Mr. Singer, one of Elena’s ministers.
• David Bamber as Victor Schiff, one of Elena’s ministers.
• Rory Keenan as Peter
• Stanley Townsend as Emil Bartos, the country’s leading businessman and director of its cobalt mines.

Storyline:

The Regime depicts a year within the palace of a crumbling authoritarian regime. After not leaving the palace for quite some time, Chancellor Elena Vernham becomes increasingly paranoid and unstable and turns to a volatile soldier, Herbert Zubak, as an unlikely confidant. As Zubak’s influence over the chancellor grows, Elena’s attempts to expand her power eventually result in the palace and the country fracturing around her.

About The Regime TV Series:

The Regime is an American political drama television miniseries created by Will Tracy and directed by Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs. The series stars Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, and Hugh Grant.

The project was announced by HBO in July 2022. In April 2023, the title of the project was officially revealed to have changed from the working title The Palace to The Regime.

The third collaboration between HBO and Kate Winslet, after Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021). It is also the second collaboration between Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant, following Sense and Sensibility (1995). The cast includes one Oscar Winner, Kate Winslet, and one Oscar Nominee, Andrea Riseborough.

Filming in Austria took place in January 2023 at the Schönbrunn Palace and at the Liechtenstein Garden Palace, part of the Liechtenstein Museum, on the Fürstengasse, in the 9th district of Vienna. A first-look image released in February 2023 showed Winslet filming on set in Austria, with principal photography also taking place in the United Kingdom.

The series premiered on March 3, 2024, with all six episodes debuting in the US on HBO and Max and in the UK exclusively on Sky Atlantic and Now from 8 April 2024. It received mixed reviews, and Kate Winslet’s performance has been singled out for praise from critics.

One of the inspirations for the character Chancellor Elena Vernham may have been Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko, who served as Prime Minister twice in the 2000s. Tymoshenko is known for her skills as a public speaker, and for her strategic embrace of traditional dress at public appearances. Many of Elena’s hairstyles resemble the traditional Ukraining plaited hair that Tymoshenko has worn during her photo ops.

The Regime TV Series Episodes List:

Episodes	Title	Running Time	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	“Victory Day”	51 min	Stephen Frears	Will Tracy	March 3, 2024	0.310
2	“The Foundling”	47 min	Stephen Frears	Will Tracy	March 10, 2024	0.155
3	“The Heroes’ Banquet”	58 min	Jessica Hobbs	Sarah DeLappe and Juli Weiner	March 17, 2024	0.183
4	“Midnight Feast”	56 min	Stephen Frears	Seth Reiss	March 24, 2024	0.185
5	“All Ye Faithful”	54 min	Jessica Hobbs	Gary Shteyngart and Jen Spyra	March 31, 2024	0.130
6	“Don’t Yet Rejoice”	56 min	Jessica Hobbs	Will Tracy	April 7, 2024	0.120