Many of us have definitely tried Google searching ‘How to sell drugs online?’ and you are given many tutorials to go through with the illegal process (alone with the statutory warning that it’s ‘for educational purposes only’) While it is obviously not recommended to go through with this easy and money making venture. Now we have multiple results for the same word search that will take you on a virtual trip with zero side effects.
Yes, it’s the third German original series on the online streaming platform Netflix i.e How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) aka ‘ HTSDOF’. It is also considered as the teenage version of ‘Breaking Bad’. It’s based on real life events. This series of 6 episodes is definitely worth binge-watching. It is about a 19 year old teen who sells it all from ecstacy to marijuana to MDMA.
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) is created by Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann, Written by Käßbohrer, Stefan Titze and Sebastian Collet and Directed by Lars Montag and Arne Feldhusen. The series premiered on Netflix on May 31, 2019.
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast): Who is in the series?
The protagonist of the show How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Moritz Zimmerman is played by Maximilian Mundt. Mundt is also a cameraman, director and actor, famous for his role in ‘Radio Heimat’.
Moritz’s best friend is played by Danilo Kamperidis, who is also his partner in the drug selling business as Lenny Sander. This being Kamperidis’ first major role of How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), he has also made guest appearances in other shows.
Lena Klenke, a German actress, plays the role of Lisa. Apart from How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) she is also widely known for her role in ‘Comasaufen’, ‘The Last Silence’, ‘Fack Ju Göhte’ franchise, and ‘Eight Days’.
Damian Hardung plays the role of Dan Riffert in How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). He is well known for his ‘The Club of Red Ribbons’ performance
The role of Gerda in How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) is depicted by Luna Schaller who has also worked in ‘When Trees bear Dolls’ and ‘ Granny against Will’.
Leonie Wesselow, in How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) plays Fritzi. ‘House of Anubis‘, her first series, was her debutant.
The drug dealer in How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), Buba is played by Bjarne Mädel. He is best known for his performance in ‘Stromberg’.
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Plot
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) is based on a true story of a German youngster who created and ran an online drug empire right from his bedroom. He was arrested in 2015 and was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. He made an enormous 4.4 million euros worth of Bitcoin through his online store Shiny Flakes in a year only. It’s unfair that we only discuss Pablo Escobar and Joaquín Guzmán Loera when it comes to drug lords. And here was this young man making a huge difference to the European drug business.
In How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), 17-year-old Moritz, a high school teen, creates the biggest online drug store in Europe along with his friend Lenny. What could possibly motivate him to come up with such an idea? His girlfriend, a drug-using party animal dumped him for a school drug dealer. As revenge, Moritz decides to sell better drugs. So he starts selling Ecstacy (his ex’s favorite) on the dark web which expands to selling pills, liquids, powders and all varieties. But the expansion of the business has its own repercussions, the constant fear of being caught, threats, and competition from sellers.
The theme portrayed in How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) is similar to other teen-centered Netflix original like ‘Sex Education’ and ‘The End of the F**** World. You couldn’t possibly get bored of these series for the drama, action and fast-paced flow of the story. Additionally, it is like a mirror into the lives and challenges that are the current adole9 of Gen Z face. In an interview with Variety, the creators have explained, “Nowadays parents are more afraid that their kids will find porn or violence on the internet. We’re showing them that in reality, everything is much worse and more dangerous than that. Nowadays, young people can do things on the Internet that destroy their whole lives: like becoming a drug lord. Or even worse, a YouTube star.”
On How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) we learn to be empathetic with the current youth For everything is much more challenging for them. It’s difficult to find something that they Excel at considering the cut-throat competition everywhere. And if they find it, there will still be people better at it who surpass them. If they do find a skill they excel at, it gets worse when that skill is ‘illegal’. Moreover, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) also focuses on fragile relationships and adolescent friendships. It is basically an element packed series qualifying it to be a definite watch for teenagers and adults.
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Release Date
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Season 1 premiered on Netflix on May 31, 2019, with all six episodes. After ‘Dark’ and ‘Perfume’, How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) is the third German original series. In comparison to the other two German original series, HTSDOF is more of a coming of age drama, and it shall stick to our extremely high expectations. We shall hope to get a renewal soon even if there isn’t confirmation about it yet considering the renewal patterns of its predecessors.
If a sequel does release, the online streaming Season 2 of How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) should release around May 2020, based on the schedule of similar shows on Netflix.
How to watch How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) for free
If you have a Netflix subscription, all episodes of How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) will be available for streaming worldwide on 21st July.
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