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The Handmaid's Tale(TV show/series, 2017-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 50min per episode | Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Scripted Reality in 6 seasons with 56 episodes

The Handmaid's TaleRating: 4.1/5 (with 1,271 votes) 741
The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016. The plot features a dystopia following a Second American Civil War wherein a theonomic, totalitarian society subjects fertile women, called "Handmaids", to child-bearing slavery. The first three episodes of the series premiered on April 26, 2017; the subsequent seven episodes were released every Wednesday. In July 2019, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on April 27, 2021. In September 2019, it was announced that Hulu and MGM were developing a sequel series, to be based on Atwood's 2019 novel The Testaments. In December 2020, ahead of the fourth season premiere, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on September 14, 2022. In September 2022, ahead of the fifth-season premiere, the series was renewed for a sixth and final season, that is expected to air in 2025. The Handmaid's Tale's first season won eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 13 nomina... ()
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Where to watch The Handmaid's Tale (streaming/download)?

"The Handmaid's Tale" is available on 1 providers and can be purchased from Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Awards & Nominations for The Handmaid's Tale

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series

About The Handmaid's Tale

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.

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Trailer for The Handmaid's Tale + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Handmaid's Tale: Series Trailer • A Hulu Original(Trailer, 1:13)

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The Handmaid's Tale Seasons and Episodes

?Season 6 - 0 episodes
09/14/2022Season 5 - 10 episodes
04/28/2021Season 4 - 10 episodes
06/05/2019Season 3 - 13 episodes
04/25/2018Season 2 - 13 episodes
04/26/2017Season 1 - 10 episodes
02/03/2017Specials - 122 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Margaret Atwood ("The Handmaid's Tale")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 35 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Returning series
First episode released on: 04/26/2017
Latest episode released on: 11/09/2022
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"The Handmaid’s Tale"
"O Conto da Aia"
"O Conto da Aia (The Handmaid's Tale)"
"The Handmaid's Tale - O Conto Da Aia"
"La servante écarlate"
"侍女的故事"
"女仆的故事"
"The Handmaid's Tale - Der Report der Magd"
"قصهٔ ندیمه"
"Il racconto dell'ancella"
"ハンドメイズ・テイル/侍女の物語"
"시녀이야기"
"Het verhaal van de dienstmaagd"
"Історія служниці"
"Розповідь служниці"
"The Handmaids Tale"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:49, Added: 02/04/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024