''Devils'' ( it, Diavoli) is a

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drama television series created by Alessandro Sermoneta, Mario Ruggeri, Elena Bucaccio, , Daniele Cesarano, Barbara Petronio, and Ezio Abbate for and Sky Italy. It is based on the 2014 novel of the same title by Brera. ''Devils'' is a Lux Vide and Sky Italy production in association with Orange Studio and OCS. The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on

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in Italy. Ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season.

Plot

London, 2011. Italian trader Massimo Ruggero is the Head of Trading at the New York London Investment Bank (NYL). While the

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is raging in Europe, Massimo is making hundreds of millions for NYL out of speculation. As his mentor Dominic Morgan, the American CEO of NYL and the nearest to a father that Massimo has ever had, fully supports him, the talented trader seems to be the first choice in the run for vice-CEO. However, when Massimo is involved in a painful scandal that sees his estranged wife playing an escort, Dominic denies him the promotion, choosing the old-school banker Edward Stuart instead. Massimo is left astounded – his mentor turned his back on him. Convinced that the scandal was a set-up, Massimo is determined to seek the truth but when Edward suddenly dies, Massimo realizes that something bigger is at stake. With the help of his trading team and a group of

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s, Massimo will discover the hidden agenda behind apparently unrelated events, such as the Strauss-Kahn scandal, the

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, and the crisis of the

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. Facing the devils who pull the strings of the world, Massimo will have to choose whether to fight them or to join them.

Cast and characters

Main

* Alessandro Borghi as Massimo Ruggero *

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as Sofia Flores *

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as Nina Morgan *

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as Oliver Harris *

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as Daniel Duval * Pia Mechler as Eleanor Bourg *

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as Kalim Chowdrey *

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as Carrie Price *Harry Michell as Paul McGuinnan *

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as Dominic Morgan

Recurring

* Ben Miles as Edward Stuart *Nathalie Rapti Gomez as Kate Baker *

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as Claire Stuart *Lorna Brown as Vicky Bale *Maximilian Dirr as Karl Haufman *Tom McKay as Chris Bailey *Anthony Souter as BBC reporter *

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as Alex Vance *Christina Andrea Rosamilia as a transgender person

Episodes

Series overview

Series 1 (2020)

Series 2 (2022)

Distribution

The series premiered on 17 April 2020 on

in Italy, 18 April 2020 on OCS in France, 16 September 2020 on

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in Canada, and 7 October 2020 on

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in the United States.

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* {{Sky Atlantic 2020 Italian television series debuts 2020s Italian drama television series English-language television shows Financial thrillers Sky Atlantic (Italy) television programmes Television shows based on Italian novels Television shows set in Italy Television shows set in London