Season 1 • Episode 5
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Miniseries based on the novel by Deon Meyer which tells the story of the hunt for a stolen painting by three people with different interests in it. Plan B is the story of a man with a military background, Ivan Malan, and his partner, Paul Schmidt, who rob a gangster and steal The Fire Maiden – a painting by the Dutch master Vermeer worth €30-million.
Acting
Arnold Vosloo brings aging criminal gravitas you can't fake.
Writing
Deon Meyer's dialogue crackles with South African specificity.
Cinematography
Cape Town never looked this gorgeous and this dangerous.
Creator
Deon Meyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Deon Meyer is South Africa's crime fiction king — this adapts his 2022 novel, bringing Afrikaans-language prestige TV to global streaming.
Vermeer's actual 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' has only been stolen once — in 1881. The Fire Maiden is fictional, but the heist logistics are painfully real.
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