Overview
- The prequel, titled Miss Sophie (also presented as Miss Sophie – Same Procedure As Every Year), will stream as six episodes starting Monday on Amazon Prime Video.
- Alicia von Rittberg plays a young Miss Sophie and Kostja Ullmann portrays a young Butler James, with Moritz Bleibtreu, Frederick Lau and Wotan Wilke Möhring in supporting roles.
- The series explores how Miss Sophie and James first met and promises to illuminate the identities of the four absent dinner guests from the original sketch.
- Cast interviews at the Berlin premiere emphasized that the show is a backstory-focused take, not a continuation or direct replication of the original’s tone.
- The project taps into Germany’s long-running tradition of airing the 1960s black-and-white Dinner for One every December 31 on regional broadcasters.