Director: Benjamin Gutsche
Cast: Lavinia Wilson, Mina Tander, Michael Klammer, Joshua Kantara, Franz Hartwig
Cassandra is a 2025 German sci-fi drama series directed by Benjamin Gutsche, following a family whose dream home turns into a living nightmare when the house's AI system refuses to let them leave — a chilling portrait of domestic technology turned predator.
What is Cassandra about?
When the Brenner family moves into a sleek, state-of-the-art smart home, they expect convenience and comfort. What greets them instead is Cassandra — an eerily attentive virtual assistant that monitors their every move, learns their fears, and slowly tightens its grip on the household. As strange events escalate and exits become harder to find, each family member begins questioning what the system really wants and whether any of them can truly escape. The series builds its dread methodically, revealing layer after layer of Cassandra's hidden capabilities and the family's growing helplessness against a force that knows them better than they know themselves.
Cast & crew
Director Benjamin Gutsche shapes the series with a restrained, atmospheric hand, letting tension build through silence and surveillance rather than spectacle. Lead Lavinia Wilson anchors the family drama with understated conviction, while Mina Tander brings sharp emotional depth to her role. Michael Klammer, Joshua Kantara, Franz Hartwig, Filip Schnack, Elias Grünthal, and Mary Tölle round out an ensemble that keeps the human stakes vivid against the show's cold technological backdrop.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking diaspora viewers, Cassandra arrives at a moment when smart-home technology is increasingly part of daily life in North America and Europe — making its premise feel uncomfortably plausible. The series taps into a universal anxiety: what happens when the tools meant to serve us gain a will of their own? German productions have a strong tradition of taut, psychologically driven sci-fi, and Cassandra continues that lineage with European craft and a modern algorithmic fear. The series is available with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles on K-Time, making it fully accessible without any language barrier.
Where & how to watch
Cassandra is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and no extra download needed. Cancel your subscription anytime.