Leonine Studios has picked up six-part event series “Herzogpark,” one of the first big-budget offerings commissioned by German broadcast giant Rtl’s streaming service Tvnow.
Leonine will handle worldwide sales, and is set to launch global distribution at next month’s Mipcom market in Cannes. The show, from “Bad Banks” producer Letterbox Filmproduktion, is directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank, who is best known for his Oscar-winning short film “Toyland.”
Billed as a scandalous society comedy-drama with strong female characters, the cast is led by Heike Makatsch (“Love Actually”), Lisa Maria Potthoff (“Kaiserschmarrndrama”), Antje Traue (“Dark”) and Felicitas Woll. Others include Heiner Lauterbach (“Welcome to Germany”), Jeanette Hain (“The Reader”), Trystan Pütter (“Babylon Berlin”) and Lukas Spisser (“What We Wanted”) and Francis Fulton-Smith (“Blackout”).
The show centers on Hannah, Elisabeth and Annabelle, who are beautiful, rich and want to stay in their home in Munich’s highly exclusive residential area of Herzogpark at all costs.
Leonine will handle worldwide sales, and is set to launch global distribution at next month’s Mipcom market in Cannes. The show, from “Bad Banks” producer Letterbox Filmproduktion, is directed by Jochen Alexander Freydank, who is best known for his Oscar-winning short film “Toyland.”
Billed as a scandalous society comedy-drama with strong female characters, the cast is led by Heike Makatsch (“Love Actually”), Lisa Maria Potthoff (“Kaiserschmarrndrama”), Antje Traue (“Dark”) and Felicitas Woll. Others include Heiner Lauterbach (“Welcome to Germany”), Jeanette Hain (“The Reader”), Trystan Pütter (“Babylon Berlin”) and Lukas Spisser (“What We Wanted”) and Francis Fulton-Smith (“Blackout”).
The show centers on Hannah, Elisabeth and Annabelle, who are beautiful, rich and want to stay in their home in Munich’s highly exclusive residential area of Herzogpark at all costs.
- 9/1/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Romantic comedy “Berlin, Berlin” is one of the top titles on the slate for Studio Hamburg Enterprises at Berlin’s European Film Market.
The film picks up the story of the turbulent love life of Lolle, played by Felicitas Woll, 15 years after the end of the German hit series. The film will have its theatrical release by Constantin Film in March, and She will screen the film at Efm for buyers.
Also on the slate is “Too Far Away,” which tells the story of a friendship formed amid the refugee crisis and on the soccer pitch. It will be shown on Feb. 28 as part of the Lola @ Berlinale section.
She is also offering thrillers and crime series with strong female characters at the center, such as “The Informer,” with Aylin Tezel, and “Wolfsland,” with Yvonne Catterfeld.
The thriller series “Marnow Murders” showcases Petra Schmidt-Schaller amidst a murderous conspiracy of decades past.
The film picks up the story of the turbulent love life of Lolle, played by Felicitas Woll, 15 years after the end of the German hit series. The film will have its theatrical release by Constantin Film in March, and She will screen the film at Efm for buyers.
Also on the slate is “Too Far Away,” which tells the story of a friendship formed amid the refugee crisis and on the soccer pitch. It will be shown on Feb. 28 as part of the Lola @ Berlinale section.
She is also offering thrillers and crime series with strong female characters at the center, such as “The Informer,” with Aylin Tezel, and “Wolfsland,” with Yvonne Catterfeld.
The thriller series “Marnow Murders” showcases Petra Schmidt-Schaller amidst a murderous conspiracy of decades past.
- 2/20/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
CANNES -- Britain's Channel 4 has picked up Dresden, the big-budget miniseries from pubweb ZDF on the Allied firebombing of the German city in 1945. Directed by Roland Suso Richter (The Tunnel) and starring German actress Felicitas Woll and Brit actor John Light, the two-parter was a ratings smash for ZDF, drawing 12.7 million viewers for a 31% market share on its airing March 5-6. That was the best performance for a TV movie in Germany since 1992. Dresden is the first dramatic retelling of the bombing from a German perspective. The subject is controversial. Some historians describe the bombings as a war crime because they deliberately targeted civilians and there was no military purpose to the attacks. Others say the Dresden air raids were justified as punishment for the Nazi Holocaust. Dresden is the latest in a wave of high-gloss historic miniseries out of Germany that have been generating mega ratings at home and significant interest abroad. Dresden producers teamWorx also scored with Storm Flood for RTL, about the devastating floods in Hamburg in 1962 and Airlift for Sat.1 on the 1948 American-run airlift to provide supplies to the citizens of West Berlin who had been cut off from the world by the Soviet army. Dresden has already sold to Canal Plus and France 2 in France, to Telecinco in Spain and Rai Cinema for Italy. Sales agent Beta Cinema says it expects to close several more territories during MIPTV.
CANNES -- Britain's Channel 4 has picked up "Dresden", the big-budget miniseries from pubweb ZDF on the Allied firebombing of the German city in 1945. Directed by Roland Suso Richter ("The Tunnel") and starring German actress Felicitas Woll and Brit actor John Light, the two-parter was a ratings smash for ZDF, drawing 12.7 million viewers for a 31% market share on its airing March 5-6. That was the best performance for a TV movie in Germany since 1992. "Dresden" is the first dramatic retelling of the bombing from a German perspective. The subject is controversial. Some historians describe the bombings as a war crime because they deliberately targeted civilians and there was no military purpose to the attacks. Others say the Dresden air raids were justified as punishment for the Nazi Holocaust. "Dresden" is the latest in a wave of high-gloss historic miniseries out of Germany that have been generating mega ratings at home and significant interest abroad. "Dresden" producers teamWorx also scored with "Storm Flood" for RTL, about the devastating floods in Hamburg in 1962 and "Airlift" for Sat.1 on the 1948 American-run airlift to provide supplies to the citizens of West Berlin who had been cut off from the world by the Soviet army. "Dresden" has already sold to Canal Plus and France 2 in France, to Telecinco in Spain and Rai Cinema for Italy. Sales agent Beta Cinema says it expects to close several more territories during MIPTV.
BERLIN -- After tackling the last days of Hitler in the hugely successful film Downfall, German sales company Beta Cinema is hoping to generate similar interest in another World War II subject, the Allied firebombing of Dresden. Dresden: The Inferno weaves the stories of Anna (Felicitas Woll), a nurse working in a Dresden hospital, and Robert (John Light), an English bomber pilot who has bailed out over Germany, against the backdrop of the terrifying events of Feb. 13, 1945. That night, almost 800 Lancaster bombers dropped thousands of high-explosive and incendiary bombs on the eastern German city. The firestorm left the city all but flattened and tens of thousands dead. The film is produced by teamWorx Television & Film in co-production with pubcaster ZDF and EOS Entertainment. "It's the first time the Dresden bombing has been fictionalized," said Dirk Schuerhoff, head of sales and acquisitions at Beta.
- 2/13/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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