Eine Gruppe von Filmschaffenden aus Sachsen und Thüringen ruft seit Anfang August mit dem Appell „Wählt Kultur und Demokratie“ dazu auf, Haltung zu zeigen. Mit Sorge blickt die Filmbranche dort auf die morgigen Landtagswahlen. Knapp 1000 Unterschriften konnten bereits gesammelt werden.
Aus einer kleinen Gruppe Film- und Medienschaffender aus Sachsen und Thüringen wurde Anfang August unter allezusammen.org ein Appell unter dem Titel „Wählt Kultur und Demokratie“ gestartet, um vor den Landtagswahlen in Sachsen und Thüringen am 1. September ein Zeichen zu setzen, Haltung zu beziehen zur AfD und vor allem auch der Sorge vor den Wahlen Ausdruck zu verleihen, deren Ausgang Kunst- und Kulturschaffende unmittelbar treffen würde. Wie Jana Lotze von Oma Inge Film mitteilt, hat der Appell weite Kreise gezogen und für viel Solidarität gesorgt: „Wir stehen aktuell (31.08. um 12:25 Uhr) bei 970 Unterschriften und es tragen sich weiterhin Menschen ein, weil der Aufruf auch in großen Verbänden geteilt wurde.
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Aus einer kleinen Gruppe Film- und Medienschaffender aus Sachsen und Thüringen wurde Anfang August unter allezusammen.org ein Appell unter dem Titel „Wählt Kultur und Demokratie“ gestartet, um vor den Landtagswahlen in Sachsen und Thüringen am 1. September ein Zeichen zu setzen, Haltung zu beziehen zur AfD und vor allem auch der Sorge vor den Wahlen Ausdruck zu verleihen, deren Ausgang Kunst- und Kulturschaffende unmittelbar treffen würde. Wie Jana Lotze von Oma Inge Film mitteilt, hat der Appell weite Kreise gezogen und für viel Solidarität gesorgt: „Wir stehen aktuell (31.08. um 12:25 Uhr) bei 970 Unterschriften und es tragen sich weiterhin Menschen ein, weil der Aufruf auch in großen Verbänden geteilt wurde.
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- 8/31/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
Production has got underway in Germany and Poland on “Oderbruch,” a major thriller series produced by Paramount Global’s CBS Studios, Syrreal Entertainment and Ard Degeto, part of German public broadcast group Ard.
The previously announced drama stars Karoline Schuch (“Dark Woods”), Felix Kramer (“Dogs of Berlin”) and Lucas Gregorowicz and is a tale which begins with the discovery of multiple murder victims in a remote area near the German-Polish border.
The eight-part series is directed by Adolfo J. Kolmerer and Christian Alvart. Series creator and head writer Arend Remmers developed the series concept with Kolmerer.
Siegfried Kamml, Christian Alvart and Timm Oberwelland from Syrreal serve as producers. The executives overseeing the project are: Christoph Pellander, editor-in-chief of Ard Degeto; Sebastian Lückel, head of acquisitions and co-productions at Ard Degeto; Patrick Noel Simon, commissioning editor at Ard Degeto; and Meghan Lyvers, senior VP of international co-productions and development at CBS Studios.
The previously announced drama stars Karoline Schuch (“Dark Woods”), Felix Kramer (“Dogs of Berlin”) and Lucas Gregorowicz and is a tale which begins with the discovery of multiple murder victims in a remote area near the German-Polish border.
The eight-part series is directed by Adolfo J. Kolmerer and Christian Alvart. Series creator and head writer Arend Remmers developed the series concept with Kolmerer.
Siegfried Kamml, Christian Alvart and Timm Oberwelland from Syrreal serve as producers. The executives overseeing the project are: Christoph Pellander, editor-in-chief of Ard Degeto; Sebastian Lückel, head of acquisitions and co-productions at Ard Degeto; Patrick Noel Simon, commissioning editor at Ard Degeto; and Meghan Lyvers, senior VP of international co-productions and development at CBS Studios.
- 5/5/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Oderbruch (working title), the CBS Studios and Syrreal Entertainment supernatural mystery drama for Germany’s Ard Degato, has added four cast members, as principal photography begins this week.
André Hennicke (Pandorum), Alix Heyblom (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo), Winfried Glatzeder (Die Legende von Paul und Paula), Robert Glatzeder (In Aller Freudschaft) and Jan Krauter (3 1/2 Hours) are onboard the eight-part series, which is currently filming in Görlitz, Germany and will also shoot in Poland.
The series follows Detective Roland Voit (Felix Kramer) on a serial murder case after after numerous victims shock the Oderbruch region of Germany. His former colleague and childhood sweetheart, Maggie Kring (Karoline Schuch), joins the police investigation when her family comes under immediate suspicion.
Adolfo J. Kolmerer and Christian Alvart are directing, with Siegfried Kamml, Christian Alvart and Timm Oberwelland from Syrreal producing. Overseeing the shoot are Ard Degato trio Christoph Pellander, Sebastian Lückel and Patrick Noel Simon and Meghan Lyvers,...
André Hennicke (Pandorum), Alix Heyblom (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo), Winfried Glatzeder (Die Legende von Paul und Paula), Robert Glatzeder (In Aller Freudschaft) and Jan Krauter (3 1/2 Hours) are onboard the eight-part series, which is currently filming in Görlitz, Germany and will also shoot in Poland.
The series follows Detective Roland Voit (Felix Kramer) on a serial murder case after after numerous victims shock the Oderbruch region of Germany. His former colleague and childhood sweetheart, Maggie Kring (Karoline Schuch), joins the police investigation when her family comes under immediate suspicion.
Adolfo J. Kolmerer and Christian Alvart are directing, with Siegfried Kamml, Christian Alvart and Timm Oberwelland from Syrreal producing. Overseeing the shoot are Ard Degato trio Christoph Pellander, Sebastian Lückel and Patrick Noel Simon and Meghan Lyvers,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Munich-based sales agency Global Screen has sold crime drama “Dark Woods” to streaming service Walter Presents for the U.K., where it’ll be shown on Channel 4’s All 4 platform, and across the Nordic Region, via C More.
The drama, which was produced by ConradFilm and Bavaria Fiction on behalf of Ndr and Ard Degeto for Das Erste, was the most-watched show on Ard’s catch-up service in Germany this year, and was the German TV Award winner.
Julia Weber, head of acquisitions and sales at Global Screen, said: “We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of this highly original and sought-after series, across Scandinavia and in the U.K., where crime drama has proved to be a key genre and is hugely popular with viewers of all ages.”
The show, inspired by real-life-events, starts out in the summer of 1989, when the sister of high-ranking Hamburg police officer Thomas...
The drama, which was produced by ConradFilm and Bavaria Fiction on behalf of Ndr and Ard Degeto for Das Erste, was the most-watched show on Ard’s catch-up service in Germany this year, and was the German TV Award winner.
Julia Weber, head of acquisitions and sales at Global Screen, said: “We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of this highly original and sought-after series, across Scandinavia and in the U.K., where crime drama has proved to be a key genre and is hugely popular with viewers of all ages.”
The show, inspired by real-life-events, starts out in the summer of 1989, when the sister of high-ranking Hamburg police officer Thomas...
- 11/30/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Telepool’s Global Screen has sold the miniseries “Dark Woods” to further international territories, including Japan (Nhk Enterprises), Cis (Mauris Film), Poland (Canal Plus), Czech Republic (Ceska Televize), Slovenia (Rtv Slovenija), Latvia (Latvian Television), Lithuania (Lrt), India and sub-continents (BookMyShow), and French-speaking Switzerland (Rts).
Deals for the U.K., Australia, Scandinavia and Portugal are expected to close before Mipcom, while sales to North America (Topic Media), France (Canal Plus) and Spain (Cosmo TV) were revealed earlier this year.
“We are thrilled to announce the next slate of deals for this highly original series,” stated Julia Weber, head of acquisitions and sales at Global Screen. “With its mix of crime and drama, the excellent acting and a unique, gripping atmosphere, ‘Dark Woods’ is a perfect match for all clients looking for high-end European content. The outstanding ratings in Germany – it was the most-watched program in Ard’s catch-up TV in 2020 – along...
Deals for the U.K., Australia, Scandinavia and Portugal are expected to close before Mipcom, while sales to North America (Topic Media), France (Canal Plus) and Spain (Cosmo TV) were revealed earlier this year.
“We are thrilled to announce the next slate of deals for this highly original series,” stated Julia Weber, head of acquisitions and sales at Global Screen. “With its mix of crime and drama, the excellent acting and a unique, gripping atmosphere, ‘Dark Woods’ is a perfect match for all clients looking for high-end European content. The outstanding ratings in Germany – it was the most-watched program in Ard’s catch-up TV in 2020 – along...
- 10/8/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
CBS Studios has partnered with Syrreal Entertainment and Ard Degeto for an ‘elevated genre-drama’ for the latter’s online platform Ard Mediathek.
Oderbruch will begin with the discovery of numerous murder victims in the eponymous region in Germany. Ex-cop Maggie Kring (Karoline Schuch) and detective Roland Voit (Felix Kramer) will be brought together after more than 20 years of separation to examine the case, which becomes a personal one for Maggie as it is connected to the mysterious death of her brother from many years before.
Filming will begin in Germany and Poland next year for the show, which is created by Arend Remmers and Adolfo J. Kolmerer. Executive producers are Christoph Pellander, Sebastian Luckel, Patrick Noel Simon and CBS Studios’ Meghan Lyvers. ViacomCBS Global Distribution will distribute outside of German speaking territories.
The drama is the second to come from a first-look TV deal struck between CBS Studios and Syrreal...
Oderbruch will begin with the discovery of numerous murder victims in the eponymous region in Germany. Ex-cop Maggie Kring (Karoline Schuch) and detective Roland Voit (Felix Kramer) will be brought together after more than 20 years of separation to examine the case, which becomes a personal one for Maggie as it is connected to the mysterious death of her brother from many years before.
Filming will begin in Germany and Poland next year for the show, which is created by Arend Remmers and Adolfo J. Kolmerer. Executive producers are Christoph Pellander, Sebastian Luckel, Patrick Noel Simon and CBS Studios’ Meghan Lyvers. ViacomCBS Global Distribution will distribute outside of German speaking territories.
The drama is the second to come from a first-look TV deal struck between CBS Studios and Syrreal...
- 10/5/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Presents “Dark Woods” A Topic Original Directed by: Sven Bohse (“Ku’damm 56”) Written by: Stefan Kolditz Starring: Matthias Brandt (“Babylon Berlin”), Karoline Schuch, August Wittgenstein (“Das Boot”), Silke Bodenbender, Nicholas Ofczarek (“Pagan Peak”), Jenny Schily (“Tatort”), Hildegard Schmahl (“We Children from Bahnhof Zoo”), Hanno Koffler, Anne Werner, Janina Fautz, and Mirco Kreibich Produced by: Maren Knieling In the …
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- 6/6/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
International distributor Global Screen, part of Will Smith’s Telepool, has sold crime thriller miniseries “Dark Woods” to U.S., Canada, Spain and France, following its stellar ratings success in Germany.
Inspired by a true crime, unsolved for almost 30 years, the six-part show centers on a high-ranking police officer’s desperate search for his sister, and the family’s suffering. Starring Matthias Brandt (“Babylon Berlin”) and Karoline Schuch (“Balloon”), “Dark Woods” was directed by Sven Bohse, written by International Emmy Award winner Stefan Kolditz (“Generation War”) and produced by ConradFilm’s Marc Conrad, and Bavaria Fiction’s Maren Knieling and Jan S. Kaiser.
Each episode was the most watched show in the primetime schedule on its respective day of broadcast in Germany, and reached up to 20.2% market share in December. The miniseries is also the most-watched show in the Ard-Mediathek in 2020, with more than 10.7 million streams.
Canal Plus Group, French leading pay TV group,...
Inspired by a true crime, unsolved for almost 30 years, the six-part show centers on a high-ranking police officer’s desperate search for his sister, and the family’s suffering. Starring Matthias Brandt (“Babylon Berlin”) and Karoline Schuch (“Balloon”), “Dark Woods” was directed by Sven Bohse, written by International Emmy Award winner Stefan Kolditz (“Generation War”) and produced by ConradFilm’s Marc Conrad, and Bavaria Fiction’s Maren Knieling and Jan S. Kaiser.
Each episode was the most watched show in the primetime schedule on its respective day of broadcast in Germany, and reached up to 20.2% market share in December. The miniseries is also the most-watched show in the Ard-Mediathek in 2020, with more than 10.7 million streams.
Canal Plus Group, French leading pay TV group,...
- 2/23/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
On paper, the plight of a pair of families fleeing 1979’s East Germany in a hot air balloon sounds like fabricated fodder for a spy novel. But as implausible as it sounds, this “The Mysterious Island”-esque grand escape from Deutschland’s then walled-in, oppressive slice really did happen. And nearly four decades after being the subject of Disney’s “Night Crossing,” it is now a tale told in small-screen comedian Michael Bully Herbig’s “Balloon,” a competently made political thriller that sadly mines for suspense in all the wrong places.
Still, “Balloon” is decent entertainment to a degree, and that is mostly thanks to its handsome production values. The quaint environs and row houses of Thuringia as well as the era’s eye-popping costumes by Lisy Christl — well-tailored clothes and floral-heavy fabrics with traces of ’70s cool — are admittedly easy on the eyes. But considering the film’s stretched...
Still, “Balloon” is decent entertainment to a degree, and that is mostly thanks to its handsome production values. The quaint environs and row houses of Thuringia as well as the era’s eye-popping costumes by Lisy Christl — well-tailored clothes and floral-heavy fabrics with traces of ’70s cool — are admittedly easy on the eyes. But considering the film’s stretched...
- 2/21/2020
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Movies about 20th-century Germany tend to focus on, well, you know. 30 years after East and West reunified, however, “Balloon” serves as a reminder of what the country went through once World War II gave way to the Cold War — and why it still matters.
Unfortunately, Michael Bully Herbig’s film — telling a story previously dramatized in the 1980s Disney movie “Night Crossing” — plays out with such unconvincing drama that you might be left wondering whether its based-on-a-true-story subject matter would have been better served by a documentary.
It begins on Youth Dedication Day, when eighth-graders in the East are loosed upon the world after pledging their allegiance to socialism, and quickly reveals the title’s significance as a handful of floating blue balloons alert a family of would-be defectors that the time has come. Herbig treats it as a given that anyone living in the Soviet-controlled East would risk their lives to escape,...
Unfortunately, Michael Bully Herbig’s film — telling a story previously dramatized in the 1980s Disney movie “Night Crossing” — plays out with such unconvincing drama that you might be left wondering whether its based-on-a-true-story subject matter would have been better served by a documentary.
It begins on Youth Dedication Day, when eighth-graders in the East are loosed upon the world after pledging their allegiance to socialism, and quickly reveals the title’s significance as a handful of floating blue balloons alert a family of would-be defectors that the time has come. Herbig treats it as a given that anyone living in the Soviet-controlled East would risk their lives to escape,...
- 2/19/2020
- by Michael Nordine
- The Wrap
Balloon Distrib Films Us Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Michael Herbig Screenwriter: Kit Hopkins, Thilo Röscheisen, Michael Herbig Cast: Freidrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, David Kross, Alicia von Rittberg, Thomas Kretschmann Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 2/6/20 Opens: February 21, 2020 The Jews in Germany had a real […]
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- 2/16/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Production has started on German crime drama “Dark Woods,” based on the real-life 1989 disappearance of a woman who was the sister of a high-ranking German police officer. It will star Matthias Brandt (“Babylon Berlin”), Karoline Schuch (“Hanna’s Journey”), and August Wittgenstein (“Das Boot”). Silke Bodenbender (“Vater Mutter Morder”) and Nicholas Ofczarek (“Pagan Peak”) have also been cast in the series, which is for free-tv channel Das Erste.
Global Screen has international rights and will distribute the six-part drama. Bodenbender plays Barbara Neder, who went missing in Lower Saxony. Shortly before, two couples had been cruelly murdered in nearby woodlands.
The scripted series follows the efforts of her brother, a former senior police officer, to find her. Because the disappearance takes place outside his jurisdiction, he cannot officially investigate, but he sets out to solve the case, a quest for justice that continues past his retirement and ultimately sees him tracking a suspected serial killer.
Global Screen has international rights and will distribute the six-part drama. Bodenbender plays Barbara Neder, who went missing in Lower Saxony. Shortly before, two couples had been cruelly murdered in nearby woodlands.
The scripted series follows the efforts of her brother, a former senior police officer, to find her. Because the disappearance takes place outside his jurisdiction, he cannot officially investigate, but he sets out to solve the case, a quest for justice that continues past his retirement and ultimately sees him tracking a suspected serial killer.
- 8/12/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Herbig’s overwrought drama sucks the thrills out of this story of two families fleeing communist East Germany
You could probably choose a less conspicuous method of defecting than floating across the border in what looks like a giant glowing lightbulb. Yet a spectacular nocturnal breakout from communist East Germany by hot-air balloon is exactly what two families did in September 1979 – the basis of this glossy mainstream thriller released in Germany for last year’s reunification anniversary. Sadly, director Michael Bully Herbig – a well-known German comedy star – does them no favours with a frantic shooting style that somehow manages to render this terrifying endeavour both bombastic and trivial.
Friedrich Mücke and Karoline Schuch play the Strezlks, a disaffected electrician and his wife who, desiring an unfettered future for their two sons, decide to Montgolfier it out of the Gdr. When a northerly wind rears up, they break out the...
You could probably choose a less conspicuous method of defecting than floating across the border in what looks like a giant glowing lightbulb. Yet a spectacular nocturnal breakout from communist East Germany by hot-air balloon is exactly what two families did in September 1979 – the basis of this glossy mainstream thriller released in Germany for last year’s reunification anniversary. Sadly, director Michael Bully Herbig – a well-known German comedy star – does them no favours with a frantic shooting style that somehow manages to render this terrifying endeavour both bombastic and trivial.
Friedrich Mücke and Karoline Schuch play the Strezlks, a disaffected electrician and his wife who, desiring an unfettered future for their two sons, decide to Montgolfier it out of the Gdr. When a northerly wind rears up, they break out the...
- 6/14/2019
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
"We can make it with your help." Studiocanal has debuted an official UK trailer for a German thriller titled Balloon, or simply Ballon in German. The film tells the true story of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families, who built their own hot air balloon and flew from the Gdr to West Germany in the late 1970s when the country was divided. Günter Wetzel, played by David Kross, was inspired by a magazine article about the balloon show in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "While I’m happy now that we took that decision, if I had the knowledge I have now I wouldn’t do it, because it was so dangerous, but I didn’t recognise that then," he says (via The Guardian). The full cast includes Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, Alicia von Rittberg, Thomas Kretschmann, Jonas Holdenrieder, Tilman Döbler, and Till Patz. That cool shot with the patchwork colors of the balloon lighting up is gorgeous,...
- 4/28/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The American Film Market has unveiled the initial lineup of screenings for its 2018 edition, with 64 world premieres landing amid the more than 300 films set to be showcased.
Among the world premieres are Killers Anonymous, starring Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; Running With the Devil, starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne; Stano, starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara; Killerman, starring Liam Hemsworth; and Beautiful Darkness, starring Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny.
Other films making their debut include Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, starring Christian Clavier, Guillaume Briat and Elie Semoun; Balloon, starring Friedrich Mucke and Karoline Schuch; and the documentary Fidel Up Close....
Among the world premieres are Killers Anonymous, starring Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; Running With the Devil, starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne; Stano, starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara; Killerman, starring Liam Hemsworth; and Beautiful Darkness, starring Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny.
Other films making their debut include Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, starring Christian Clavier, Guillaume Briat and Elie Semoun; Balloon, starring Friedrich Mucke and Karoline Schuch; and the documentary Fidel Up Close....
- 10/8/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The American Film Market has unveiled the initial lineup of screenings for its 2018 edition, with 64 world premieres landing amid the more than 300 films set to be showcased.
Among the world premieres are Killers Anonymous, starring Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; Running With the Devil, starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne; Stano, starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara; Killerman, starring Liam Hemsworth; and Beautiful Darkness, starring Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny.
Other films making their debut include Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, starring Christian Clavier, Guillaume Briat and Elie Semoun; Balloon, starring Friedrich Mucke and Karoline Schuch; and the documentary Fidel Up Close....
Among the world premieres are Killers Anonymous, starring Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; Running With the Devil, starring Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne; Stano, starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara; Killerman, starring Liam Hemsworth; and Beautiful Darkness, starring Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny.
Other films making their debut include Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion, starring Christian Clavier, Guillaume Briat and Elie Semoun; Balloon, starring Friedrich Mucke and Karoline Schuch; and the documentary Fidel Up Close....
- 10/8/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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