Bei der ifs – Internationale Filmschule Köln ist der dritte Jahrgang des „European Showrunner Training“ gestartet. Erneut unter der Leitung des renommierten dänischen Serienautors und Showrunners Jeppe Gjervig Gram wurden 13 Teilnehmende ausgewählt, darunter auch die Autorin Marie-Therese Thill aus Österreich („School of Champions”).
Die Drehbücher von „School of Champions“ entstanden mit Hilfe von Marie-Therese Thill, die nun am „European Showrunner Training” der ins teilnimmt (Credit: Orf/Superfilm/Stefanie Leo)
Mit ihrem Weiterbildungsangebot „European Showrunner Training” reagiert die ifs auf aktuelle Anforderungen des Serien-Marktes. Mittlerweile ist der dritte Jahrgang gestartet. Unter den laut ifs zahlreichen Bewerbungen wurden 13 qualifizierte Serienautor:innen aus zwölf Ländern ausgewählt. Bei den Teilnehmenden des dritten Jahrgangs handelt es sich um:
• Anna Brotkin, Finnland | „Aikuiset/Adults”, „Rakkaat lapset/Perfect Sisters” (Autorin)
• Tanja Bubbel, Deutschland | „Charité” (Staffelcreator 4. Staffel / Headautorin), „Smilla’s Sense of Snow” (Deutsche Headautorin)
• Charlie Dewulf, Belgien | „Brak/Broke”, „Liefdestips aan Mezelf/Love Tips to Myself”
• Jón Gunnar Geirdal, Island...
Die Drehbücher von „School of Champions“ entstanden mit Hilfe von Marie-Therese Thill, die nun am „European Showrunner Training” der ins teilnimmt (Credit: Orf/Superfilm/Stefanie Leo)
Mit ihrem Weiterbildungsangebot „European Showrunner Training” reagiert die ifs auf aktuelle Anforderungen des Serien-Marktes. Mittlerweile ist der dritte Jahrgang gestartet. Unter den laut ifs zahlreichen Bewerbungen wurden 13 qualifizierte Serienautor:innen aus zwölf Ländern ausgewählt. Bei den Teilnehmenden des dritten Jahrgangs handelt es sich um:
• Anna Brotkin, Finnland | „Aikuiset/Adults”, „Rakkaat lapset/Perfect Sisters” (Autorin)
• Tanja Bubbel, Deutschland | „Charité” (Staffelcreator 4. Staffel / Headautorin), „Smilla’s Sense of Snow” (Deutsche Headautorin)
• Charlie Dewulf, Belgien | „Brak/Broke”, „Liefdestips aan Mezelf/Love Tips to Myself”
• Jón Gunnar Geirdal, Island...
- 6/3/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
Spinning audiences back to the mid-1970s, UFA Fiction’s latest period series “Disko 76” is set in a pivotal time in the industrial heartland of West Germany as a new American pop music craze takes over the airwaves and dance floors.
The six-part series, which premiered at the recent Berlinale Series Market, continues its international rollout at Series Mania in Lille before bowing on the Rtl+ streaming platform on March 28 and on Rtl Group channel Nitro on April 1.
UFA Fiction quickly won over Rtl+ with the idea from former UFA Fiction producer Benjamin Benedict of a family story set in the disco era, says fellow producer Sinah Swyter.
Boasting classic hits from the likes of Donna Summer, Abba, Kool and the Gang, Boney M. and many more, the series follows Doro (Luise Aschenbrenner), a rebellious young woman constricted by married life who finds freedom with the arrival of disco...
The six-part series, which premiered at the recent Berlinale Series Market, continues its international rollout at Series Mania in Lille before bowing on the Rtl+ streaming platform on March 28 and on Rtl Group channel Nitro on April 1.
UFA Fiction quickly won over Rtl+ with the idea from former UFA Fiction producer Benjamin Benedict of a family story set in the disco era, says fellow producer Sinah Swyter.
Boasting classic hits from the likes of Donna Summer, Abba, Kool and the Gang, Boney M. and many more, the series follows Doro (Luise Aschenbrenner), a rebellious young woman constricted by married life who finds freedom with the arrival of disco...
- 3/19/2024
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Nico Hofmann, the long-time CEO and current chair of German production giant UFA, maker of Generation War, Deutschland 83 and Charité, is leaving the Fremantle-owned company to go solo, setting up his own production house and joining forces with long-time collaborator Jan Mojto of Beta Film.
Hofmann will be stepping down as chairman of UFA on March 1 and has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Mojto’s Beta Film, producer of Babylon Berlin, that will see Hofmann, Mojto, and Beta producer Jan Wünschmann co-produce German and European series and films for the international market.
Hofmann and Mojto have a history going back decades. The duo pioneered event television and helped elevate German drama to international prominence with such limited series, as The Tunnel (2001), The Tower (2012) and Generation War (2013). These award-winning dramas, co-produced between Mojto’s Beta and Hofmann’s UFA-owned production group TeamWorx (now UFA Fiction), were also ratings hits in Germany and internationally.
Hofmann will be stepping down as chairman of UFA on March 1 and has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Mojto’s Beta Film, producer of Babylon Berlin, that will see Hofmann, Mojto, and Beta producer Jan Wünschmann co-produce German and European series and films for the international market.
Hofmann and Mojto have a history going back decades. The duo pioneered event television and helped elevate German drama to international prominence with such limited series, as The Tunnel (2001), The Tower (2012) and Generation War (2013). These award-winning dramas, co-produced between Mojto’s Beta and Hofmann’s UFA-owned production group TeamWorx (now UFA Fiction), were also ratings hits in Germany and internationally.
- 2/14/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Germany’s UFA Group has brought in a senior Netflix exec, as part of a management re-org.
Natalie Clausen has been named COO of the Fremantle-owned German production giant, and will join its management board on February 19.
She was most recently Senior Production Manager for German-speaking countries, working on productions such as The Empress, Kleo and Liebskind. Prior to Netflix, she worked on big-ticket German shows such as Babylon Berlin and UFA shows Charité and Deutschland 89.
She’ll report to UFA CEO Sascha Schwingel, who took on his role in September. Schwingel replaced Nico Hofmann, who had been with the Generation War maker for more than 25 years.
Clearly, the restructuring didn’t end there, and the addition of Clausen will “provide valuable input to create even more space for creativity in a flexible, lean organization and with the clever use of technology,” according to Schwingel.
Further changes will see...
Natalie Clausen has been named COO of the Fremantle-owned German production giant, and will join its management board on February 19.
She was most recently Senior Production Manager for German-speaking countries, working on productions such as The Empress, Kleo and Liebskind. Prior to Netflix, she worked on big-ticket German shows such as Babylon Berlin and UFA shows Charité and Deutschland 89.
She’ll report to UFA CEO Sascha Schwingel, who took on his role in September. Schwingel replaced Nico Hofmann, who had been with the Generation War maker for more than 25 years.
Clearly, the restructuring didn’t end there, and the addition of Clausen will “provide valuable input to create even more space for creativity in a flexible, lean organization and with the clever use of technology,” according to Schwingel.
Further changes will see...
- 2/9/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Sascha Schwingel has been named the new CEO of German TV production giant UFA, replacing Nico Hofmann, who will become chair of the Berlin-based company behind such series as Generation War, Deutschland ’83 and Ku’damm 56. UFA is part of global production giant Fremantle.
Hofmann, who has been CEO of UFA since 2017, joined the company in 1998, setting up UFA’s serial fiction group teamWorx (now UFA Fiction). He is largely credited with helping turn UFA into Germany’s leading television producer, with shows across all genres and on air on virtually every German channel and streaming service.
The group consists of four production units: UFA Fiction, which produces high-end drama such as Deutschland ’83, Charité and the recent Disney+ series Sam – A Saxon; soaps division UFA Serial Drama, whose long-running serials include Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten and Unter Uns; UFA Show & Factual, which produce shiny floor shows including the local versions...
Hofmann, who has been CEO of UFA since 2017, joined the company in 1998, setting up UFA’s serial fiction group teamWorx (now UFA Fiction). He is largely credited with helping turn UFA into Germany’s leading television producer, with shows across all genres and on air on virtually every German channel and streaming service.
The group consists of four production units: UFA Fiction, which produces high-end drama such as Deutschland ’83, Charité and the recent Disney+ series Sam – A Saxon; soaps division UFA Serial Drama, whose long-running serials include Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten and Unter Uns; UFA Show & Factual, which produce shiny floor shows including the local versions...
- 9/19/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The German-based distribution and production company Port au Prince Film And Kultur Produktion has hired Roshanak “Rosh” Khodabakhsh as a producer and executive board member.
Khodabakhsh will start the role on March 1. One of her tasks will be to further expand and lead the company’s Berlin branch.
Khodabakhsh mostly recently spent three years at the German distributor-producer Dcm, where she was a producer. Prior to Dcm, Khodabakhsh spent six years as a freelance production coordinator and production manager on projects such as Netflix’s Sense8, UFA’s Charité, and the X Filme series Babylon Berlin. She has also worked with directors such as Tom Tykwer, Sönke Wortmann, Fatih Akin (The Golden Glove), Jan Schomburg (Divine), and Ilya Khrzhanovsky (Dau).
Port Au Prince Producer and Managing Director Jan Krüger previously collaborated with Khodabakhsh in 2009 on Ali Samadi-Ahadi’s Grimme Award-winning doc The Green Wave.
“I would like to thank Marc Schmidheiny,...
Khodabakhsh will start the role on March 1. One of her tasks will be to further expand and lead the company’s Berlin branch.
Khodabakhsh mostly recently spent three years at the German distributor-producer Dcm, where she was a producer. Prior to Dcm, Khodabakhsh spent six years as a freelance production coordinator and production manager on projects such as Netflix’s Sense8, UFA’s Charité, and the X Filme series Babylon Berlin. She has also worked with directors such as Tom Tykwer, Sönke Wortmann, Fatih Akin (The Golden Glove), Jan Schomburg (Divine), and Ilya Khrzhanovsky (Dau).
Port Au Prince Producer and Managing Director Jan Krüger previously collaborated with Khodabakhsh in 2009 on Ali Samadi-Ahadi’s Grimme Award-winning doc The Green Wave.
“I would like to thank Marc Schmidheiny,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Beta Film has closed a raft of major deals for the period drama “Sisi” ahead of its world premiere in Cannes on Monday. In addition, Rtl Deutschland has given the green light for the second season of the series.
“Sisi” will bow in Germany later this year on the streaming platform Rtl Plus and then on linear channel Rtl.
The six-hour period drama, produced by Story House Pictures, will be broadcast by Mediaset in Italy, Globoplay in Brasil, Npo in the Netherlands, Rtl in Hungary, Rtvs in Slovak Republic and Viasat World on its Epic Drama channel throughout Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey.
Most recently, Beta Film signed a contract with Vtm Belgium. Previously, TF1 for France and Austrian pubcaster Orf joined as broadcasting partners. Numerous negotiations are ongoing.
The coming-of-age story of the Austrian Empress will celebrate its world premiere at the TV festival Canneseries on Monday, playing out of competition.
“Sisi” will bow in Germany later this year on the streaming platform Rtl Plus and then on linear channel Rtl.
The six-hour period drama, produced by Story House Pictures, will be broadcast by Mediaset in Italy, Globoplay in Brasil, Npo in the Netherlands, Rtl in Hungary, Rtvs in Slovak Republic and Viasat World on its Epic Drama channel throughout Eastern Europe, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey.
Most recently, Beta Film signed a contract with Vtm Belgium. Previously, TF1 for France and Austrian pubcaster Orf joined as broadcasting partners. Numerous negotiations are ongoing.
The coming-of-age story of the Austrian Empress will celebrate its world premiere at the TV festival Canneseries on Monday, playing out of competition.
- 10/11/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Beta Film has closed pre-sales with two leading European broadcasters, France’s TF1 and Austria’s Orf, on Rtl Group’s series about iconic Austrian Empress Sisi.
Shooting of the six-hour series has just started in the Baltics and will continue in Austria, Hungary and Germany. Today we can reveal a first look on set. Rtl Group’s streaming service Tvnow plans to release Sisi at the end of this year. Further negotiations with several international broadcasters are said to be underway.
Empress Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi, whose fictional character was portrayed by Austrian actress Romy Schneider in the 1950s, was a pop star and influencer of her time at the end of the 19th century, and an icon in Europe and beyond.
The series circles around the tomboy and Bavarian princess, who, after her marriage with Franz Joseph I., Emperor of Austria, has to realize that life at the...
Shooting of the six-hour series has just started in the Baltics and will continue in Austria, Hungary and Germany. Today we can reveal a first look on set. Rtl Group’s streaming service Tvnow plans to release Sisi at the end of this year. Further negotiations with several international broadcasters are said to be underway.
Empress Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi, whose fictional character was portrayed by Austrian actress Romy Schneider in the 1950s, was a pop star and influencer of her time at the end of the 19th century, and an icon in Europe and beyond.
The series circles around the tomboy and Bavarian princess, who, after her marriage with Franz Joseph I., Emperor of Austria, has to realize that life at the...
- 5/7/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
This year’s crop of Intl. Emmy nominees across categories feature strong and diverse showings for series and performers alike. Here, Variety breaks down the races.
Drama
Few categories sum up current trends in global TV better than drama series, which also continues to be the biggest prize at the ceremony. Three of the four titles come from big, global-reaching companies, and three of are also crime thrillers, still the stock-in trade of much high-end international drama. On paper, any of the four titles could win, with interrogation room-set “Criminal: U.K.” from “Killing Eve” writer George Kay, pitting cops against suspects played in memorable turns by a stone-faced David Tennant and swanking Hayley Atwell. “The Bronze Garden 2” has Argentina’s Joaquín Furriel take on a new case to honor his dead friend Doberti (Luis Luque). Set in Berlin’s renowned Charité university hospital, the second season of “Charité” unspools...
Drama
Few categories sum up current trends in global TV better than drama series, which also continues to be the biggest prize at the ceremony. Three of the four titles come from big, global-reaching companies, and three of are also crime thrillers, still the stock-in trade of much high-end international drama. On paper, any of the four titles could win, with interrogation room-set “Criminal: U.K.” from “Killing Eve” writer George Kay, pitting cops against suspects played in memorable turns by a stone-faced David Tennant and swanking Hayley Atwell. “The Bronze Garden 2” has Argentina’s Joaquín Furriel take on a new case to honor his dead friend Doberti (Luis Luque). Set in Berlin’s renowned Charité university hospital, the second season of “Charité” unspools...
- 11/18/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Showtime announced the release date for “Couples Therapy: The Covid Special,” and Starz cast German actor Alicia von Rittberg as young Queen Elizabeth in “Becoming Elizabeth.”
Casting
Starz cast Alicia von Rittberg as the lead in the network’s upcoming project, “Becoming Elizabeth.” The eight-episode series tells the story of Queen Elizabeth before she ascends to the throne, unraveling the drama and strategies involved in selecting a successor to King Henry VIII. Von Rittberg, a German actor, has previously acted in such projects as “Fury,” which screened at the London Film Festival; “Our Kind Traitor,” and the Netflix series “Charite.” She is represented by United Agents and Die Agenten in Germany.
First Looks
FX unveiled a new trailer for its three-episode limited series “Black Narcissus,” which premieres Nov. 23 and will be available on FX on Hulu the following day. Based on Rumer Godden‘s novel,...
Casting
Starz cast Alicia von Rittberg as the lead in the network’s upcoming project, “Becoming Elizabeth.” The eight-episode series tells the story of Queen Elizabeth before she ascends to the throne, unraveling the drama and strategies involved in selecting a successor to King Henry VIII. Von Rittberg, a German actor, has previously acted in such projects as “Fury,” which screened at the London Film Festival; “Our Kind Traitor,” and the Netflix series “Charite.” She is represented by United Agents and Die Agenten in Germany.
First Looks
FX unveiled a new trailer for its three-episode limited series “Black Narcissus,” which premieres Nov. 23 and will be available on FX on Hulu the following day. Based on Rumer Godden‘s novel,...
- 10/27/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix shows “Criminal U.K.” and “Delhi Crime,” UFA’s second season of “Charité,” and the second season of HBO Latin America’s “The Bronze Garden” are the nominees in the best drama category at the International Emmy Awards.
Vying for best actress are Glenda Jackson for “Elizabeth is Missing,” for which she has already won a BAFTA, Yeo Yann Yann for “Invisible Stories,” Emma Bading for “Play,” and Andrea Beltrão for “Hebe.”
Nominees for best actor are Billy Barratt for “Responsible Child,” Guido Caprino for “1994,” Raphael Logam for the second season of “Impure” and Arjun Mathur for “Made in Heaven.”
Nominees come from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the U.K. and the U.S.
Bruce L. Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, said: “At a time of...
Vying for best actress are Glenda Jackson for “Elizabeth is Missing,” for which she has already won a BAFTA, Yeo Yann Yann for “Invisible Stories,” Emma Bading for “Play,” and Andrea Beltrão for “Hebe.”
Nominees for best actor are Billy Barratt for “Responsible Child,” Guido Caprino for “1994,” Raphael Logam for the second season of “Impure” and Arjun Mathur for “Made in Heaven.”
Nominees come from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, the U.K. and the U.S.
Bruce L. Paisner, president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, said: “At a time of...
- 9/24/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix is the frontrunner for the 2020 International Emmys with four nominations across multiple categories. HBO came a close second, picking up three nominations from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its non-English-language series.
Indian drama Delhi Crime, which Netflix picked up after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and the streamer’s British procedural Criminal UK, were both nominated in the best drama series category, alongside Argentine drama The Bronze Garden from HBO Latin America. German period drama Charité, which Netflix did not produce but carries on its U.S. service, is the fourth contender in the category....
Indian drama Delhi Crime, which Netflix picked up after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and the streamer’s British procedural Criminal UK, were both nominated in the best drama series category, alongside Argentine drama The Bronze Garden from HBO Latin America. German period drama Charité, which Netflix did not produce but carries on its U.S. service, is the fourth contender in the category....
- 9/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Netflix is the frontrunner for the 2020 International Emmys with four nominations across multiple categories. HBO came a close second, picking up three nominations from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its non-English-language series.
Indian drama Delhi Crime, which Netflix picked up after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and the streamer’s British procedural Criminal UK, were both nominated in the best drama series category, alongside Argentine drama The Bronze Garden from HBO Latin America. German period drama Charité, which Netflix did not produce but carries on its U.S. service, is the fourth contender in the category....
Indian drama Delhi Crime, which Netflix picked up after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and the streamer’s British procedural Criminal UK, were both nominated in the best drama series category, alongside Argentine drama The Bronze Garden from HBO Latin America. German period drama Charité, which Netflix did not produce but carries on its U.S. service, is the fourth contender in the category....
- 9/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
America’s Got Talent: The Champions and the second season of American Gods helped drive revenues and profit at Fremantle.
The Rtl-owned producer and distribute reported revenue growth of 23.2% in the first half of 2019 to €828M ($747M) from €672M in the same period last year. Ebita was also up significantly from €33M to €52M.
America’s Got Talent: The Champions was a hit on NBC with an average audience of 12.4M viewers resulting in a 12.3 share, 50% higher than the network’s primetime average. Similarly, the 14th season of America’s Got Talent launched in May 2019 performed well, while American Idol was ABC’s number one entertainment series of the 2018/19 season.
In scripted, the second season of American Gods was the highest-rated season launch on the Us pay-tv channel Starz in over two years with 816,000 watching the premiere. A third season has already been commissioned.
In Germany, the second season...
The Rtl-owned producer and distribute reported revenue growth of 23.2% in the first half of 2019 to €828M ($747M) from €672M in the same period last year. Ebita was also up significantly from €33M to €52M.
America’s Got Talent: The Champions was a hit on NBC with an average audience of 12.4M viewers resulting in a 12.3 share, 50% higher than the network’s primetime average. Similarly, the 14th season of America’s Got Talent launched in May 2019 performed well, while American Idol was ABC’s number one entertainment series of the 2018/19 season.
In scripted, the second season of American Gods was the highest-rated season launch on the Us pay-tv channel Starz in over two years with 816,000 watching the premiere. A third season has already been commissioned.
In Germany, the second season...
- 8/28/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Just in time for Christmas comes the heartwarming story of “Perfume,” which follows a half-dozen friends so obsessed with the possibilities of smell that the death of one of them dredges up some extremely unpleasant things about their pasts.
The new series is based on the 1985 Patrick Süskind novel “Perfume,” which was previously adapted into the 2006 Tom Tykwer film “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer,” starring a pre-Bond Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, and Dustin Hoffman. This new TV venture brings the original story into a modern context, rather than the 18th-century French environs of the novel.
In updating the historical story, this six-part season also gets a detective show twist, with a group of investigators looking into the death of a singer. What they find is a group of one-time school friends, at least one of whom stumbled into the practice of using human scents as the basis for making a one-of-a-kind fragrance.
The new series is based on the 1985 Patrick Süskind novel “Perfume,” which was previously adapted into the 2006 Tom Tykwer film “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer,” starring a pre-Bond Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, and Dustin Hoffman. This new TV venture brings the original story into a modern context, rather than the 18th-century French environs of the novel.
In updating the historical story, this six-part season also gets a detective show twist, with a group of investigators looking into the death of a singer. What they find is a group of one-time school friends, at least one of whom stumbled into the practice of using human scents as the basis for making a one-of-a-kind fragrance.
- 11/21/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Lower profit contributions from FremantleMedia North America impacted numbers at the American Gods producer and distributor as well as parent company Rtl.
In its first-quarter financials operating profit at FremantleMedia fell by €2M (Us$2.4M) from last year, dropping from €15M to €13M on steady revenues of €271M, while operating profit at the group fell from €264M to €259M. The company said that it expects FremantleMedia to have a similar performance in the second quarter of the year but noted that revenue growth was expected to “accelerate in the second half of the year on the back of the new drama deliveries”.
This comes despite the launch of American Idol on ABC in March and its subsequent renewal for a second season as well as the premiere of dating format Hear Me, Love Me, See Me on TLC. German drama Charité, which is produced by Ufa Fiction and set in 1880s Berlin,...
In its first-quarter financials operating profit at FremantleMedia fell by €2M (Us$2.4M) from last year, dropping from €15M to €13M on steady revenues of €271M, while operating profit at the group fell from €264M to €259M. The company said that it expects FremantleMedia to have a similar performance in the second quarter of the year but noted that revenue growth was expected to “accelerate in the second half of the year on the back of the new drama deliveries”.
This comes despite the launch of American Idol on ABC in March and its subsequent renewal for a second season as well as the premiere of dating format Hear Me, Love Me, See Me on TLC. German drama Charité, which is produced by Ufa Fiction and set in 1880s Berlin,...
- 5/17/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Charité’ Review: Netflix’s Historical Hospital Drama Won’t Fix ‘The Knick’-Sized Hole in Your Heart
One of the most fascinating elements of “Charité,” the new six-part German miniseries now available on Netflix, is the operation theater. As a medical drama set in the late 19th century, this combination lecture hall and surgical venue is as compelling a concept as it is unsanitary. To see a procedure like a tracheotomy or an appendectomy, both in their nascent development stages, presented in such a matter-of-fact way is jarring by design. To see progress and hubris in tandem is one of the main reasons why medical dramas (especially ones set in a distant time) continue to be a regular TV staple.
Whenever “Charité” returns to the exhibition-style setting of that instructional surgery hall, it’s hard not to think of the similar scenes in “The Knick,” a show that by virtue of its styling and being set a decade later took a more modern approach to this subgenre.
Whenever “Charité” returns to the exhibition-style setting of that instructional surgery hall, it’s hard not to think of the similar scenes in “The Knick,” a show that by virtue of its styling and being set a decade later took a more modern approach to this subgenre.
- 4/20/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Netflix has acquired the rights to German period hospital drama series “Charité” in multiple territories, including the U.S., the U.K., Canada and Australia. The show is produced by Ufa, whose credits include “Generation War,” “Deutschland 83” and “Ku’damm 56 – Rebel With a Cause.”
In a deal with sales agent Global Screen, the streaming giant has taken rights to the six-part production in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Benelux, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and German-speaking Europe. The series delivered stellar ratings for Germany’s public broadcaster Ard/Das Erste when it premiered last year. The first two episodes reached more than 8.41 million viewers and an audience share of 25.9%, delivering the best performance of a primetime series in 13 years and the most successful launch of a series in more than 25 years for Ard/Das Erste.
The series is set in Berlin in 1888. After penniless Ida is operated on as a patient at the Charité Hospital,...
In a deal with sales agent Global Screen, the streaming giant has taken rights to the six-part production in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Benelux, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and German-speaking Europe. The series delivered stellar ratings for Germany’s public broadcaster Ard/Das Erste when it premiered last year. The first two episodes reached more than 8.41 million viewers and an audience share of 25.9%, delivering the best performance of a primetime series in 13 years and the most successful launch of a series in more than 25 years for Ard/Das Erste.
The series is set in Berlin in 1888. After penniless Ida is operated on as a patient at the Charité Hospital,...
- 4/19/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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