Red Arrow International distributes new German dramas

Red Arrow International distributes new German dramas

Munich, 27 July 2015. Red Arrow International is to distribute a slate of major new German dramas, to launch at this years MIPCOM. The lineup includes primetime SAT.1 crime series EINSTEIN starring Tom Beck and TV movie BERLIN ONE from the producers of The Lives of Others.

Following a high-rating pilot episode earlier this year, SAT.1 has commissioned a full season of crime series EINSTEIN (6 x 1 hour). Produced by Zeitsprung Pictures, the show stars Tom Beck (Alarm for Cobra 11) as Albert Einsteins great grandson, a physicist with hereditary Huntingtons disease who is forced to help the police solve a series of challenging crimes.

BERLIN ONE (Berlin Eins, 1 x 2 hours) is a new event movie from Wiedemann & Berg - the award-winning producers of The Lives of Others. Starring multi-award winner Tobias Moretti (Inspector Rex), Friedrich M cke (Friendship!) and Emilia Sch le (Tatort), Berlin One is directed by up-and-coming director Marvin Kren (The Station, Rammbock), and is set during Berlins Golden Age in the roaring 20s. Whilst high society revels in their luxurious lives, groups of gangsters are spreading prostitution, drug smuggling, blackmail and robbery across the city; Chief Inspector Lang and the cops of the Berlin One precinct are tasked with tracking them down.

Also from Wiedemann & Berg comes new comedy series HEART & SOUL (Frauenherzen, 6 x 1 hour). Commissioned following a successful movie pilot on SAT.1, this strong female ensemble sees four different women, with four different lives and stories, all set in contemporary Berlin. Heart & Soul stars Nadeshda Brennicke, Julia Hartmann, Muriel Baumeister and Christina Petersen.

A second season of successful crime series JOSY KLICK, HOMICIDE (Josephine Klick - Allein unter Cops, Season Two: 6 x 1 hour; total 12 x 1 hour) is also launching at MIPCOM. Produced by UFA Fiction (Deutschland 83), award-winning comedy actress Diana Amft (Doctors Diary) returns to the role of an exceptional cop who uses her female intuition, tenacity and country ways to solve unusual crimes in the big city.

Red Arrow Internationals German scripted dramas will launch at MIPCOM alongside a strong line-up of English language fiction including previously announced titles: CLEVERMAN (6 x 1 hour) starring Iain Glen (Game of Thrones); PETER & WENDY (1 x 2 hours) starring Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games); and season two of crime drama BOSCH (10 x 1 hour, total: 20 x 1 hour) starring Titus Welliver (Argo). The full MIPCOM fiction line-up will be announced shortly.

Henrik Pabst, Managing Director of Red Arrow International, said: Alongside our English-language lineup, we are delighted to be launching this strong slate of internationally appealing German dramas. The quality of fiction coming out of SAT.1 is impressive; and shows such as Einstein fit the ever-growing international demand for procedural crime drama. The interest that the Einstein pilot has already generated is exciting.

About Red Arrow International

Red Arrow International is a world-leading TV distributor of scripted, factual and formatted shows from Red Arrows global group of production companies, outstanding third-party producers and digital-content partners. Red Arrow International is a major co-producer of global entertainment, providing substantial production financing for scripted and non-scripted projects. Recent international highlights include: Bosch (Amazon), Lilyhammer (Netflix); and Married at First Sight (A&E/FYI). With offices in Munich, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, Red Arrow International has a truly global reach and distributes acclaimed, quality content to over 200 territories worldwide.

Led by Henrik Pabst, Red Arrow International is part of Red Arrow Entertainment Group, made up of 13 production companies across 7 countries; the Los Angeles based MCN, Collective Digital Studio (CDS); and creative partnerships and joint ventures with STV, Sync Media, The Imaginarium Studios and United Artists Media Group (Mark Burnett / Hearst). Red Arrow Entertainment Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, one of Europes leading media groups.

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