Articles about ARD
Note perfect
As Amadeus and Mozart/Mozart shine a fresh spotlight on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, DQ speaks to the musicians behind the series to explore how they faced up to the challenge of meeting the legacy of the genius composer.
Boardroom bombshell
Pia Strietmann, director of Herrhausen – The Banker & the Bomb, tells DQ how she found a modern film language for this German-language drama and identifies a key scene that “holds the soul of the series.”
Fact File: Dangerous Truth
OneGate Media CEO Tania Reichert-Facilides and Bravado chief Eric Welbers share the key details of this German political thriller inspired by true events surrounding the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
After effects
British theatre star Amara Okereke tells DQ about landing her first major TV role in The Morning After, an eight-part comedy set in Cape Town that focuses on a young woman finding her identity in a new city with new friends.
Crash course
Upcoming German drama Hundertdreizehn explores a single story through connected characters and multiple points of view. Writer Arndt Stüwe outlines the scriptwriting process and discusses his love of non-linear storytelling.
ARD, ORF count on Hundertdreizehn
Filming is underway on German drama Hundertdreizehn, an ensemble series that centres on the stories of six people connected by a catastrophic traffic incident.
What happened to Herrhausen?
German political drama Herrhausen – The Banker & The Bomb shines a light on the assassination of a prominent banker just weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Producer Gabriele Sperl, writer Thomas Wendrich and star Oliver Masucci tell DQ how they brought this true story to the screen.
Miracle workers
Director David Schalko and writer Daniel Kehlmann join NDR head of fiction Christian Granderath and ORF head of features Klaus Lintschinger to reveal how they came together for a biopic of Franz Kafka, airing in the centenary year of the celebrated novelist’s death.
Nursing a secret
Davos 1917 head writer and creative producer Adrian Illien transports DQ to the Swiss Alps, the setting for this wartime drama about a young nurse who is drawn into a world of espionage and competing powers.
Fact File: Baltic Crimes
Tania Reichert-Facilides, MD of OneGate Media, reveals six crucial details about Der Usedom Krimi (Baltic Crimes), a long-running crime series that centres on the relationship between mother-and-daughter investigators as a murder threatens to tear them apart.
Top of the league
Writer Martin Ambrosch and director Andreas Prochaska take DQ into the world of The Net – Prometheus, the first in a proposed series of multi-language, interconnected stories set in the arena of international football.
Scripted TV’s sporting chance?
The scripted TV business has never really enjoyed much success with sporting subject matter. But maybe shows like Ballers, Kingdom and Rivals Forever signal a new wave of opportunity.
The horror, the horror!
In a busy week for commissions and renewals, a genre that seems to be cresting a wave is horror, although sci-fi and supernatural are still priorities for broadcasters. There’s bad news for Kurt Sutter, however, as The Bastard Executioner is axed by FX.
Women in the lead
US networks are building a trend towards central character gender swaps as channels continue play it safe with renewals, reboots and adaptations – except for Amazon, which launches an eclectic bunch of pilots.
Full steam ahead
Built on a new willingness to tackle historical subject matter and increasing viewer acceptance of English-language shows, German drama is making international headway. DQ finds out how it’s all coming together for this growing industry.