Articles about Superfilm
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.
Making a Murderer
Writer/director David Schalko and producer John Lueftner discuss making German-language drama M – A City Hunts A Murderer, which is based on Fritz Lang’s iconic 1931 movie.
On the hunt
Fritz Lang’s classic thriller M is reimagined for television by David Schalko in M: Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (A City Hunts a Murderer). DQ met the director and the cast of the unsettling six-parter on set in Vienna.
ABC uncovers Austria’s scripted gems
With US networks searching the world for scripted series, the Writers Room spotlight this week falls on Austria, where two formats have been picked up by ABC.