GENERAL INFORMATION
Submitted by :
ADU (Germany)
Country of origin :
Germany
Release date :
30.09.2024 | Film Festival, DE-AU-CH National TV broadcast
Type :
TV mini series
Director :
Pia Strietmann
IMDb :
Synopsis :
Examining the 1989 assassination of Deutsche Bank Chairman Alfred Herrhausen, an advocate of debt relief for developing nations, angering rival bankers amid the fall of the Berlin Wall and shifting global alliances.
ADs Team :
Key 1st AD : Inken Janssen (ADU)
Prep 1st AD : Sebastian Ballhaus (ADU)
Add. 1st AD : Tim Schaer (ADU)
Add. 1st AD : Sebastian Fahr Brix (ADU)
Add. 1st AD : Holger Hage (ADU)
Key 2nd AD : Jan Paul van der Linde (ADU)
Key 2nd AD Crowd : Ann-Sophie Heier (ADU)
2nd AD Crowd : Philipp Puchert (ADU)
Add. Crowd AD : Fränzi Heinrich (ADU)
AD PA : Sasha Gordiiash (ADU)
German Unit (2 Weeks) :
Add. 1st AD : Jasmin Groos
2nd AD Crowd : Ansgar Beck
3rd AD Floor : Danny Lange
3rd AD Base : Simon Riegel
AD PA / Directors Assistant : Samira Scull Saez
AD PA Floor : Xenia Fleur Hübert
AD PA Trainee : Lea Schöngarth
Belgium Unit :
Prep & Shoot add. 1st AD : Matthias Morard
2nd AD Floor : Florence Gilson
3rd AD : Marine Follonier
3rd AD : Céline Morsomme
3rd AD : Felicie Alluiin
3rd AD : Camille Despontin
Greece Unit :
Prep & Shoot 1st AD : Jasmin Groos (GER)
1st AD : Denia Safari (GR)
2nd AD : Dimitris Brasstianos
3rd AD : Maria Elena Mitrodima
TRAILER
BEHIND THE SCENES
N/A
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
Duration of the shooting :
66 days
Location of the shooting :
Germany (Cologne, Duesseldorf, Bielefeld, Achen, Frankfort) [29 Main Unit 8 2nd Unit]
Belgium (Brussels) [31 Main 10 2nd]
Greece (Athens) [6 Main]
AD notes :
Shooting a period piece is always a challenge: story took place in 1984 – 1987
The second shooting period was supposed to take place in South Africa instead of Belgium. The producers lost their funding a week before shooting started in Germany. This meant for us to prep a 31 day shoot parallel to a 29 shoot day traveling production in Germany including scouting many locations, building a huge set piece in a new country
The script work was very delicate, as we were portraying a real person in a real story. In addition the family around the main character is still alive and was part of the story. One of the closest person to the main character in our story pulled out and didn’t want to be part of the series very close to shooting start so we had huge script revisions, locations that were new or got cut, new roles etc. all of that had a big impact on the schedule.
Many many locations in many different cities throughout Germany and Belgium. Location moves within Brussles are most effective on foot due to crazy traffic
The key first AD took on the project on the first day of tech survey since the former first AD had to leave to project.
At the same time we learned that we’ve lost the South Africa funding and started the scouting in Brussles on that very day.
We had to make time in the schedule to travel to Brussles for directors scouting within the Germany shooting period which was very stressfull. Handling all of this was only possible due to the most incredible 2nd AD and Crowd ADs. Every AD understood what was happening and stepped up their game!
Also: Belgium has the best catering EVER!