new line-up miniseries - series - tv movies - feature films mip tv 2013 b¤Ta mip tv 2013 b¤Ta mip tv 2013 b¤Ta mip tv 2013 mip tv 2013 b¤Ta mip tv 2013 b¤Ta mip tv 2013 www.betafilm.com Visit our Screeningroom! user: miptv13 Password: betaclients Five friends besieged by twisted ideologies and raw violence Berlin, 1941. Five friends eager to become heroes in an adventure that will change the face of Europe – and that will forever change them as well. Level-headed, highly decorated officer Wilhelm is off to the eastern front with his younger brother Friedhelm, a sensitive dreamer more interested in literature than warfare. Deeply in love with Wilhelm is Charlotte, a young nurse who looks forward to serving in the Wehrmacht, also on the eastern front. While Greta is a talented singer who longs to become another Marlene Dietrich, her Jewish boyfriend Viktor still cannot convince his parents to leave Germany... Valor and courage come to the fore, but also betrayal – of values, beliefs, humanity. Friedhelm turns into a soulless killing machine... Wilhelm deserts his troops and is court-martialed... Charlotte’s Nazi ideology crumbles when she betrays a Jewish nurse helping the German army... Greta obtains papers for Viktor’s escape by selling herself to an SS colonel. They and millions of others wanted to be heroes; but none of them could imagine what the war would ultimately do to them and to the rest of the world... „The ZDF three-parter marks a new era in German television.“ (Der Spiegel) Title Generation War Genre Drama Category Miniseries Format 6 x one hour / 3 x two hours Directed by Philipp Kadelbach Written by Stefan Kolditz Starring Volker Bruch Tom Schilling Katharina Schüttler Ludwig Trepte Miriam Stein Produced by a co-production of TeamWorx and ZDF in co-operation with Beta Film and ZDF Enterprises www.betafilm.com/generationwar One century, two families, four generations HOTEL ADLON – A FAMILY SAGA scored record ratings with over 25.5 million viewers over three evenings It’s where commerce and politics meet money and glamour, and where sin can count on discretion – the Hotel Adlon in Berlin, one of the grandest of the world’s grand hotels. This is the story of a vision made reality, a family saga inspired by the events that marked the first 90 years of Germany’s most extraordinary hotel. It begins with the birth of Sonja, whose life will be inextricably bound up with the Adlon’s fate. The tragedies to come are heralded by the dark secret surrounding Sonja’s origins. Financial problems soon plague the hotel, and the Kaiser ends his patronage after abdicating. Louis Adlon and his father Lorenz continue to prize their independence, and Louis’ new wife Hedda proves to have an uncanny business sense, organizing spectacular balls and other lucrative events in the Roaring Twenties. It is in the lobby of the hotel that has become her home that Sonja meets Julian, a Jewish musician, and falls in love with him. But it is now the late 1930s, and Julian must flee, with their little daughter. A new period of sorrow and suffering begins, as Sonja steadfastly guides the Adlon through the war and postwar years, while burning to know what has happened to Julian and her daughter... Title Hotel Adlon - A Family Saga Genre Drama Category Miniseries Format 3 x two hours Directed by Uli Edel Written by Rodica Döhnert Uli Edel Starring Josefine Preuss Heino Ferch Marie Bäumer Burghart Klaussner Wotan Wilke Möhring Anja Kling Sunnyi Melles Katharina Wackernagel Produced by ZDF and MOOVIE the art of entertainment in co-operation with ORF www.betafilm.com/hoteladlon The Wondrous, Marvelous and Absolutely Believable Adventures of BARON MÜNCHHAUSEN Based on the classic, fantastical tales of Baron Münchhausen Hieronymus Carl Friedrich Baron von Münchhausen – his name is quite a mouthful, but at least it’s not made up, like most of what comes out of the very talkative Baron’s mouth. His smart but threadbare uniform cannot hide the fact that times are rough and that he basically earns his living from telling tall tales. At a country inn, he meets an earnest little girl, Frieda, a circus-artist child from St. Petersburg who claims that he is her father. Try as he may, Münchhausen simply cannot convince her that she’s wrong. But as a gesture of good will, he – along with another new acquaintance, the lovely Countess Constanze von Hellberg – will bring her back to her mother in Russia. Along the way, they are caught by pirates, land on the moon, cross a desert and the freezing taiga – and ultimately arrive in Petersburg, at the court of Münchhausen’s one-time lover, Czarina Catherine the Great. Jealous of the little girl at the Baron’s side, Catherine has the girl abducted and sold to the Great Sultan, a feared potentate and Münchhausen’s greatest enemy. But the Baron has come to care deeply about little Frieda, and is ready to use all his cunning and talents to outfox the Sultan and rescue Frieda. Title Baron Münchhausen/ Baron on the Cannonball Genre Family Entertainment Category Feature Film Format two hours Directed by Andreas Linke Written by Marc O. Seng Starring Jan Josef Liefers Jessica Schwarz Isabelle und Helen Ottmann Katja Riemann Tayfun Bademsoy Gennadi Vengerov Lars Rudolph Tonio Arango Produced by teamWorx Produktion in co-production with ARD Degeto in co-operation with SWR, HR, BR and Beta www.betafilm.com/barononthecannonball How far would you go to get to the peak? Based on the true story of the 1954 conquest of K2 “It’s about ambition, passion and the price of success” (Robert Dornhelm, “War and Peace”) It had been beckoning for centuries: the world’s second-tallest mountain, known under different names, but feared and revered universally as K2. Despite several attempts to conquer it, the white giant had repulsed every attempt by even the most skilled and experienced climbers. Would 1954 be the year of its conquest? In Milan, the ambitious Prof. Desio is quietly putting together a team of Alpinists, the best he can find. The training is grueling and brings several aspirants to their physical and mental limits. But all want to go on; all want to make it to the top. Especially the extremely fit and sure- footed young Bonatti. Finally, twelve are chosen. As the men travel half-way across the globe and begin their daredevil ascent, personalities clash, jealousy and mistrust begin to seep through what should be a tight-knit fabric. Yet team spirit ultimately wins out, with each climber showing remarkable determination and willpower as they brave storms, avalanches, altitude sickness and violent personal conflicts. Ultimately, however, and to Bonatti’s bitter disappointment, only two men chosen by Desio – Compagnoni and Lacedelli – are allowed to make it to the “death zone” – and reach the top. Title K2 Genre Drama Category Miniseries Format 2 x two hours Directed by Robert Dornhelm Starring Marco Bocci Massimo Poggio Michele Alhaique Giuseppe Cederna Giorgio Lupano Alberto Molinari Produced by Red Film S.r.l. for RAI in association with Beta www.betafilm.com/k2 Freedom was their motivation. Betrayal their fear. Love a distant vision... Barcelona, 1939. The Spanish Civil War is nearly over. As a soldier fighting against Franco’s troops, Felip knows he must be cautious. But fortune is not on his side: he, his wife Lola and their young daughter Maria are captured by the Fascists. Maria is placed in a family of high-ranking Fascists, her parents are sent to a concentration camp in southern France. The young couple’s love is put to the test when Lola is separated from Felip and begins to despair of ever seeing either Maria or Felip again. She finds comfort – and love – in the arms of a rugged border runner, Manel. But then Lola finds her daughter, and Manel volunteers to steal the child back from her foster parents and bring her to Lola, thus sealing their love. In the meantime, Hitler’s troops are swarming through Europe. After escaping from the Fascists, Felip chooses to fight the Nazis in the French Foreign Legion. As the war continues to rage, Lola joins the Resistance, where she meets up with Manel, the man she now loves, and is forced to choose between duty and desire... Title We shall return Genre Drama Category Miniseries / TV Movie Format 2 x two hours / two hours Directed by Felipe Solé Written by Pau Garsaball Marta Grau Starring Bea Segura Oriol Tarrasón Roger Coma Aida Folch Javier Beltrán Marc Martínez Jeannine Mestre Myriam Mezières Jordi Dauder Produced by Brutal Media in co-production with Televisió de Catalunya and tve www.betafilm.com/weshallreturn Even a paradise on earth needs a judge Starring Andie MacDowell / Showrunner Carl Binder (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) The idyllic coastal town of Cedar Cove in the American Northwest is known for its scenic beauty – and for Judge Olivia Lockhart, a radiant beauty of her own. You might say the town itself is her courtroom – for not only does she convey respect and natural authority but genuine interest and compassion for her fellow townspeople. Her cases run the gamut of small-town crime and civil disputes, many of which need to be handled with as much brains as common sense, as much candidness as tact. But it’s not only Olivia’s court style that intrigues handsome journalist Jack Griffith, it’s Olivia’s human touch. As editor-in-chief - and sole employee – of the “Cedar Cove Chronicle”, he has a finger on the people’s pulse, a pulse that sometimes beats faster, and sometimes slower, than the law..