HERZOGPARK: LEONINE Studios presents first look at Letterbox event series
- The cast includes Heike Makatsch (LOVE ACTUALLY), Lisa Maria Potthoff (KAISERSCHMARRNDRAMA), Antje Traue (DARK), Felicitas Woll (DAS NEBELHAUS) and Heiner Lauterbach (WELCOME TO GERMANY)
- Academy Award®-winner Jochen Alexander Freydank (TOYLAND) directs
- From the production company behind BAD BANKS and the producers of LINDENBERG! MACH DEIN DING
- HERZOGPARK will premiere on RTL’s streaming service TVNOW in Germany
LEONINE Studios presents a first look at the new six-part event series HERZOGPARK, named after Munich’s luxury residential neighborhood. LEONINE Studios handles worldwide sales on the series and will launch international distribution at MIPCOM this fall.
At the center of this juicy society drama/comedy are strong female characters depicted by an award-winning and internationally known cast including Heike Makatsch (LOVE ACTUALLY, ANATOMY 2, OBSESSION), Lisa Maria Potthoff (KAISERSCHMARRNDRAMA, SKYLINES, SOLOALBUM), Antje Traue (DARK, MAN OF STEEL, WOMAN IN GOLD), Felicitas Woll (BERLIN, BERLIN; GIRLS ON TOP, DAS NEBELHAUS), Heiner Lauterbach (WELCOME TO GERMANY, THE COLLINI CASE, BLACKOUT), Jeanette Hain (THE READER, TRIBES OF EUROPA, NEVER LOOK AWAY), Trystan Pütter (BABYLON BERLIN, TONI ERDMANN, KU’DAMM), Lukas Spisser (WHAT WE WANTED, THE EREMITES, ROCKET FOR TWO) and in a guest role Francis Fulton-Smith (BLACKOUT, OKTOBERFEST 1900, SPIDES).
About the series
Hannah, Elisabeth and Annabelle: they’re beautiful, rich and want to stay where they are at all costs: in Munich’s highly exclusive residential area of Herzogpark. There’s only one problem and it’s male, powerful and has all three of them in its grip: the construction mogul Nikolaus van der Bruck. The women decide that they have to get rid of van der Bruck. But how? Poison him, run him over, shoot him or suffocate him during sex? It’s not so easy to get rid of someone with an element of elegance and discretion. Especially not in a world like Herzogpark where everyone is watching everyone else and at the same time trying to keep up the nice facade... And then suddenly an obscure outsider appears on the screen and seems to be pursuing her own agenda. A woman unlike any of the three Herzogpark ladies. A woman who has nothing to lose. For Maria has already had everything taken from her, by Nikolaus.
Director is Academy Award®-winner Jochen Alexander Freydank (TOYLAND, UND WEG BIST DU). Annette Simon wrote the screenplays based on an idea by Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann and scripts from Regina Dietl with Nadine Keil, Enno Reese and John-Hendrik Karsten. HERZOGPARK is produced by Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann (MY BLIND DATE WITH LIFE) and Michael Lehmann (LINDENBERG! MACH DEIN DING) for Letterbox Filmproduktion and Felix von Poser (LINDENBERG! MACH DEIN DING) for Amalia Film. The production of the series was financially supported by FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, IDM Film Fund and the German Motion Picture Fund.
The series will premiere on RTL’s streaming service TVNOW in Germany.
Patricia Riekel, who headed Europe's biggest people magazine BUNTE as editor-in-chief for over 20 years, contributed her exclusive insights into the world of the rich and famous as script consultant to the series.
About Letterbox
Letterbox Filmproduktion is one of the biggest subsidiaries of Studio Hamburg Production Group, of which Michael Lehmann is the CEO. LETTERBOX is the producer of such successful high-end-series as BAD BANKS – sold in over 50 territories worldwide –, the recently released thriller-series BENEATH THE SURFACE, and the international co-production THE GULF. Almost all of LETTERBOX’s motion pictures premiered at A-list festivals, including NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON at the Berlin International Film Festival, MY BROTHER SIMPLE at the Shanghai International Film Festival, HEIL at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and THE PEPPERCORNS AND THE CURSE OF THE BLACK KING at the Chicago International Film Festival. LINDENBERG! MACH DEIN DING was among the top 3 movies in the German cinema charts in 2020. The latest motion picture release is I’M YOUR MAN by Prime Time Emmy Award-winner Maria Schrader starring Silver Bear-winner Maren Eggert and Dan Stevens. Further remarkable international productions include the Netflix Original UNORTHODOX, produced by the sister company REAL FILM Berlin and Studio Airlift, and the series THE CLEANER starring Greg Davies which is currently in production by Studio Hamburg UK for BBC One.
About LEONINE Studios
LEONINE Studios is a leading independent German content house focusing on inspiring viewers with premium content and being a reliable partner for creative talents. With its three divisions LEONINE Production, LEONINE Distribution and LEONINE Licensing, the media company covers the entire value chain of the content business. LEONINE Studios produces feature films, series, TV shows, entertainment formats, infotainment formats, content for social media channels, and co-produces national and international fiction formats. The LEONINE Studios production companies – i&u TV, Odeon Entertainment, Odeon Fiction, SEO Entertainment, W&B Television and Wiedemann & Berg Film – are led by award-winning producers with long-term ties to outstanding creative talents. LEONINE Studios distributes its content in theaters, on digital services, in home entertainment and on TV channels. In this context, the company also draws on its market-leading license library which includes programs in all formats and genres. LEONINE Studios’ independence assures that all players in the content sector can be provided with premium content – digital streaming providers, pay TV partners as well as public and private television broadcasters.
Press contacts
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