GRIMME AWARD NOMINATION FOR STORM IS COMING
We are delighted that our films “Storm is coming” Part 1+2 have been nominated. Click here to watch both films on the ZDF streaming portal.
After the end of World War I, the rise of National Socialism divides a Bavarian village community. The peace-loving cobbler Kraus tries to stay out of it – but he has a secret.
The list of Grimme Prize nominees can be found here.
TATORT – THE DESIRE FIRST BROADCAST…
…on Friday, December 26, 2025, at 8:15 p.m. on Das Erste
And in the ARD media library: after broadcast until December 26, 2026
Chekhov’s “The Seagull” is being performed in a venerable Munich theater. But the performance takes a tragic turn when aspiring actress Nora Nielsen (Giulia Goldammer) collapses and dies on stage. Batic (Miroslav Nemec), Leitmayr (Udo Wachtveitl), and Hammermann (Ferdinand Hofer) go behind the scenes of the dazzling theater world, suspecting that the murderer is among the ensemble. In the hectic everyday life of the theater, the detectives encounter jealousy, affairs, and abysses. Anyone could have a motive. And then a dark secret from the recent past shines the spotlight on another clue.
DAfFNE NOMINATION FOR QUERSCHUSS…
… in the category Editing/Producing/Dramaturgy
Our film Querschuss has been nominated for the German Television Award in the category Editing/Producing/Dramaturgy. We are delighted! Congratulations to the nominees: Claudia Simionescu, Claudia Tronnier, and Veronika Ackermann. We’re keeping our fingers crossed.
Further information and the complete list of nominees can be found here.
ROMY 2025 SPECIAL AWARD FOR “STORM IS COMING”
On Saturday, November 29, 2025, Alexander Glehr, Matti Geschonneck, Sabine Weber, and Jakob Claussen accepted the special award for “Storm is coming” at the ROMY Awards in Kitzbühel.
We are delighted about the honor and the jury’s statement, which you can read here:
“Storm is coming” shows how socially significant public television still is, even in a changed media landscape:
The elaborate two-part series starring Josef Hader and Verena Altenberger brings the mechanisms and personal tragedies during the creeping rise to power of the National Socialists to life for today’s television viewers. It is an important and excellently executed project that richly deserves a special award at this year’s KURIER ROMY industry festival.
Congratulations!
FÜNF SEEN FILMFESTIVAL PRESENTS “STORM IS COMING 1 + 2”
“Storm Is Coming” Parts 1 and 2 will be shown at the 19. Fünf Seen Filmfestival
When: Monday, September 15, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. (Part 1) and 8:00 p.m. (Part 2)
Where: Schlossberghalle Starnberg 1
Further information and tickets are available here for Part 1 and here for Part 2.
“TATORT – THE DESIRE” CELEBRATES ITS PREMIERE…
… at the German Film Festival in Ludwigshafen
We are delighted to announce that “TATORT – THE DESIRE” will premiere on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.
The film will be shown on the following dates:
Tue, August 26 at 5:30 p.m. Tent Cinema A
Wed, August 27 at 3:00 p.m. Tent Cinema C
Thu, August 28 at 6:15 p.m. Open-air cinema
Sat, August 30 at 12:30 p.m. Tent Cinema A
Further information can be found here.
FILMING FOR NEW ZDF MOVIE “BAUMGEFLÜSTER”
Greetings from the forest!
Since the beginning of July, filming has been in progress in Munich and the surrounding area for BAUMGEFLÜSTER (WT) for a Sunday evening movie on ZDF: Linus Schütz and Aaron Friesz play the leading roles, with Robert Stadlober, Inka Friedrich, Thomas Loibl, Henriette Richter-Röhl, and Jochen Schropp in supporting roles. The film is directed by Dirk Kummer, with Alex Püringer as cinematographer (both also pictured alongside the lead actors). We are delighted to have Hansi Kraus, Sidonie von Krosigk, Luise Kinseher, Wigald Boning, Laila Maria Padotzke, Salif Dekamo Kamara, and Hayal Kaya in supporting roles.
SHOOTING STARTS FOR NEW TATORT FRANKEN: GOTTESGARTEN
The first joint case for Rosalie Thomass and Fabian Hinrichs
On 2 July 2025, Team Franken investigates for the first time with a new cast: Emilia Rathgeber (Rosalie Thomass) and Felix Voss (Fabian Hinrichs) are called to a Nuremberg hotel by the hour where a travesty artist has been found stabbed to death. They initially look for answers in the red-light district. In the Upper Franconian idyll of Gottesgarten, they finally uncover a monstrous case …
The film is directed by Dustin Loose and the screenplay was written by Constantin Lieb, a native of Bad Staffelstein. In addition to Fabian Hinrichs and Rosalie Thomass, Eli Wasserscheid, Stefan Merki, Matthias Egersdörfer and Lisa Sophie Kusz are in front of the camera. Also taking part: Leonard Scheicher, Anselm Ferdinand Bresgott, Moritz Bock, Horst Kummeth, Jule Gartzke, Jörg Witte, Anhelina Vlasenko, Petr Pelikán and others.
“STORM IS COMING” – PREMIERE AT THE 42ND FILMFEST MUNICH
Our film adaptation Storm is Coming, based on “Unruhe um einen Friedfertigen” by Oskar Maria Graf, will celebrate its premiere at the Filmfest Munich.
The first part of the two-part adaptation will be shown on the following dates:
Mon, June 30 at 8:00 PM at Astor Cinema
Sat, July 5 at 5:30 PM at HFF Audimax
TWO DAfFNE AWARDS FOR ‘SÖRENSEN’
At the 12th DAfFNE Awards we were able to cheer twice for ‘Sörensen catches fire’. Congratulations to Luise Heyer, who was honoured by the German Television Academy (Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen) for her supporting role! We are also very happy for Urs Krüger (original sound), Kai Storck (sound design) and Tobias Fleig (re-recording mixer), who received the award in the category Sound Design!
Click here for further information.
‘QUERSCHUSS’ IN THE PROGRAMME OF TELEVISIONALE BADEN-BADEN
BR Wednesday film ‘Querschuss’ has been selected for this year’s TeleVisionale Baden-Baden television film competition and has therefore also been nominated for the 3sat Audience Award. On Sunday, 24 November 2024 at 8.15 pm, ‘Querschuss’ will be shown on 3sat and from then on you can also vote at www.3sat.de. We are delighted about the nomination and look forward to this year’s TeleVisionale from 27 to 29 November 2024.
“STORM IS COMING” IS COMPLETED
On 23 October 2024, the last take was shot on the set of Storm is Coming. This marks the end of filming for the co-production between DAS DACH partners Claussen+Putz and Film AG from Vienna after 56 exciting days of shooting.
Directed by Matti Geschonneck, we follow the touching story of shoemaker Julius Kraus (played by Josef Hader), who lives a secluded life on the edge of the village community. He is drawn deeper and deeper into the maelstrom of dramatic political events between 1918 and Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, until an inheritance from the USA and the revelation of his Jewish identity leads to his downfall. Hannah Hollinger wrote the screenplays for the adaptation of Oskar Maria Graf’s novel. The historical two films are expected to be shown on ZDF and ORF at the end of 2025.
ANDREAS KLEINERT SHOOTS MUNICH TATORT
Shooting for our new Tatort – ‘Das Verlangen’ (AT) will continue until 03.09.2024 in a venerable Munich theatre, directed by Andreas Kleinert. In addition to the three main actors Mirsolav Nemec, Udo Wachtveitl and Ferdinand Hofer, Ursina Lardi, Robert Kuchenbuch, Liliane Amuat and many more are in front of Johann Feindt’s camera.
Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ is performed in a time-honoured Munich theatre. But the performance takes a tragic turn when the aspiring actress Nora (Giulia Goldammer) collapses dead on stage. Batic (Miroslav Nemec), Leitmayr (Udo Wachtveitl) and Hammermann (Ferdinand Hofer) go behind the scenes of the dazzling theatre world because they suspect a murderer in the midst of the ensemble. In the hectic everyday life of the theatre, the detectives come across jealousy, affairs and abysses. Anyone could have a motive. And then a dark secret from the recent past turns the spotlight on another clue…
‘QUERSCHUSS’ PREMIERE AT THE 20TH FESTIVAL DES DEUTSCHEN FILMS LUDWIGSHAFEN
Our BR Wednesday film ‘Querschuss’ celebrates its premiere at the 20th Festival of German Film Ludwigshafen am Rhein. We are very much looking forward to presenting the film to a live audience at this extraordinary festival.
The film will be shown on the following dates:
Sat, 24 August, 15:15, Zeltkino A
Mon, 26 August, 15:15, Zeltkino A
Sun, 01 September, 21:00, Zeltkino B
Wed, 04 September, 15:45, Freiluftkino
Fri, 06 September, 14:00, Zeltkino B
For further information and tickets visit: www.festival-des-deutschen-films.de
CONGRATULATIONS TO CAROLINE LINK
We would like to congratulate Caroline Link on winning the Blue Panther Award in the category “Best Director” for the series SAFE!
“WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE” WINS ENSEMBLE AWARD
We are delighted for the wonderful actors and actresses of “What You Can See From Here” on winning the hr Ensemble Award as part of the Hessian Film and Cinema Awards! We couldn’t agree more with the jury’s reasoning: “A great closeness to the individual characters is created, allowing us to share in their vulnerability. The magnificent ensemble cast of the film adaptation shows us in the finest detail how love and death can be portrayed in an almost weightless way.”
Congratulations to everyone involved!
PRODUCER AWARD FOR SÖRENSEN
We are delighted that Sörensen catches Fire has won the Hamburg Producer Award “Deutsche Fernsehproduktion”! In its statement, the jury highlighted the excellent mix of genres, combining crime with comedic elements. The finely crafted characters, impressive visual language, and unusual image composition were also praised. We are grateful for this award!
FOUNDING OF THE “DAS DACH” NETWORK
Together with five independent film production companies from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion has joined forces to form the DAS DACH producers’ network. The aim of the association is to promote exchange and cooperation in the region and to strengthen the role of independent producers.
We are very much looking forward to working together!
Further information is available on the website at dasdach.net.
HOTZENPLOTZ GOES FILM AWARD
Our “Robber Hotzenplotz” has been nominated for the German Film Award in the category “Best Children’s Film”!
We are delighted and eagerly await the award ceremony on May 12.
So: no funny business – and keep your fingers crossed!
“SAFE” WINS GRIMME AWARD
Caroline Link is one of the proud winners of this year’s Grimme Award!
She receives the Grimme Special Award “for her outstanding achievement in bringing out the inner lives of children in ‘SAFE’ as an action- and suspense-driving element of insight in the book and in the direction, and for her skillful use of the medium of television.”
We are very pleased about the award and would like to thank everyone involved – both in front of and behind the camera!