Sternstunde der Mörder
Prague in the turmoil of the last months of the German occupation: Czech inspector Beran and his assistant Morava are faced with a tricky task: they are to solve the murder of the widow of a German general with the help of German chief detective Buback. But what role does Buback play? Is he just an informer whose job is not to solve the murder case, but to find out how deeply the Prague criminal investigation department is involved in the resistance against the German occupiers?
Meanwhile, the murderer strikes again, a psychopathic serial offender who makes no distinction between German and Czech victims. But when the armed uprising against the occupying forces breaks out in May 1945, it is no longer just about a murderer, but about the problem of guilt and atonement, perpetrators and victims, revenge and retribution.
THE WIDOW KILLER by the Czech master of his craft Pavel Kohout is not only a precise, gripping crime novel, but also a profound parable about the mechanisms of violence, murder, hatred and their religious and nationalist justification – a topic of burning topicality.
TV multi-part as 2 x 90 min., 4 x 45 min. and 1 x 180 min.
A Zeitgeist film production in co-production with EPO-Film Produktionsges.m.b.H., ARD Degeto Film GmbH, NDR – Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Servus TV Fernsehgesellschaft m.b.H., Canal+ Austria and HR-Hessischer Rundfunk. In cooperation with Bravado Media and Česká Televize. Funded by FISA+ and RTR Fernsehfonds Austria.
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Pavel Kohout.
Credits
CAST
Nicholas Ofczarek
Jonas Nay
Jeanette Hain
Devid Striesow
Karel Dobry
Gerhard Liebmann
Diana Dulinková
TEAM
DIRECTOR
Christopher Schier
WRITER
Klaus Burck, Florian Plumeyer (Script editor)
DRAMATURGY
Christopher Schier
NOVEL by
Pavel Kohut
CASTING
Franziska Aigner
DOP
Philip Peschlow
PRODUCTION
Zeitgeist Filmproduktion
CO-PRODUCTION
EPO-Film Produktionsges.m.b.H., ARD Degeto Film GmbH, Servus TV Fernsehgesellschaft m.b.H., Canal+, HR-Hessischer Rundfunk, NDR – Norddeutscher Rundfunk
in cooperation with: Česká televize und Bravado Equity GmbH
PRODUCER
Markus Kaatsch, Nina Poschinski, Michael Grudsky
CO-PRODUCER
Jakob Pochlatko, Dieter Pochlatko
EDITOR
Cordula Werner, Charles Ladmiral
SCORE
Markus Kienzl
SET DESIGN
Conrad Moritz Reinhardt
COSTUME DESIGN
Amanda Frühwald
HAIR & MAKE-UP
Michaela Payer, Reinhard Kirnich
DIRECTOR
Christopher Schier