Constantin Tv (We Youngsters From Bahnhof Zoo) and UFA Fiction (Deutschland 83) are underway on new German-language drama sequence Eldorado KaDeWe (WT), which shall be directed by Julia von Heinz, director of Germany’s 2020 Oscar entry And Tomorrow The Complete World.

Made in co-production with ARD Degeto and RBB, the sequence is about in Berlin in the course of the Roaring Twenties. The town is dominated by political unrest, inflation and growing political radicalization however can be a contemporary metropolis in whose vibrant nightlife emancipation, sexual variety and social utopias blossom. The drama focuses on the well-known luxurious division retailer, KaDeWe at Wittenbergplatz, based and efficiently run by the Jewish entrepreneurial household Jandorf. It’s right here that the lives of Hedi, Fritzi, Harry and Georg cross paths.

The six-part high-end sequence is at present being filmed in Budapest and Berlin and above is a primary look picture. Starring are Valerie Stoll, Lia von Blarer, Joel Basman and Damian Thüne. It additionally options Bineta Hansen, Jörg Pose, Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Rüdiger Hentzschel, Tonio Schneider, Neele Buchholz, Martin Ontrop, Christine Grant, Martin Bruchmann, Oliver Polak and Lana Cooper, amongst others.

The drama, which has come collectively rapidly after being pitched on the Berlin Movie Competition’s drama strand earlier this 12 months, is produced by Sarah Kirkegaard and Alicia Remirez; government producers are Oliver Berben and Benjamin Benedict. Julia von Heinz additionally wrote the screenplay along with John Quester, Sabine Steyer-Violet and Oskar Sulowski. Cinematography is by Daniela Knapp.

Carolin Haasis and Christoph Pellander are answerable for editorial management at ARD Degeto; at RBB Kerstin Freels and Martina Zöllner are accountable. Fremantle is chargeable for world distribution. The sequence is funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (FFF), German Movement Image Fund (GMPF) and Hungarian Tax Credit score.