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NIGHT IN PARADISE
The series “Night in Paradise” was produced in Berlin and Brussels based on the graphic novel of the same name by Frank Schmolke. The six-part miniseries focuses on a father and his daughter whose lives are turned upside down in one night.
LONG RUNNING
SOKO DONAU | WIEN
is a humorous, urban crime series that shows all facets of the pulsating metropolis of Vienna. Exciting and authentic, the episodes tell the realistic everyday life of a department of the Vienna CID.
CLASSICS
Radetzkymarsch
A young lieutenant of petit-bourgeois origin, made a hero and elevated to the nobility for saving the Emperor’s life at the battle of Solferino, cannot identify with the practices in the name of political prudence, and leaves the army.
” Murder in a prime location” during the filming of “Die Toten von Salzburg”
VIENNA GAME! Start of shooting for Disney+ Original series
New broadcast dates! Highlights in February & March
Debut broadcast of the anniversary episode “Die Toten von Salzburg – Sweet Poison”
“Our aim is to develop and produce high quality European drama series and engage a wide audience with a good mix of creativity, quality and entertainment.”
Heinrich Ambrosch, CEO & CO Owner
A success story
For more than 5 decades
From the beginning of colour television to the streaming age.
In 1971, the former Sascha Film managing director Michael Wolkenstein founds a new film production in Vienna that is to write Austrian film history in the years and decades to come.
With legendary cinema films such as Maximilian Schell’s “Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald” (1979), Peter Patzak’s “Kassbach” (1979), the Academy Award-nominated “38 – Auch das war Wien” (1986) by Wolfgang Glück and Luc Bondy’s award-winning “Das weite Land” (1987), the production baptised “Satel Film” was already able to establish itself as a permanent fixture in the 1970s and 1980s.
“Der Schüler Gerber” (1979) becomes standard repertoire in school classes, the cult series “Kottan ermittelt” (1976-1984) brings zest into the rather dry crime world and “Die Piefke-Saga” (1990-1993) enrages domestic tourism associations and wins the Grimme Prize.
Long-running audience hits such as “Schlosshotel Orth” (1996-2004) and “SOKO Donau/Wien” (since 2005) continue to make Satel Film a guarantor of ratings success in prime time in the new century. Now under the leadership of managing partner Heinrich Ambrosch (since 2007) with “Die Toten von Salzburg”, an award-winning feature film series was created in 2015, top TV films such as “Wiener Blut” (2018) directed by Barbara Eder, the co-production “Lucky Per” (2017, directed by Bille August) and the event two-part movie “Im Netz der Camorra” (2020) with Tobias Moretti (directed by Andreas Prochaska) and its sequel “Der Gejagte – Im Netz der Camorra” (2022, directed by Rick Ostermann) follow on seamlessly.
In 2019, Satel Film will realise the first Austrian Netflix series in co-production with Bavaria Fiction and ORF. “Freud”, directed by Marvin Kren, premieres at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, wins the Romy for “Best Production TV Fiction” and places in the Top10 of the Netflix charts in 67 countries.
In cooperation with Storyhouse Productions, the event series “Sisi” is developed for RTL+ in 2021, already renewed for season three. And historical material is also part of the current developments: After “Freud”, musical genius “Mozart” is to get his own series, with Martin Ambrosch acting as headwriter.
The series development “1814 – Vienna Game” by producer Bettina Kuhn is dedicated to the Congress of Vienna, this first major European decision in the 19th century, rich in suspense, intrigue, twists and multi-layered character studies.
