” Murder in a prime location” during the filming of “Die Toten von Salzburg”
15/04/24 – Fans of the Bavarian-Austrian crime drama series “Die Toten von Salzburg” have plenty to look forward to. From early April to May, audience favorites Fanny Krausz, Michael Fitz and Erwin Steinhauer, among others, will be in front of the camera for the 11th episode of “Mord in bester Lage (AT)”. The successful ORF/ZDF series will be filmed in the famous Franciscan church, on location at Café Bazar and at St. Peter’s cemetery in Salzburg. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
VIENNA GAME! Start of shooting for Disney+ Original series
20/03/24 – Satel Film (Producer: Bettina Kuhn) announces its filming of an extraordinary series with a high profile cast. The six-part Disney+ Original series “Vienna Game” introduces audiences to the infamous Congress of Vienna – an opulent, raucous party lasting nine months that led to a century of peace in Europe for the first and only time. Filming started in Austria and Hungary on February 20th 2024. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
New broadcast dates! Highlights in February & March
30/01/24 – Vienna’s CID unit (SOKO Donau / Wien) with a new season and a feature-length episode, the broadcast of the 10th episode of “Die Toten von Salzburg” on ZDF and the brand new series “Nachts im Paradies” on Canal+. Many new broadcast dates for Satel Film productions.
Debut broadcast of the anniversary episode “Die Toten von Salzburg – Sweet Poison”
19/12/23 – Sweet poison for its anniversary: “Die Toten von Salzburg” celebrates the premiere of its 10th episode on ORF 2 on January 4. Highly relevant, given that the main actors Michael Fitz, Fanny Krausz and Erwin Steinhauer are investigating a dubious gas trader who is supposed to secure the country’s energy supply. In supporting roles: Karl Fischer, Johannes Zirner, Julia Koch, Nikolaus Barton, Helmut Bohatsch and many more.
„Night in Paradise“ coming to Canal+
10/11/23 – Canal+ will exclusively broadcast the Starzplay original “Nachts im Paradies” in Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary and Romania in Q1 2024. The six-part thriller series produced by Windlight Pictures and Satel Film features a top cast including Jürgen Vogel, Lea Drinda and Birgit Minichmayr.
SOKO Donau as a feature length film. Premiere of the 250th episode
03/10/23 – The team of SOKO DONAU | WIEN has two more reasons to celebrate. The new episodes of the 17th and 18th seasons kick off today, starting with a two-part episode on ORF 1. “Der große Mitsch” keeps the investigators of the popular ORF/ZDF crime series busy on their 250th assignment in feature-length, dealing with a strangled escort lady and stars from the Sisi tiara.
TV premiere and nomination at TeleVisionale for “Der Metzger traut sich”
27/09/2023 – “Der Metzger traut sich” – with audience favorite Simon Schwarz in the role of amateur detective and restorer Willibald Adrian Metzger – who is about to have the most important day of his life, because he finally is going to marry his dream girl Danjela Djurkovic (Valery Tscheplanowa). Only to have her disappear right at the wedding ceremony with a stranger! Premiere on October 7, 2023 on ServusTV.
Push the button Andi… SOKO Donau investigates at the Zwentendorf nuclear power plant
29/08/2023 – The make-up department was under pressure: During tropical temperatures, the entire crew was sweating heavily at the Zwentendorf nuclear power plant while filming the new episode “A Night in Zwentendorf (AT)” from the 19th season of the hit series SOKO Donau. Actors Andreas Kiendl, Martin Gruber, Maria Happel and newcomer Max Fischnaller investigate between the cooling pond and the never actived nuclear power reactor
Star studded red carpet in Kitzbühel at the premiere of “Der Metzger traut sich”
23/08/2023 – The Kitzbühel Film Festival opened on Tuesday evening with a star-studded Red Carpet. The main actors Simon Schwarz and Valery Tscheplanowa as well as director Michael Podogil, producer Heinrich Ambrosch and many more appeared for the premiere of the latest Metzger whodunit “Der Metzger traut sich”.
Watch out for the garden gnome – SOKO investigates in the allotment gardens
16/08/23 – At the beginning of August, the crew of Satel Film had chosen an extremely tranquil spot as the crime scene for the 8th episode of SOKO Donau “Tod im Schrebergarten (AT)” (Death in the Allotment Garden): a small settlement by the Süßenbrunn bathing pond. Between lawnmowers and compost heaps, a murder with a barbecue spit had to be solved. The last scene, when Martin Gruber was presented with a garden gnome in police uniform, generated a lot of laughter.
