Funeral for a dog
2022
An 8-part drama series based on the novel by Thomas Pletzinger.
A Flare Entertainment and Sky Studios Production,
With support from German Motion Picture Fund, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Medienboard Berlin- Brandenburg, MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden Württemberg mbH, Piemonte Film TV Fund, Lazio Region - Regional Fund for the Cinema and the Audiovisual Works
Series premieres 17th March 2022 in Germany/Austria/Switzerland and in the UK - ONLY ON SKY
SYNOPSIS:
The journalist Daniel Mandelkern travels to Italian Lake Orta for an interview with the famous but mysterious novelist Mark Svensson. In the writer's remote lakeside estate, he finds himself entangled in an intriguing and dangerous love story - a love triangle that ended in a mysterious death.
CAST:
Friedrich Mücke, Albrecht Schuch, Alina Tomnikov, Daniel Sträßer, Ina Geraldine Guy und Anne Ratte-Polle.
CREW:
Writers: Hanno Hackford, Bob Konrad, Thomas Pletzinger
Directors: David Dietl (4 Episodes), Barbara Albert (4 Episodes)
Executive Producers Flare Entertainment: Martin Heisler, Eva Kemme
Executive Producers SKY: Andreas Perzl, Marcus Ammon, Frank Jastfelder, Markus Golisano
Editors: Denis Bachter, Stefan Essl, Monika Willi
Director of Photography: Frank Griebe
Production Designer: Erwin Prib
Casting: Anja Dihrberg
Costume Designer: Silke Faber
Make up Design: Tatjana Krauskopf, Aurora Hummer
Music: Michael Kamm
Re-Recording Mixer: Ansgar Frerich
Sound: David Hilgers
FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Series Mania Festival, France, 2022
★ Award of the Student Jury - Panorama InternationalAchtung Berlin Festival, Germany, 2022
Jupiter Awards Germany -
Nominated BEST SERIES and BEST ACTORS (Friedrich Mücke and ALBRECHT SCHUCH)Ser!al Killer Festival, Brno, 2022
Blauer Panther TV & Streaming Award 2022
★ Best Teleplay - Thomas Pletzinger, Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad
ENGLISH PRESS:
The Sunday Times Culture: “‘A stylish drama that takes in Colombia, Italy, Germany and Finland’
The Telegraph: “promising German drama….”
The Observer “…here’s a gritty, globetrotting and often raunchy thriller to get stuck into”
I Weekend: “This is an intriguing eight-part adaptation…”
The Sun: “intriguing German drama….you’ll be eager to know more”