TATORT "Abducted"

The shooting of this Movie of the Week for the german broadcasting station ARD begins at the end of april in Saarbrücken / Germany, close to to the french border. The police finds a body of a girl who has been missed for several years. Soon it seems that other young girls, who have been missing for long time, could still be alive, obviously being hold imprisoned by a maniac. The fight against the time begins...this high-noon-thriller with a powerful investigative pressure will be broadcast in the beginning of 2012.

The Criminalist

"The Criminalist" is one of the most successful (also internationally!) 60 minute tv-series on german broadcasting station ZDF preserving deliberately the handwriting of the director. The leading role is played by Christian Berkel ("Inglorious Bastards", ""Valkyrie", "Flight Plan"). Hannu Salonen shot 3 x 60 Min., completely different movies: "Under Pressure", "Greetings from Johnny Silver" and "The Protector". "Greetings for Johnny Silver" was shortly nominated by ZDF for the German Television Prize. The movies are being broadcast in november 2011.

Håkan Nesser's Inspector Barbarotti "The Contempt"

This movie was shot last year in southern Norway and it is based on the best seller novel by Håkan Nesser. The leading roles were played by Anders W. Berthelsen ("Italian for Beginners", "Mifune") and Trine Dyrholm (OSCAR for "In a better world"). The movie was already broadcast on german TV and had great critics and a steady audience attention. Unluckily it seems that this series of movies will not be continued in future. Two of them got to be made.

The Emperor's New Clothes

 This great fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen tells a great political story. The movie was shot on location in Berlin and Potsdam. It was a success as it was first shown on german TV and now it is getting to be a best seller on DVD. The movie is soon to be presented in the competition of the Children's Film Festival "Goldener Spatz".

Spur der Hoffnung (Trace of hope)

The tv-movie, whose shooting dates back to 2006, doesn’t yet have a new broadcasting date after the original date (24.9.08) was cancelled because of football. As soon as precise dates are known, they will be appear on this site. The leading roles are played by Peter Lohmeyer, Brewin Koneswaran and Jürgen Vogel.