Joerg Winger, producer and co-creator of the hit three-season “Deutschland” Cold War spy series, has launched a new outfit aimed at developing, producing and distributing high-end drama…
, will focus “on a small portfolio of extraordinary stories with high entertainment value, often inspired by real events,” Winger said.outbreak and an English-language thriller set in Berlin.
The cultural diversity of Big Window’s international team brings new perspectives to the German market, as well as a fresh vision for the company, he added. The coronavirus crisis has exposed a number of dire issues, he noted. “COVID-19 has brought no joy, but it has been like an X-ray to shed light on certain phenomena in our society, things no one ever wants to talk about — a catalyst for important conversations. The meat industry is a great example. The COVID-19 crisis shone an unforgiving light on it. This rings a special bell in Germany, but of course the same things are happening in meat factories all over the world.
Set in Berlin’s English-speaking community, “Oculus” deals with corporate power. “The German bureaucracy strikes back at an American data company, to darkly comic effect. The smackdown between governments and global corporations all over the world is reaching a boiling point. Who’s really in charge? It’s such fertile ground for a thriller series,” explained Winger.
• “Ouija,” a French-German 1980s-set supernatural thriller for France Télévisions, co-produced with Thomas Bourguignon’s Paris-based Kwaï — like UFA, a subsidiary of Fremantle.
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