EXCLUSIVE: German public broadcaster’s latest drama is to be a remake of the 2019 Australian thriller mini-series Safe Harbour after a deal with distributor NBCUniversal Formats. Titled Liber…
German public broadcaster’s latest drama is to be a remake of the 2019 Australian thriller mini-series , the drama is set around a sailing trip on the Mediterranean, an overcrowded refugee boat and a catastrophe that changes the lives of everyone.’ Sydney-based producer Matchbox Pictures.remake: “Jan and Caro are on a sailing trip on the Mediterranean Sea with Jan’s sister , her friend Daniel and Helene when they encounter a broken-down boat with refugees in distress.
“Years later, Jan meets Ismail seemingly by chance, the father of the Syrian refugee family who was on the boat at the time and who suspects him of cutting the towline. Seven people drowned, including Ismail and Zahra ’s daughter. The question of guilt hangs over everyone like the sword of Damocles. What really happened that night on the Mediterranean?”‘s cast also includes Tariq Al-Saies, Mina-Giselle Rüffer, and Shadi Eck.
Eva Holtmann and Eva Kaesgen are producers and Ina Philipps is junior producer, while Astrid Ströher and Marco Wiersch are writing the scripts and the director of photography is Christian Huck.. The series was filmed in Hamburg and Malta.was “a thrillingly urgent and timely series that lends itself perfectly to international adaptation.”