OneGate Media has secured world distribution rights for German Crime Story: Deadlock, Neue Bioskop Television’s new true-crime series for Prime.
Based on a true story, the series follows the investigation of an unusual kidnapping in Hamburg in 1992, where the main suspect, a furrier called Raik Doormann, claims to have been in collusion with the kidnap victim. Despite considerable resistance from her male colleagues, inspector Nela Langenbeck begins to investigate on her own and is drawn deeper and deeper into the case.
Oliver Masucci (Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets, The Palace, Dark) stars as serial killer Raik Doormann. Florian Schwarz (Tatort: Im Schmerz geboren, Das weiße Kaninchen) directs, and the series is produced by Dietmar Güntsche (The Operative, Chalet Girl, Featuring Ella).
The true-crime series was created in cooperation with Prime Video and Weltkino Filmverleih with funding from MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, nordmedia and the German Motion Picture Fund.
OneGate Media is the exclusive sales partner for the series’ international distribution.
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