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The highly acclaimed Nordic crime drama, The Bridge (S1-4), has been sold by ZDF Enterprises to Israel’s public broadcaster KAN. Yuliya Fischer, ZDF Enterprises‘ Director ZDFE.drama, brokered the deal.
An international hit, The Bridge proved to be so popular it has been remade five times across the following countries; UK/France, USA/Mexico, Estonia/Russia, Malaysia/Singapore and Germany/Austria. Winner of two Golden Nymph Awards (Best European Drama and Best Actor in a Drama Series for Kim Bodnia), the series stars Swedish actress, Sofia Helin as the incomparable Saga Norén and Danish actors, Kim Bodnia (Killing Eve) and Thure Lindhardt.
Sara Gaon, Head of Acquisitions, KAN/IPBC said: "We are happy to have concluded our first deal with ZDF Enterprises and acquired The Bridge, one of the cult drama series in Nordic noir genre. Regardless of its production year and the fact that it has already been shown in Israel, we believe that due to its high quality production, The Bridge (Ha Gesher) will earn repeated interest of our audiences. The series is schedule to air starting January, 23rd 2021."
Robert Franke, VP ZDFE.drama, said: “The Bridge, with one of the most captivating female detectives ever to grace the small screen, belongs in the category of excellently written drama that transcends language barriers. This is our first drama contract with KAN and we are thrilled to see this timeless classic on Israeli screens soon.”
The Bridge, created and written by Hans Rosenfeldt, is produced by Filmlance (Sweden) and Nimbus Film (Denmark) in co-production with ZDF, DR, SVT and ZDF Enterprises who is also the global distributor for the series.
Worldwide sales for the 38 hour series so far include the BBC, Amazon, Antena TV, Arrow Films, AXN Spain, Bontonfilm, Canal+, Czech TV, DirecTV, Estonia Public Broadcasting, Fox Cable Network, Fox International, Globosat, Google, Hotvision, HRT, Hulu, Ivi.ru, Joyn, LTV, MHz Networks, Netflix, PopTV, RSI, RTS, SBS, Sky Italy and Germany, Studiocanal, Telekom Germany, TFC, TG4, TRT, Chérie 25, Arte France, Azerbaijan Public Channel and many others.