ZDF Enterprises acquires stake in Real Film Berlin for fiction push

ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German pubcaster, has acquired 49% of Studio Hamburg subsidiary Real Film.

Fred Burcksen

Real Film’s production portfolio includes the ARD’s TV movie 3 ½ Hours which marks the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall, Netflix series Unorthodox together with Studio Airlift and the ZDF crime series Against Angst.

Fred Burcksen, president and CEO of ZDF Enterprises, said: “I am pleased to now extend the excellent collaboration that already exists in the non-fictional area with the Studio Hamburg Production Group to the fictional genre.

“Real Film is a great addition to our investment portfolio in fiction programmes. I wish the two managing directors of Real Film Michael Lehmann and Henning Kamm every success.”

Lehmann and Kamm added: “We are delighted to be working with ZDF Enterprises to further strengthen the successful Real Film brand.

“Real Film already produces a wide variety of productions for cinema, TV and streaming services and would like to continue to offer the best creative people a successful home in the future. We look forward to touching, humorous, exciting films and series made in Berlin.”