SevenOne Presents Fiction, Docs and More

MUNICH: The MIPCOM lineup of SevenOne International includes TV events, movies, soaps, series, documentaries and magazine shows, including Galileo X.perience.

From the events genre, Blackout is a thriller about a giant power failure that throws Berlin into a deadly turmoil. The Whore is based on the international bestseller by Iny Lorentz. The Sleeper’s Wife combines drama and action, while 247 Days is based on a true story.

More than 20 new movies are on offer from SevenOne, covering genres such as catastrophes, romantic comedies, dramas, family entertainment and detective and crime stories. Highlights include High Society Murder VII, starring Fritz and Sophie Wepper; the thriller The Stranger; 08:28 a.m., about a woman who leaves her husband and sets out on her own to China.

In the way of series there’s Zone City, a long-running detective show. SevenOne also presents a third season of the dramedy S1NGLE. Soaps also lead the slate, with Heartbeat, all about music and dance and high-school life.

The sciencetainment magazine Galileo X.perience tells of near-death experiences. The weekly news magazine Understanding Tomorrow covers the latest developments in science and technology. Galileo: Knights, Saints & Witches looks at the truth within medieval legends. 2 Men and a Rowing Boat watches as two men without any rowing experience cross the Atlantic Ocean. The two-part special Ferrari World Abu Dhabi looks at the largest amusement park ever built, from its start to finish, in the middle of the desert.

Upcoming events on the SevenOne slate include Isenhart, set in the Middle Ages; Without a Trace, a thriller about a teen who disappears after a town festival; and The Man with the Basson, based on a true story. Fateful Love: The Hunt for U 864 features a love story between a woman who is active in the resistance movement against the Nazis and a German naval officer. Two dogs act as love agents for widowed Peter in the family entertainment movie What Animals Want. Rounding out the offerings is the catastrophe movie Death Zone, about a nuclear disaster that is set to strike Northern Germany.

Jens Richter, the managing director of SevenOne International, commented: "We have a fantastic lineup, full of movies, series and magazines. I’m excited to present our new soap Heartbeat—the first daily soap completely shot on location. With Zone City, we finally have a long-running action series in our bags. And of course, big-budgeted events like Blackout, Death Zone, The Sleeper’s Wife and The Whore are the icing on the cake."