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The German-Italian co-production <\/em>Maltese was screened at MIPTV following a panel discussion, moderated by <\/em>World Screen\u2019s Anna Carugati, featuring executives from ZDF Enterprises, Palomar, Rai Fiction and Maze Pictures, as well as one of the stars of the show, Rike Schmid.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 8×50-minute\/4×90-minute action-crime drama is a co-production of Palomar, Maze Pictures, Dramedy Productions and ZDF Enterprises for Rai Fiction. Set in the 1970s, it focuses on a police commissioner who, while investigating the murder of his best friend, a police officer, in Sicily, uncovers links between the Mafia and the worlds of politics and finance.<\/p>\n

The idea originated at Palomar about two years ago, said the company\u2019s CEO, Nicola Serra, one of the producers of Maltese<\/em>. Rai then came on board, followed by Maze, Dramedy and then ZDF Enterprises, which is selling the show to the international market.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were immediately impressed by the story, by the script, by the cast, by the whole creative paradigm,\u201d said Alexander Coridass, the\u00a0president and CEO of ZDF Enterprises. \u201cIt\u2019s a dream to have a professional cooperation where you really like and have a high respect for your producers. It\u2019s an outstanding product.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luca Milano, executive deputy director at Rai Fiction, noted that Maltese<\/em> is a good example of the constantly increasing production values of Italian drama. The show is not your typical Mafia story, Milano said, noting the depth of the characters and the modern approach to direction and music.<\/p>\n

Rike Schmid portrays Elisa Ripstein, a photojournalist, in the show. The character is inspired by the Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia, who is best known for her work documenting the victims of the Mafia in Italy in the ’70s and ’80s. \u201cHer work was very important at that time\u00a0because people were denying the Mafia existed. For me, it was an honor to impersonate her.\u201d Schmid herself is German and had to quickly learn Italian for the role.<\/p>\n

For Philipp Kreuzer, CEO of Maze Pictures, the series stands out for its script and the \u201ccreative package,\u201d including Schmid and Kim Rossi Stuart, who portrays Commissioner Maltese. \u201cThe looks of the series are stunning. It\u2019s also an area that hasn\u2019t been on screen very much. It\u2019s exciting and very moving, so it\u2019s engaging on the plot and the emotion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The director of the series is Gianluca Maria Tavarelli, who also worked on Montalbano<\/em>, from a script by Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli, who both wrote Gomorrah<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The German-Italian co-pro Maltese was screened in Cannes following a panel discussion, moderated by World Screen\u2019s Anna Carugati, featuring execs from ZDFE, Palomar, Rai Fiction and Maze Pictures, and star Rike Schmid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":7564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,70],"tags":[1778,1779,1758,312],"class_list":["post-7563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-profiles","category-top-stories","tag-maltese","tag-palomar","tag-rai","tag-zdf-enterprises","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\nGerman-Italian Drama Screens at MIPTV - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/germanitalian-drama-co-pro-unveiled-at-miptv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"German-Italian Drama Screens at MIPTV - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The German-Italian co-pro Maltese was screened in Cannes following a panel discussion, moderated by World Screen\u2019s Anna Carugati, featuring execs from ZDFE, Palomar, Rai Fiction and Maze Pictures, and star Rike Schmid.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/germanitalian-drama-co-pro-unveiled-at-miptv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-04T09:42:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-24T20:54:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/09\/Maltese-417.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/germanitalian-drama-co-pro-unveiled-at-miptv\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/germanitalian-drama-co-pro-unveiled-at-miptv\/\",\"name\":\"German-Italian Drama Screens at MIPTV - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-04T09:42:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-24T20:54:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/germanitalian-drama-co-pro-unveiled-at-miptv\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/germanitalian-drama-co-pro-unveiled-at-miptv\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/germanitalian-drama-co-pro-unveiled-at-miptv\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"German-Italian Drama Screens at MIPTV\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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