ZDFE Launches Sales for HUSS

ZDF Enterprises, co-producer of the Swedish crime thriller HUSS, has launched the distribution of the series.

Inspired by Helene Tursten’s best-selling novels and produced by Yellow Bird Productions, HUSS centers around Katarina Huss, an ambitious new graduate of Sweden’s police academy, who is drawn into a tangled web of corruption and betrayal. Other co-production partners for the series are Viaplay, Discovery and German broadcaster ZDF, with ZDF Enterprises retaining international distribution rights.

Directed by Jörgen Bergmark (Grey Zone, Beck), who is also the co-writer with Peter Lindblom, HUSS stars Karin Franz Körlof (The Wife, The Restaurant).

Robert Franke, VP ZDFE.drama, ZDF Enterprises, said: “We are excited to be part of this major new drama, a complex thriller that has a fantastic array of talent behind it. There is a huge appetite in the market for procedural crime series which makes HUSS a key title in our scripted slate.”