ZDFE Licenses The Bridge to Israel’s KAN

ZDF Enterprises has sold the Nordic crime drama The Bridge to Israel’s public broadcaster KAN.

The Bridge, created and written by Hans Rosenfeldt, is produced by Filmlance in Sweden and Nimbus Film in Denmark, in co-production with ZDF, DR, SVT and ZDF Enterprises, which is also the global distributor for the series. The series stars Swedish actress Sofia Helin as Saga Norén, Kim Bodnia (Killing Eve) and Thure Lindhardt.

Worldwide sales for The Bridge 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 others.

The Bridge has been remade five times across the U.K./France, U.S./Mexico, Estonia/Russia, Malaysia/Singapore and Germany/Austria.

Sara Gaon, head of acquisitions for 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 the 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 scheduled to air starting January 23, 2021.”

Robert Franke, VP ZDFE.drama, added: “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.”