August 22 to 25, 2017 In the Kolonnadenhof (Colonnade Courtyard) on Museum Island

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1 August 22 to 25, 2017 In the Kolonnadenhof (Colonnade Courtyard) on Museum Island Presented by Bertelsmann and UFA

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 2 Schedule 3 The Movies Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney / The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927) 4 Der letzte Mann / The Last Laugh (1924) 5 Metropolis (1925/1926) 6 UFA Film Nights Extended: Der Medicus / The Physician (2013) 7 The Musicians 8 The Film Presenters 12 The Venue 16 About UFA 17 About Bertelsmann 18 Press Inquiries 19 Partners 20

3 INTRODUCTION Bertelsmann and UFA present the UFA Film Nights in Berlin for the seventh time from August 22 to 25, This year, early masterpieces of cinema history as well as a contemporary box office hit from UFA to mark the centenary of Germany s leading film production company will be screened in the open air on four evenings, against a spectacular backdrop and accompanied by live music. The UFA Film Nights have become a cinematic-musical highlight of Berlin s cultural summer with a dedicated stage orchestra and big screen erected for the occasion in the Kolonnadenhof (Colonnade Courtyard) on Museum Island, a World Cultural Heritage site. Bertelsmann and UFA thus continue their tradition of presenting outstanding feats of cinematography in a historic architectural setting. As in previous years, more than 800 guests are expected on each of the evenings. The UFA Film Nights open on Tuesday, August 22 following a reception at Bertelsmann Unter den Linden 1, Berlin with Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney ( The Love of Jeanne Ney ), an exciting melodrama set during the October Revolution. The premiere of the digitized and reconstructed movie will be accompanied by the WDR Radio Orchestra, conducted by Frank Strobel. The ZDF/ARTE film editorial department commissioned the reconstruction of the music. The opening night will be streamed live on On Wednesday, August 23, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's masterpiece Der letzte Mann ( The Last Laugh ) will be screened, starring the great Emil Jannings in one of his best-known and most powerful roles. Deutsche Oper Berlin s UFA Brass, conducted by Manfred Honetschläger, will play the musical accompaniment based on Honetschläger s own new composition. On Thursday evening, August 24, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a cinematic landmark of the twentieth century, is on the program. For U.S. DJ Jeff Mills, it is the first time that he will set the complete, restored version of Metropolis from 2010 to music, live on the mixing desk. This year's UFA Film Nights end on August 25 with Der Medicus ( The Physician ) from Philipp Stölzl's movie adaptation of Noah Gordon's international bestseller will be screened for the first time with live music. The ambiance and dialog remain on the soundtrack, while the music will be played by the Neues Kammerorchester Potsdam. Actress Maria Furtwängler introduces the first film, Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney, actor Tom Schilling introduces Der letzte Mann, Katharina Wackernagel Metropolis, and Franz Dinda, who appears in the movie, introduces Der Medicus.

4 PROGRAM 8/22 Tuesday, August , Doors open: 8:30 p.m., Screening starts: 9:00 p.m. DIE LIEBE DER JEANNE NEY THE LOVE OF JEANNE NEY (1927), Director: G.W. Pabst With Édith Jéhanne, Brigitte Helm, Hertha von Walther, Uno Henning, Fritz Rasp and others Premiere of the new digitized and reconstructed version Music: The WDR-Funkhausorchester, directed by Frank Strobel, plays a reconstructed orchestral score, arranged by Bernd Thewes (commissioned by ZDF/ARTE) 8/23 Wednesday, August , Doors open: 8:30 p.m., Screening starts: 9:00 p.m. DER LETZTE MANN THE LAST LAUGH (1924), Director: F.W. Murnau With Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Georg John and others Music: Deutsche Oper Berlin s UFA Brass, directed by Manfred Honetschläger, plays an original composition by Manfred Honetschläger 8/24 Thursday, August 24, 2017 Doors open: 8:30 p.m. Screening starts: 9:00 p.m. METROPOLIS (1925/26), Director: Fritz Lang With Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Heinrich George, Fritz Rasp and others Music: DJ Jeff Mills with an original composition 8/25 Friday, August Doors open: 8:30 p.m. Screening starts: 9:00 p.m. UFA FILM NIGHTS EXTENDED DER MEDICUS THE PHYSICIAN (2013), Director: Philipp Stölzl With Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby, Elyas M Barek and others Music: Neues Kammerorchester Potsdam, directed by Ud Joffe, based on music by Ingo Ludwig Frenzel in a revised orchestration by Bernd Wefelmeyer Tickets for the UFA Film Nights are now available for 15 EUR including advance booking charge: Online: or Phone: +49 (0) tickets@gegenbauer-ticketservice.de, and all the usual ticket agencies

5 THE MOVIES 8/22 DIE LIEBE DER JEANNE NEY / THE LOVE OF JEANNE NEY 1927 Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst Production: Ufa Screenplay: Ilya Ehrenburg, Ladislaus Vajda Cinematography: Fritz Arno Wagner, Walter Robert Lach Cast: Édith Jéhanne, Brigitte Helm, Hertha von Walther, Uno Henning, Fritz Rasp, Adolf Edgar Licho, Eugen Jensen, Hans Járay Length: 106 min The Love of Jeanne Ney, based on the novel by Ilya Ehrenburg, tells the Odyssey of a young woman in the aftermath of the Russian October Revolution of 1917: When the Red Army occupies the Crimea, Jeanne s father, a French journalist and White Guards sympathizer, is murdered. With the help of Andreas, a Bolshevik she has fallen in love with, Jeanne manages to escape to Paris, where she finds refuge with her uncle, and starts working in his detective office. Andreas manages to travel to Paris as a communist agent and meet Jeanne again. Their happiness proves short-lived... A combination political thriller/melodrama, The Love of Jeanne Ney explores the shock waves sent through the European continent by Russia s October Revolution, which erupted 100 years ago in UFA Film Nights present the premiere of the digitally reconstructed version of The Love of Jeanne Ney. The ZDF / ARTE film department commissioned the reconstruction of the music. The opening night will be broadcast live on Music: WDR Funkhausorchester conducted by Frank Strobel with a reconstructed orchestral score, arranged by Bernd Thewes (by ZDF / ARTE)

6 8/23 DER LETZTE MANN / THE LAST LAUGH 1924 Director: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Production: Ufa Screenplay: Carl Mayer Cinematography: Karl Freund Producer: Erich Pommer Cast: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Olaf Storm, Hermann Vallentin, Georg John, Emmy Wyda Length: 90 min One day you are preeminent, respected by all...a minister, a general, maybe even a prince. But, what will you be tomorrow?! viewers are asked in the opening scene of The Last Laugh. In The Last Laugh, Murnau delivers a timeless parable on the ups and downs of life and the importance of status symbols. The film tells the story of an aging porter. Each evening after work, the porter, dressed in his splendid uniform, struts home to the working-class district, where he is much admired by all. But from one day to the next, he loses the job that filled him with so much pride. The old porter is demoted to lavatory attendant; now the laughing-stock of his neighbors, and cast out by his relatives, the old man retreats to the basement. But they will see who has the last laugh thanks to the fortune left to him by a wealthy customer, the toilet man becomes a courted hotel guest. Emil Jannings, possibly the greatest actor of his time, gives a brilliant portrayal of a man who loses his reputation and dignity with the loss of his porter s uniform symbolizing the social decline of millions of people during the economic crisis. The Last Laugh also made cinematic history for its use of a new camera technique, the unfettered camera Karl Freund used here for the first time. Music: Deutsche Oper Berlin s UFA Brass conducted by Manfred Honetschläger, based on a new original composition by Manfred Honetschläger

7 8/24 METROPOLIS 1925/1926 Director: Fritz Lang Production: Ufa Screenplay: Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang Cinematography: Karl Freund, Günther Rittau Stage sets: Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, Karl Vollbrecht Producer: Erich Pommer Cast: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein- Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Heinrich George, Theodor Loos Length: 148 min High above the megacity of a not-too-distant future, industrialist Joh Fredersen reigns while faceless masses toil deep underground. Among them the girl Maria, who one day finds her way into the "Eternal Gardens" of the Upper City. Fredersen's son Freder sees her and instantly falls in love. He follows Maria into the catacombs of Metropolis, where he sees her in her role as a workers' leader who is revered as a saint. Meanwhile, Rotwang, the inventor, is constructing a steel robot and, at Joh Fredersen s behest, makes it look like Maria. The fake Maria stirs up the workers. They storm the machine room of Metropolis and begin to blindly destroy everything. As the workers city collapses, the houses of the workers and their families are flooded. A catastrophe on an apocalyptic scale threatens to ensue... With a budget exceeding five million Reichsmarks, this movie was Ufa s most expensive production to date, and became its biggest flop in Today the movie is touted as the mother of all sci-fi flicks with impressive, monumental scenery and astonishing special effects. With its mix of urban utopia, social romanticism, medieval alchemy, and trivial mysticism, it also presents a kaleidoscope of virulent ideologies of the Weimar Republic. In 2001, it became the first documentary film ever to be included in UNESCO s Memory of the World program; ten years later, Metropolis again made headlines when 30 minutes of the film that had been thought lost were rediscovered. Music: Exclusively for the UFA Film Nights, Jeff Mills (USA) will for the first time provide the score for the complete, restored 2010 version of "Metropolis"

8 UFA FILM NIGHTS EXTENDED 8/25 DER MEDICUS / THE PHYSICIAN 2013 Director: Philipp Stölzl Screenplay: Jan Berger, based on the novel by Noah Gordon Producer: Wolf Bauer, Nico Hofmann Production: UFA Cast: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby, Elyas M Barek, Fahri Yardim, Makram J. Khoury, Michael Marcus und Ben Kingsley Length: 181 min The Physician tells the story of the orphan Rob Cole (Tom Payne), who travels from medieval England to Isfahan in Persia to study medicine with Ibn Sina (Ben Kingsley), the greatest of all physicians, fueled by a burning desire to help his fellow human beings. Along the way, Rob encounters countless dangers and challenges, is forced to make sacrifices, and has to struggle unconditionally to realize his dream. In the end, his unerring quest for knowledge is rewarded with insights about the world and about himself, with friendship and true love. An epic tale of Orient and Occident, of love and hatred, of science and religion. Commenting on the production, UFA co-ceos Wolf Bauer and Nico Hofmann said: We see The Physician in the tradition of large-scale European productions like The House of the Spirits, The Name of the Rose and Perfume. The book is one of the last mega-sellers of our time that has not yet been made into a film. The basis for a great and emotional adventure movie, it is also a modern-day plea for peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance. In Germany alone, Der Medicus attracted more than 6.6 million moviegoers. Music: Neues Kammerorchester Potsdam, directed by Ud Joffe, based on a score by Ingo Ludwig Frenzel in a revised orchestration by Bernd Wefelmeyer

9 THE MUSICIANS 8/22 WDR FUNKHAUSORCHESTER Great art and great entertainment the WDR Funkhausorchester Köln combines them at the highest level. Its 50 musicians form the only symphony orchestra in Europe that specializes in the entire spectrum of music entertainment - from classical favorites. world music, and hit movie scores to dubstep. Their repertoire includes opera, operetta, musical and film music as well as symphonic jazz and exciting crossover projects. The WDR Funkhausorchester found a new chief conductor during the 2014/2015 season: the Briton Wayne Marshall. The orchestra is like none other not just because of its wide range of programs and activities, but also because, thanks to fixed broadcasting series, especially on WDR 4, it is heard every week by more people than any other orchestra. At the UFA Film Nights, the WDR Funkhausorchester provides the musical accompaniment to The Love of Jeanne Ney a reconstructed orchestral score arranged by Bernd Thewes with Frank Strobel conducting. The ZDF / ARTE film department commissioned the reconstruction of the music. Since 1995, ARTE has hosted its Stummfilm-Rendezvous series showcasing classics and rarities of international cinematic history. All films are shown in their latest restorations, which provides significant support to film archives in their activities. Another focus is the reconstruction of original film scores from the silent film period. The ZDF/ARTE film department has had more than 15 original music scores restored and performed to date; these reconstructions including Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss, 1926), October (Edmund Meisel, 1928) and Der Student von Prag (Josef Weiß, 1913) are an important contribution to the preservation of the film music culture of the early 20 th century.

10 8/23 DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN S UFA BRASS Last year, UFA Film Nights visitors were treated to a performance by the Deutsche Oper Berlin s JazzCombo, which provided the musical accompaniment to Ernst Lubitsch's Die Bergkatze ( The Wildcat ) together with Trioglycerin. This year, the formation has been expanded to include members of the brass section of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and will perform as UFA Brass. Under the artistic direction of Manfred Honetschläger, the 19- strong ensemble will play an original composition, also by Honetschläger, to accompany F.W. Murnau s The Last Laugh. The composer/conductor has directed the big band of the Hessian Rundfunk in cross-over programs. His compositions to date include chamber music, a jazz mass, music for stage plays, and cross-over classical projects for formations including the HR Sinfonieorchester, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and the Deutsche Oper Berlin s orchestra and Big Band.

11 8/24 JEFF MILLS In 1987, Jeff Mills began his career as a DJ during his weekly radio show at Detroit s WJBL using the moniker The Wizard. From 1988, he teamed up with Anthony Srock to produce industrial music under the name Final Cut. Shortly afterwards, he and several others founded the record label Underground Resistance, whose releases defined and decisively influenced Detroit Techno. In 1989, Mills also began producing solo recordings. In 1991, he moved to New York and founded his own label, Axis Records. He also produced for the Berlin label Tresor Records and made his home in Berlin at that time. In 2000, he released an electronic version of the soundtrack to Fritz Lang's Metropolis. His passion for sci-fi and classic movies eventually led him to set to music Buster Keaton s The Three Ages" (1923), Woman in the Moon by Fritz Lang, and earlier this year A Trip to the Moon by Georges Méliès. As a DJ, Jeff Mills is known for his fast, spontaneous mixing styles. He often changes records every minute or so, simply throwing the ones he has used behind him. Mills X-103 Atlantis was included in The Wire's 100 Records That Set The World On Fire (While No One Was Listening). Especially for the UFA Film Nights, Jeff Mills has now set the completed, restored 2010 version of "Metropolis" to music for the first time.

12 8/25 NEUES KAMMERORCHESTER POTSDAM The Neues Kammerorchester Potsdam is a free orchestral initiative that brings together dedicated musicians under the artistic direction of Ud Joffe. Founded in 2000, the Neues Kammerorchester initially played exclusively for choral projects by the Potsdamer Kantorei and the Oratorienchor Potsdam. In March 2001, the orchestra presented itself for the first time in a symphony concert with Händel, Vivaldi and Beethoven. Since then, the New Chamber Orchestra has won over audiences with a broad program ranging from the Baroque to the 21 st century. The orchestra has successfully participated in film screenings with live orchestral accompaniment on several occasions. The Neues Kammerorchester Potsdam conducted by Ud Joffe will accompany "Der Medicus" with music written for the film by Ingo Ludwig Frenzel, and for which he won the European Composer Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) award at the 2015 Berlinale. Bernd Wefelmeyer has reworked the music for the live orchestral version.

13 ABOUT THE PRESENTERS 8/22 MARIA FURTWÄNGLER Mathias Bothor / photoselection Maria Furtwängler embodies strong, partially-broken, but never perfect women, most recently in the awardwinning Das Wetter in geschlossenen Räumen (The weather in enclosed spaces), which opened in movie theaters in She plays an aid worker and fundraiser who distracts herself from the misery of the crisis areas she works in with designer clothes, longdrinks, and an Arab lover twenty years her junior. Since 2002, Maria Furtwängler has played state police detective Charlotte Lindholm in the Lower Saxony episodes of the popular German crime series Tatort. She has received several awards for this role, which she is formative in developing. In 2007, she starred in the UFA s two-part TV miniseries Die Flucht Lena Gräfin v. Mahlenberg, who led a refugee convoy from East Prussia to Bavaria in the winter of She will make her stage debut in spring 2017, in Noah Haidle s Alles muss glänzen. The actress, who also holds a medical degree, actively empowers and supports girls and women who are still subject to contempt and discrimination around the world with the MaLisa Foundation she established with her daughter Lisa, and the MaLisa Home in the Philippines, which gives girls and young women a way out of human trafficking. She is a cofounder of the Digital Life Design conference series DLDwomen, President of the Board of Trustees of the German Doctors relief organization, and sits on the Hubert Burda Foundation s Board of Trustees. She also serves an ambassador for women, girls and children's health for the ONE campaign, which works to end extreme poverty and preventable diseases, especially in Africa. She has won several awards for her roles and commitment. Maria Furtwängler introduces "The Love of Jeanne Ney" at the UFA Film Nights.

14 8/23 TOM SCHILLING Tom Schilling is one of Germany s most distinctive young actors. He was discovered for the stage while still attending school, and first demonstrated his talent to a wider audience in his screen debut in Friedemann Fromm s "Schlaraffenland" (1999) alongside Daniel Brühl and Franka Potente. Schilling further delivered on this promise in Crazy (2000) with Robert Stadlober, for which he was honored with the Bavarian Filmpreis. Starring roles in Herz über Kopf (2001), and Verschwende Deine Jugend (Play It Loud, 2003) cemented his reputation. For his performance in "Napola" (2004), Schilling won the Karl Spiehs Scholarship to study at the Lee Strasberg Studio in New York. He played in the two Oskar- Röhler films Agnes und seine Brüder (2004) and Photo: UFA Elementarteilchen (2006), and in autumn of 2007 was again in front of the camera for the The Baader Meinhof Complex. His filmography also includes Pornorama (directed by Marc Rothemund), Why Men Don t Listen and Women Can t Read Maps, as well as Robert Zimmermann Is Tangled Up In Love, both directed by Leander Haußmann. He played one of the leads in UFA Fiction s highly acclaimed miniseries Generation War, directed by Philipp Kadelbach. In 2012, a cinematic gem, Jan Ole Gerster's Oh Boy! opened in German movie theaters. Tom Schilling won a Lola, the German Film Award, for Best Actor. The American-British co-production Woman in Gold (starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds and Daniel Brühl) premiered at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival,. In Philipp Kadelbach's UFA fiction movie Auf kurze Distanz" he plays a detective investigating sports betting fraud, alongside Edin Hasanovic. Schilling is also a member of the magnificent cast of the three movies Mitten in Deutschland: NSU about right-wing terrorism in contemporary Germany. Schiller 's latest work Der gleiche Himmel, again a UFA fiction production, premiered at this year's Berlinale. Tom Schilling presents The Last Laugh on the second evening.

15 8/24 KATHARINA WACKERNAGEL Katharina Wackernagel has been a big name in acting for close to 20 years. Her latest movie Die Pfefferkörner und der Fluch des schwarzen Königs opens in German theaters in autumn From November 2017, Katharina Wackernagel can be seen on stage at the Hamburger Kammerspiele in the Moritz Rinke play Wir lieben und wissen nichts. Photo: Miriam Knickriem Born into a family of actors, Katharina Wackernagel earned a Golden Lion as Best Actress in a Series for one of her very first roles, in the TV series "Tanja" ( ), proving that talent clearly runs in the family. The family ties are strong behind the camera as well: She has already produced several film shorts, as well as four box-office movies, with her brother, the screenwriter and director Jonas Grosch. Just recently, filming ended on Wenn Fliegen träumen (When Flies Dream), Katharina Wackernagel s directorial debut, with her brother as co-director. The movie is scheduled to open in German theaters in early Starting in 2001, she co-starred with Dieter Pfaff in twelve films in the "Bloch" series. She first achieved her popular breakthrough with her roles in Sönke Wortmann s The Miracle of Bern (2003) as well as the event-scale movies Das Wunder von Lengede (2003) and the UFA production Die Luftbrücke - Nur der Himmel war frei (2005), before playing her first starring role in a cinematic production in Die Boxerin (2005). This was followed in 2007 by the courageous two-part TV miniseries Contergan (Thalidomide). Besides appearances in other event-scale dramas such as Vulkan (2008) and Das Adlon - Eine Familiensaga (2012), TV audiences have come to know Wackernagel as Detective Nina Petersen of the Stralsund Tatort since 2008, in ten episodes to date. Her roles in box-office productions include The Baader Meinhof Complex (2007, Director: Uli Edel) and Lars Jessen s Der Schimmelreiter (2008). Katharina Wackernagel lives in Berlin. She is a patron of Circus Sonnenstich, an association that supports people with Down s syndrome. Katharina Wackernagel presents Metropolis on the third evening of the UFA Film Nights.

16 8/25 FRANZ DINDA Franz Dinda, born in Jena in 1983, has gained recognition throughout Germany with boxoffice successes such as Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb and Die Wolke. In 2013, Dinda was involved in Philipp Stölzl's adaptation of the internationally bestselling novel The Physician. Most recently, the versatile actor played in the miniseries Honigfrauen and the feature films Die Glasbläserin and Der Bankraub. Ronny & Klaid starring Dinda as one of the leads, is scheduled to open in box offices in 2017/18. Franz Dinda has just finished shooting the documentary Brecht in Prague and is now preparing for one of the starring roles in the new adaptation of Das Boot, directed by Andreas Prochaska. Franz Dinda will enrich the last UFA Film Night in a double role: he will introduce the film, in which he then plays a role.

17 ABOUT THE VENUE Museum Island in the heart of Berlin attracts many visitors from all over the world. Here lies the cradle of today's Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, which display their outstanding collections spanning millennia of art and cultural history in Europe and the Mediterranean region, in this incomparable assembly of buildings. In 1999, UNESCO added Berlin s Museum Island to its list of World Heritage Sites, calling it a unique ensemble of museum buildings, which illustrates the evolution of modern museum design over more than a century. The beginnings of Berlin s Museum Island were closely linked to the early 19 th -century ideals of the Enlightenment and Humanism. Great architects such as Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Friedrich August Stüler played a key role in the architectural design of the Spreeinsel, which is also the historical starting point and the city center of Berlin. To this day, their masterpieces of Classicistic architecture give Museum Island its unmistakable appearance. With the opening of today's Altes Museum in 1830 under Friedrich Wilhelm IV, Museum Island Berlin began its development, into a sanctuary for art and science. The Neues Museum was the next to be built ( ), followed by the (Alte) Nationalgalerie ( ), the Bode-Museum (known as Kaiser Friedrich Museum from ), and the Pergamonmuseum ( ). The Kolonnadenhof forms the central courtyard of Museum Island, surrounded by the buildings of the Neues Museum, the Pergamonmuseum, the Alte Nationalgalerie and the Kolonnadengänge (colonnade corridors). The original design of the landscaping dates from The layout and motifs of the historical design have been taken up in the current version and gently modernized. This site, steeped in cultural history, has served as the perfect venue for the UFA Film Nights since 2014.

18 ABOUT UFA UFA celebrates its 100 th anniversary in 2017, making it one of the oldest entertainment brands in the world. Today's UFA is a powerful creator of entertainment content, and has steadily expanded its market leadership as a film and television producer in Germany over the years. Each day, UFA programs entertain and inspire millions of viewers. The company has evolved from a creator of programs and TV producer into a content specialist for every type of platform for all major broadcasters in Germany as well as for many other partners. UFA is the umbrella for all German production activities of FremantleMedia, which operates the worldwide production business of Bertelsmann-owned RTL Group The UFA FICTION, UFA SERIAL DRAMA and UFA SHOW & FACTUAL production units as well as the UFA LAB operate under the UFA umbrella. Their extensive product portfolio offers an unparalleled variety of complementary programs. The UFA LAB pools the group s digital activities. High-quality fiction productions such as TV movies, series, and TV events are realized by UFA FICTION. UFA SHOW & FACTUAL produces journalistic formats, reality programs, and shows, as well as a wide range of variety and game shows, quizzes, panel shows, and dating, comedy and music shows. UFA SERIAL DRAMA is a leading supplier of industrial serial productions. Long-running program brands are at the heart of the product strategy for the group s core business, the production of TV content. With currently more than 20 serial program brands, the UFA has more long-running formats in the market than any other producer. While UFA sets and develops trends with its programs, it is also committed to time-honored ideas and traditions. Its impressive track record is evident in stellar ratings for miniseries, shows and long-running series such as SOKO München, "SOKO Leipzig, "GZSZ, Alles was zählt, Unter Uns, Ein starkes Team, Donna Leon, Wer weiß denn sowas and Sag die Wahrheit ; outstanding TV movies, event-scale TV films, and feature films such as Bornholmer Strasse, Nackt unter Wölfen, Generation War, Ku'damm 56, Charité and Der Turm ; and box-office movies like Hanni & Nanni, Jesus loves me and The Physician as well as adaptations of internationally successful light entertainment and infotainment such as Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Germany s Got Talent) Das Supertalent, X Factor and Bauer sucht Frau (Farmer Wants A Wife). More information about UFA and its productions can be found at:

19 ABOUT BERTELSMANN Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the broadcaster RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company has 116,000 employees and generated revenues of 17.0 billion in the 2016 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes firstclass media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world. As a creative content company, Bertelsmann engages in various cultural activities with strong references to its more than 180-year history. As part of its efforts in film and television, the media, service and education group is dedicated to the preservation of important cultural assets with a focus on making the cultural heritage accessible, e.g. through digitization or exhibitions. As a main sponsor of the digital restoration of important silent films, the company also accompanies their performances worldwide. For instance, Bertelsmann hosts the UFA Film Nights not only in Berlin, but also at other locations where the Group has operations, such as Brussels, New York and Madrid, and supports the screening of silent films at festivals around the world. In this way, Bertelsmann combines its own publishing tradition with the requirements for handling our cultural heritage in the digital age. More information about Bertelsmann is available at: For more information about Bertelsmann Unter den Linden 1, please visit:

20 CONTACT DETAILS Press agency: SteinbrennerMüller Kommunikation Kristian Müller Linienstrasse Berlin +49 (0) UFA GmbH Kirstin Krause Head of Marketing Dianastrasse Potsdam +49 (0) Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Dr. Helen Müller Head of Cultural Affairs and Corporate History Bertelsmann Unter den Linden Berlin +49 (0) helen.mueller@bertelsmann.de Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Susanne Erdl Vice President Media Relations Corporate Communications Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse Gütersloh +49 (0) susanne.erdl@bertelsmann.de Curator of the series: Friedemann Beyer Film Historian +49 (172) friedemann.beyer@web.de

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