Deutchland 83-Industry

Who wrote Deutchland 83 (Individual Producers)

-Joerg+Anna Winger- German + American couple

Inspired from Joerg experience in military service

Who funded and co-produced the show

-RTL

-UFA fiction

Both subsidiaries of Bertelsmann conglomerate

How did the 80s period effect the Production

• Reduced Risk

• Create more accurate sets, costumes, props

• Hired military experts from both sides of Germany to get facts accurate

How was Deutchland 83 broadcast in America

• Joerg Winger had connections to Sundance TV

• First German programme broadcast in USA

• Sundance TV subsidiary of AMC Conglomerate who focus on world cinema and original programmes

• Funded by ads+subscribers- millions of viewers

How was Deutchland 83 broadcast in the UK

• Channel 4: fulfills remit of diverse media

• Brought D83 due to no production department

Historical +Political changes in television production

-Commissioned own programmes then broadcast on own channel (monopoly)

-Political pressure for greater diversity led to ITV in 1982– remit to buy programmes from independent producers

-PSB for channel 4 requires high quality and innovative

Who is Walter Luzzolino

• Presented show on Walter Presents: Targets audience who are looking for cultural dramas

What were risks

• Foreign Language-Risky

How was Celebrity Endorsement used

• Maria Schrader (Lenora) director of Unorthodox

• Ludwig Trepte seen in generation war

Both recognisable globally appealing to international audience

How was The Show Marketted

• Different posters of different countries

• Channel 4- 80s playlist promoted

• Social media

• Trailers and Teasers

How was Social Media used to promote the show

• Anna Winger tweeting about show on X

• Cast and Crew interviews with newspapers, magazines, websites etc

• Cast and Crew tagged in posts

Who distributed Deutchland 83

Freemantle media

• distributed to 10 counties (UK)

• RTL subsidiary