RED ARROW SECURES A RAFT OF NEW SALES FOR “VIENNA BLOOD”

Red Arrow Studios International has scored new sales in Europe and Asia for its crime drama “Vienna Blood” (3x90’ or 6x45’). In Europe, Mediawan Rights has acquired the series for French-speaking markets; in Spain, the series has been sold to Movistar; YLE has picked up the show for Finland; and Viasat World will air it on the Epic Drama channel in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltics. The series has also been licenced in other territories such as China and Japan.

These latest sales join Red Arrow’s deal for “Vienna Blood” with BBC Two in the UK, where the series attracted large audiences and rated as the #2 drama of 2019 for the channel. Following a sale to PBS, the series debuted successfully in the United States in February 2020, garnering both critical and viewer acclaim.

Produced by Endor Productions, a Red Arrow Studios company, and MR Film for Austria’s ORF and Germany’s ZDF, “Vienna Blood” is adapted by Steve Thompson and is based on the best-selling novels by Frank Tallis. Additional funding partners include Televisionfund Austria, TV-Filmfund Vienna and Niederoesterreich Kultur. Red Arrow Studios International led the co-financing of the series and distributes it internationally.

“‘Vienna Blood’ is a hugely gripping series and exactly the type of ambitious primetime drama we’re committed to supporting at Red Arrow. Following its success in the UK and US, we’re delighted new audiences in Europe and Asia will be able to enjoy the series, which deftly combines the traditional crime genre with relevant social issues and a bold creative approach,”  said Tim Gerhartz, SVP of Sales at Red Arrow Studios International.

Filmed in English on location in Vienna and starring Matthew Beard and Juergen Maurer, “Vienna Blood” is set in 1900s Vienna, a hot bed of philosophy, science and art, where a clash of cultures and ideas play out in the city’s grand cafes and opera houses. Max Liebermann is a brilliant young English doctor and student of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. When Max comes into contact with Oskar Rheinhardt, a Detective Inspector struggling with a strange case, he agrees to help him investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders. Max’s extraordinary skills of perception and psychology and Oskar’s forceful tenacity lead them to solve some of Vienna’s most mysterious and deadly cases.