Today, together with our Official Partner ZDF Enterprises, we invite you to screen three of the latest series from their drama catalog. The British remake of Swedish hit Before We Die features a Croatian link, while Sherlock – The Russian Chronicles takes us to 19th century St. Petersburg where Jack the Ripper tries to escape from the masterful investigator. The series was recently sold in Japan which is also the country of the third title – The Window. The football-themed crime story was written by BAFTA and EMMY award-winning screenwriter James Payne.


Before We Die (https://pitchplay.tv/ceescreenings/59)
Country: United Kingdom, Genre: Crime, Suspense, 6x52'

The UK crime thriller Before We Die is based on the eponymous noir Swedish series and stars Lesley Sharp as detective Hannah Laing, a police detective who discovers her estranged son is an undercover informant in a brutal murder investigation. When her married lover and fellow police officer Sean Hardacre goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Detective Hannah Laing launches an urgent manhunt. She manages to contact one of Sean’s confidential sources: ‘Issy’, and Hannah and her partner start investigating the Mimica family. The Croatian clan plans to smuggle a massive quantity of cocaine into the country, but when Hannah finds out the informant is her son, she becomes conflicted about the investigation.


Sherlock - The Russian Chronicles (https://pitchplay.tv/ceescreenings/60)
Country: Russia, Genre: Crime, Suspense, 8x50'

From major indie studios START and co-produced with Sreda (Trigger, Gogol) comes an action drama set in 19th Century St. Petersburg: Sherlock: The Russian Chronicles follows Sherlock Holmes as he attempts to track down the serial killer Jack the Ripper, who has fled to Russia. The action drama gives a Russian spin to the stories of the world's most famous investigator. The story unfolds as Sherlock Holmes attempts to track down Jack the Ripper, who has fled to St. Petersburg in the year 1889. To help him navigate this unfamiliar country, Mr. Holmes is joined by Dr. Kartsev and Sophia who help Holmes solve a series of mysterious crimes, while facing conflict and interference from a local police chief, Znamensky.


The Window (https://pitchplay.tv/ceescreenings/61)
Country: Japan, Genre: Crime, Suspense, 10x45'

Created and written by BAFTA and EMMY award-winning screenwriter James Payne (The Musketeers, Hooten & the Lady, Mr. Selfridge), The Window is a drama thriller that explores the complex and dark off-field machinations of the world of soccer. The Window is a character-based thriller set in the world of elite professional football. Focusing on an ensemble cast of players, agents, club owners, administrators and journalists, the series explores the cutthroat off-field machinations of the game. The series begins at the end of the English soccer season – with the transfer window opening. Across ten episodes The Window charts one summer in the life of Jordan Burdett, a 17-year-old Wunderkind who is on the wish list of every club in Europe. The tug of war begins…