Die Ibiza Affäre

Cinema

„Die Ibiza Affäre“ ran 2021 in the festival cinema program.

Watchroom

Die Ibiza Affäre lief 2021 im Festival Watchroom.

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What happens in Ibiza, stays in Ibiza. Unless we're talking about the secret meeting of the then Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache with an alleged Russian oligarch, in the course of which the undemocratic overthrow of the conditions in the Alpine Republic is being worked on. A private detective (Nicholas Ofczarek) and a Viennese lawyer arranged the meeting and recorded it on video, which was later published by the Süddeutsche Zeitung and SPIEGEL. The beginning of the end of the right-winger, whose inglorious appearance is the focus of the four-part Sky original. 

What reads like the pitch for a particularly implausible political satire was responsible for one of the biggest scandals in Austria in the summer of 2019. Heinz-Christian's Strache's unbelievable performance not only pushed the former FPÖ leader into the political sidelines, but also made him the main character of the non-fiction bestseller "The Ibiza Affair: Inside Views of a Scandal". Producers Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann have now cast him in four-part series gold for a Sky Original. Refined by the outstanding ensemble of actors around Nicholas Ofczarek ("Braunschlag", "Der Pass"), which makes the gripping political thriller a beacon for the importance of investigative quality journalism.

Transmitter (Germany)

Sky

Transmitter (Original)

Sky

Countries

Germany, Austria

Year of publication

2021

Languages

german

Authors

Stefan Holtz, Florian Iwersen

Direction

Christopher Schier

Mit

Andreas Lust, Nicholas Ofczarek, David A. Hamade, Julian Looman, Anna Gorshkova

Production

Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann, Dieter Pochlatko, Jakob Pochlatko