Overview
- Thomas Stipsits portrays René Benko in the feature-length docudrama commissioned for ARD platforms.
- Production is underway under director Raymond Ley, with a script by Hannah and Raymond Ley.
- The project is produced for NDR, SWR and RBB with ORF and SRF, in cooperation with HolyScreen Media and Cineteam Hannover.
- Shooting began in late January in Berlin and Hanover, with additional locations planned in Vienna, Potsdam, Dortmund and Hamburg.
- The film contextualizes Signa’s insolvency after years of expansion as Austrian authorities investigate roughly a dozen suspected matters and Benko remains in pretrial detention.