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The Chinese Man is a production from Yellow Bird Pictures, Munich (producers: Oliver Schündler, Boris Ausserer) in coproduction with Lotus Film, Vienna (producers: Erich Lackner, Peter Wirthensohn), Yellow Bird, Sweden (producer: Mikael Wallén) and ARD Degeto for ARD and ORF; it is subsidized by the Austrian Film Subsidy Board and the Film Subsidy Authority of Lower Austria, and it is supported by the MEDIA program of the European Union. Program Executives include Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan (ARD Degeto), Klaus Lintschinger and Sabine Weber (ORF).

Beta Film launched worldwide distribution of this TV event at MipTV 2011.


Story

On a frosty day in January 2006 the police in Sweden make a gruesome discovery. 19 people were found hacked to death in a little village. The police suspect a maniac behind the bestial act. When Judge Birgitta Roslin hears about the crime she immediately knows that her parents are among the victims. Still more: all the murder victims were related to her in some way or another. She realizes that the police are on the wrong track and starts investigating on her own. Her search takes her all the way to Beijing where she hits upon the unscrupulous machinations of the ruling elite. She also uncovers murders from over 160 years ago which seem to be connected to the psychopath mass murderer and her own family.


Production Details

Runtime
2 x 90 min
 Scriptwriter
Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer, Fred Breinersdorfer
Broadcaster
ARD / Degeto, ORF
 Based on
Henning Mankell: The Man from Beijing
Commissioning Editor
Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan (ARD / Degeto), Sabine Weber and Dr. Klaus Lintschinger (ORF)
 Producers
Oliver Schündler, Boris Ausserer, Erich Lackner, Peter Wirthensohn, Mikael Wallén
Director
Peter Keglevic
 Camera
Alexander Fischerkoesen
Production Design
Christoph Kanter
 Costumes
Ulrike Schütte
Cast
Suzanne von Borsody, Michael Nyqvist, Claudia Michelsen, Amy J. Cheng, Jimmy Taenaka, August Schmölzer, Joachim Bißmeier, Karlheinz Hackl et al.