Wake Up

Format: series, TV (6×45 min) and radio play (8×20 min)
Direction: Karin Heberlein
Screenplay: Karin Heberlein and Angela Gilges
Production company: TELLFILM GmbH

Story

After a catastrophic train crash in the Gotthard Tunnel, six teenagers help each other escape the burning wreckage. They flee through an emergency exit into a hidden Alpine valley – breathtaking, strange and apparently determined to entrap them forever… Deeply rooted in its characters, WAKE UP is a tribute to the (super)human strength that can grow in an emerging community.

Development since support on stage I

Since Stage I, we have developed a storyline that gives both the series and the radio play a unique, independently coherent perspective. They mutually enrich each other with new information and secrets. A subjective narration style, emerging from the characters themselves, was developed during the work in the new Writers’ Room and is used in both formats.