CZAR

A mysterious phone call turns the life of data scientist Maryam Çetin upside down. On the other end of the line: Wolfgang Adrian, the richest man in Europe. A few minutes later, Maryam is already in a taxi to the airport – leaving her work and her family behind indefinitely. In Maastricht, Adrian gathers a bizarre 6-member task force around him to fulfil his life’s dream: The salvation of Europe. The task for the continent is to once again become the driving force of liberality and social progress. The group members have to combine their diverse strengths to change the political climate – and simply create the appropriate news themselves. Because: “Whoever makes the headlines today will make the elections tomorrow.” In the process, they not only increasingly lose their moral compass, but also the overview of their activities. The events in Europe are coming thick and fast – a chain reaction over which the task force no longer seems to have any control.

bio showrunner Lucas Thiem

Lucas Thiem is a graduate of Berlin Film & TV School (dffb). Already during his studies he showran the web series STRAIGHT FAMILY, commissioned by German public internet broadcaster FUNK, and scripted for German children tv as well as the mini series BONN. With his shorts but also with his directorial doc feature NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE he travelled festivals all over Germany and the world and won several prizes (main prize of Fünf-Seen-Filmfestival, jury award of Warsaw Capturing Freedom FF). Lucas has worked as a Creative Producer for product placement shorts for UNIVERSAL, SKY and Ubisoft with some of Germany’s most famous influencers like LeFloid, SpaceFrogs, Lara Loft, PietSmiets, David Hain and Rob Bubble. Recently he produced MAKEL for CZAR, ProSiebenSat.1’s first flagship blockbuster series for their audio platform FYEO.