04/12/2013 - The Austrian director known for his horror film Dead in 3 Days won the International Emmy Award for Best TV Film in New York

Austrian director Andreas Prochaska, known for his horror film Dead in 3 Days [+see also:
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film profile] (2006), was this year presenting two TV films at the International Emmy Awards: the thriller Spüren des Bösen – Zauberberg (nominated in the Best Actor category thanks to the work of Heino Ferch) and the medical thriller A Day for a Miracle (competing for the Best TV Film/Mini Series), both coproduced by ORF (the Austrian public television channel) and German channel ZDF.

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During the ceremony held in New York last week (Monday November 25), the second film collected the International Emmy Award for Best TV Film. A Day for a Miracle, produced by Klaus Graf Filmproduktion and Rowboat Film (with ZDF and the ORF) and played by German actor Ken Duken in the main role, attracted 33% of audience share in Austria when it was broadcasted (that is over 1 million spectators). In Germany, it was seen by 5.81 million people (17.1% of audience share) and 9.9% of the target audience was between the ages of 14 and 49 years old.

(Translated from French)