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.

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)