WOMAN OF THE DEAD – First Look at the Hit Series

WOMAN OF THE DEAD

The successful thriller series continues with Anna Maria Mühe in the lead role

A first look at the hit show's second season

Director: Daniel Geronimo Prochaska

Director of Photography: Anna Hawliczek

Screenplay: Benito Mueller, Wolfgang Mueller (Episodes 1 & 4), Mike Majzen (Episodes 2 & 5), Barbara Stepansky (Episodes 3 & 6), Timo Lombeck (Episodes 1–6), Marcel Kawentel (Episodes 1–6)

Production Design: Conrad Reinhardt

Producers: Thomas Hroch, Gerald Podgornig, Benito Mueller, Wolfgang Mueller

Co-producer: Al Munteanu

Cast: Anna Maria Mühe, Peter Kurth, Britta Hammelstein, Robert Palfrader, Michou Friesz, Yousef Sweid, Gerhard Liebmann, Dominic Marcus Singer, Sabine Timoteo, Lucas Gregorowicz, Hayal Kaya

Production: Mona Film Streaming, Barry Films

Co-production: SquareOne Productions

Streaming worldwide on Netflix starting March 19, 2025!

Berlin January 14, 2025: The huntress becomes the hunted when Blum's (Anna Maria Mühe) past catches up to her! After pieces of another person's body are discovered in the coffin of a deceased person, the undertaker attracts police attention once again…

Starting on March 19, 2025, the second season of successful Austrian-German thriller series Woman of the Dead will be streaming on Netflix. Based on the bestseller trilogy by multiple award-winning mystery novel author Bernhard Aichner, the show stars Anna Maria Mühe. The first season of six-episode series Woman of the Dead was listed in the global top 10 of non-English speaking series for three weeks.

Under the direction of Daniel Geronimo Prochaska (Ferdinand von Schirach – Glauben, Das schaurige Haus), alongside Anna Maria Mühe as undertaker Blum, there are many other actors, including Yousef Sweid, Robert Palfrader, Dominic Marcus Singer, Peter Kurth, Lucas Gregorowicz,  Michou Friesz, Britta Hammelstein, Gerhard Liebmann, Sabine Timoteo, Emilia Pieske, Tristán López and Hayal Kaya.

Producers Thomas Hroch and Gerald Podgornig (Mona Film Streaming), as well as Benito Mueller and Wolfgang Mueller (Barry Films), are responsible for the project in co-production with SquareOne Productions (producer: Al Munteanu) for Netflix and ORF. In addition to Vienna and Lower Austria, the cast and crew returned to the mountain landscape of Tyrol to film parts of the series.

Starting February 24, 2025, ORF 1 will air two of the six new episodes back to back each week on Mondays at 8:15 p.m. The show will be available for streaming worldwide on Netflix starting on March 19, 2025.

About Woman of the Dead

Blum's past catches up with her: Body parts of the man she killed who is presumed missing, Edwin Schönborn, show up in the coffin of an exhumed body. Blum is once again targeted by the police and has to spend a night in jail, where her worst nightmare comes true: Someone kidnaps her daughter, Nela! In exchange for her daughter, Blum must release a video—one that she doesn't even have. Running from the police and searching for the video, Blum will do anything to save her daughter.

About Mona Film Streaming/Mona Film

Mona Film Streaming is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mona Film Produktion, which was founded in 2007 by Thomas Hroch and Gerald Podgornig. The company's multifaceted portfolio includes TV and theatrical movie series, TV shows and multi-part series for public broadcasters, private broadcasters and streaming services. Its diverse productions include award-winning formats such as "Die Auslöschung" starring Klaus Maria Brandauer and the drama "Ein Dorf wehrt sich," feature films such as "Arthur & Claire" starring Josef Hader and "Wie kommen wir da wieder raus?" starring Caroline Peters and Simon Schwarz,

long-running series such as "Der Wien-Krimi: Blind remittent" and "Im Schatten der Angst," TV movies such as "Eine Liebe für den Frieden," "Kleine große Stimme," and high-end series "Euer Ehren" starring Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer and Tobias Moretti, "Am Anschlag – Die Macht der Kränkung" and its sequel "Am Ende – Der Macht der Kränkung." For Netflix/ORF, Mona Film is producing the six-episode series "Woman of the Dead" starring Anna Maria Mühe. Current productions include the two-part "Mama ist die Best(i)e" starring Adele Neuhauser, rural crime story "Bis in die Seele ist mir kalt," the adaptation of Daniel Glattauer's bestseller "Ewig Dein," the film adaptations of novels "Kopftuchmafia" and "Uhudler-Verschwoörung" by and starring Thomas Stipsits, as well as the new series "Der Salzburg-Krimi."

About Barry Films

Barry Films is an international production company under the leadership of Wolfgang Mueller and Benito Mueller with headquarters in Zürich, Berlin and Los Angeles that specializes in the production of movies and TV series for the international market. Barry Films' productions include the remake of BONJOUR TRISTESSE, starring Chloë Sevigny and Claes Bang; thriller THE CUCKOO'S CURSE by Mar Targarona (THE OTHERS) and the conception of the TV adaptation of submarine classic DAS BOOT for Sky TV and Bavaria; INHERIT THE VIPER, a crime drama set in the USA's opioid epidemic starring Josh Hartnett and Bruce Dern; LIFE, directed by Anton Corbijn, starring Robert Pattinson and Ben Kingsley; WALTER, starring Academy Award nominees William H. Macy and Virginia Madsen; the César-winning screwball comedy THE PIG OF GAZA; Peru's selection for Best Foreign Language Academy Award THE BAD INTENTIONS; THE WHISTLEBLOWER, starring Rachel Weisz and Vanessa Redgrave; and THE DAY OF THE CAT, starring Bruno Ganz.

About Netflix

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