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“In the 90-minute documentary and limited series, we will tell the thrilling drama of the rise and fall of Wirecard, set against an international backdrop of lies and misplaced trust. Gabriela Sperl, producer SFFP said: 'Wirecard is a global story of corruption and greed, of masterminds and narcissists, of the driven, dreamers and power mongers who, trapped in their own realities, carried others away in their insatiable desire for more. In addition to the documentary, Gabriela Sperl is also developing a fictional mini-series on the same topic for Sky Studios.

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Today, Wirecard’s CEO Markus Braun remains in custody with COO Jan Marsalek on the run, following the issuance of an international arrest warrant.įollowing many years of journalistic investigation, Sperl will bring the story to screen with exclusive access to those closest to the Wirecard scandal, plus those who, like Sperl, followed the story closely as the company unravelled earlier this year. The story rocked the financial sector across the globe, following years of suspected lies, cover ups and an international web of money laundering. The documentary will chart the rise and fall of Wirecard, a financial payments firm once seen as the posterchild for German tech innovation that collapsed in scandal in June 2020 following the uncovering of a €1.9bn accounting black hole. The documentary will be directed by Benji and Jono Bergmann of BABKA (‘Gelato’), who will also co-produce. Documentary produced by Gabriela Sperl for Sky Studios and rbb/ARDĪcclaimed film-maker Gabriela Sperl (‘NSU – Mitten in Deutschland’, ‘Preis der Freiheit’, ‘Tannbach’) and producer SFFP (Sperl Film und Fernsehproduktion GmbH) are developing a feature-length documentary on the Wirecard scandal for Sky Studios.

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