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ZDF/Arte

Mainz, Germany(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
LocationMainz, Germany
Websitezdf-enterprises.de
Social
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Phone+4961319910
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.0IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

58 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars1of7nominations14%
BAFTAs0of1nominations0%

509 wins from 1,679 nominations across all awards

Box office
$22m

Combined US gross, 31 of 124 titles

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Highest rated
The Coen Brothers
2000
8.0266 votes
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Lowest rated
Rumours
2024
4.95,604 votes
Mostly
drama, documentary, comedy
Active
1998–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Best known for
Triangle of Sadness

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 80 of 124 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
257 seasons

1995–2026

Television rating
6.8IMDb

Their films average 7.0, so the television rates 0.1 lower.

Networks
  • ARTE6
  • ZDF2
  • DR12
  • Sky Nature2
  • RÚV1
  • Yle TV11

Across 10 series matched to TMDB, 41 episodes. 1 still returning or in production.

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 334

98 films · 26 TV titles

Titles per year123 titles · busiest 2025 with 22

123 titles across 29 years, averaging 4.2 a year. The last five years average 12.2 a year, above their long-run rate. 5 of those 29 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time57 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
468their average 7.0200020102020

Their 2020s work is their strongest, averaging 7.2 across 23 titles. The 32 titles since 2016 average 7.2, 0.2 above their 7.0 overall. 22 of 57 rated titles sit above their 7.0 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Apichatpong Weerasethakul3
  • Aki Kaurismäki3
  • Marie Kreutzer2
  • Nadav Lapid2
  • Ruben Östlund2
Writers
  • Apichatpong Weerasethakul3
  • Aki Kaurismäki3
  • Marie Kreutzer2
  • Ruben Östlund2
  • Lars von Trier2
Notable cast
  • Tilda Swinton2
  • Trine Dyrholm2
  • Jenjira Pongpas2
Genres
  • Drama53 of 78
  • Documentary22 of 78
  • Comedy15 of 78
  • Romance11 of 78
  • History10 of 78

Names appearing on two or more of ZDF/Arte’s produced titles, across the 78 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with11 companies

Companies that appear alongside ZDF/Arte on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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