SUMMER SUNDAY is the dramatic story of Bruno Hansen, a bridge guard of a huge lift bridge in Hamburg. As his 7-year-old deaf son climbs down into the restricted area of the lifting equipment while a train is approaching, he has only seconds to decide whether to sacrifice his son or to let the train with 300 passengers on board derail and crash into the river.
In 1980 his first crime novel Abel was published at Rowohlt;
many novels, short stories and dramatic stories followed;
in the meantime, he has written numerous TV movies, several Tatort movies and all of the Abel episodes
Works as a producer, director and author for TV entertainment shows, live shows and commercial productions;
since 2007 he works for i.e. Teamworx, MME, Producers at Work and Filmline
