Television
In January, 2009 Moonlake and the UFA agreed on a cooperation for several TV event movies, one of which was 33 Days – Born to be Wild (AT) showing the life and accident of Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda including the almost deadly accident at the Nürburgring and his comeback only 33 days later. Premiere Picture produced his Feature Documentary 33 Days – Born to be Wild under the name Lauda – The Untold Story in 2014. Besides Niki Lauda the movie also features Sir Jackie Stewart, David Coulthard, Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Bernd Mayländer, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Jochen Mass, James Hunt and many more. It premiered in Cannes in 2014 and was released in July 2015 by Bulldog Film Distribution in Great Britain. It was No. 1 bestseller on iTunes and Amazon. [4] [5]
In 2024, he produced the two TV films in the Alpentod series for RTL and ServusTV together with WarnerBros ITV. [6]
Special Programming & Sports Documentaries
In 2013, Schalle acted as writer, director and composer for the TV documentary Das Digitale Ich – Menschen, Computer und Emotionen with Sherry Turkle, Kevin Kelly, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, John Underkoffler, Gerfried Stocker and others. [7]
In 2015, Schalle directed another motorsports Feature Documentary with the title The Green Hell telling the story of the Nürburgring between 1925 and 2015, released in February 2017 by Odeon Cinemas in UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Spain and Italy. [8] [9] [10] The production, led by executive producers Eric Nicoli and William Lewis was supported content-related by Sir Jackie Stewart, who came up with the name Green Hell for the Nordschleife. The movie features Bernd Mayländer, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Jochen Mass, Sir Stirling Moss, Sabine Schmitz, Niki Lauda, Adrian Newey, Andrew Palmer, Robert Lechner, Christian Danner, Tom Chilton, Walter Röhrl and many more. [11] [4]
He also wrote, directed and produced the cinema documentary Monaco Grand Prix and filmed the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco in 2016. Filming was completed at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2017. [12]
In 2021, Schalle was commissioned by Telekom Deutschland to produce Beethoven X – The AI Project, which was released on MagentaTV, ARD, and RTL+. Alongside Sebastian Koch, Billy Joel played a leading role in the project. [13] [14] In 2022, Schalle produced the TV special Christmas in the Alps, featuring Melissa Naschenweng, Chris Steger, Nik P., and Hansi Hinterseer, which was broadcast on ServusTV. [15] [16] In 2024, Schalle created the biographical documentary Between Heaven and Hell about the actor Philipp Hochmair. [17] [18] [19]
Later in 2024, the Christmas special Christmas Lights, featuring Hansi Hinterseer as narrator and singer, was released on ServusTV and digital platforms. In 2024 and 2025, he worked as both writer and director on two specials, Welcome to My Life and The Long Road to the Summit, which tell the story of the career of winter sportsman and singer Hansi Hinterseer and were broadcast on ServusTV. [20] [21]
Music & Arts Documentaries
In 2015 and 2016, Moonlake Entertainment, in collaboration with ORF and 3sat, produced the film Salzburg – Gesamtkunstwerk in the Heart of Europe. The documentary film, narrated by Jedermann actor Cornelius Obonya, premiered at the Salzburg Festival on the Siemens Festspielbühne on 28 July 2016. [22]
In 2017, he worked as Writer, director and Producer on the Documentation Karajan: The Maestro and his Festival , a Moonlake Entertainment production, coproduced by the Karajan Institute, ORF/ 3sat, Salzburg Easter Festival and Unitel. [23] The film will focus on Herbert von Karajan's work as a conductor, stage director and opera producer and the 2017 staging of Richard Wagner's opera Valkyrie , a reconstruction of his 1967 original. It will the historic and the present production face to face and show the highlights of 50 years Salzburg Easter Festival. [24]
