Maxima, the Crown-esque royal drama from Beta Film, has been renewed for a second season in the days leading up to its premiere. The show, which led Beta’s catalog at the recent London TV Screenings and Series Mania, will film later this year, and the German major has struck a slew more sales.

2014 film directed by Saskia Diesing

In the spring of 1945 a train deporting hundreds of Jewish prisoners gets stranded near a small German village occupied by the Red Army. Condemned to each other and in a context of deep mistrust, desperation and revenge, an unexpected friendship emerges between Russian sniper Vera, village girl Winnie and Jewish-Dutch woman Simone

可可是个浑浑噩噩的年轻女子，与五十多岁、刚离异的汉斯陷入了一场无果的恋情中。她过着漫无目标的生活，直到发现母亲病重。不顾已疏远的母女关系，以及母亲希望独处的愿望，可可搬到母亲家中照顾她，并开始全心全意地拥抱这个新的生活目标。