"Lüthi and Blanc": wage adjustments, no cuts
Planning for the SF-DRS series is done on a longer-term basis.
The cast of the SF-DRS series "Lüthi und
Blanc" have to accept wage losses. Due to a change in planning
the performers will earn less next year, in at least one
case even by half, reported the SonntagsBlick. The actors
will only be paid for the actual shooting days. According to
SonntagBlick, they feel unfairly treated because of this: "We
have helped to build up the "Lüthi und Blanc" brand and are excellent
advertising medium", says Gilles Tschudi, alias series villain Michael Frick
quoted. Some actors would even have to work in the months without filming.
receive unemployment benefits, said another team member.
Peter-Christian Fueter, member of the management board of the production company
C-Films, sees things somewhat differently: "There can be no question of wage cuts.
At most, there will be wage adjustments," he told the
Advertising Week. "We plan for the long term and therefore have fewer days to
which the actors ultimately do not participate in after all.
work." For the individual day of filming, however, the actors would always
still earn the same amount and continue to receive flat-rate contracts,
emphasized Fueter. The total wage bill for the crew will even increase.
Fueter also qualified the SonntagsBlick's statement that it is uncertain
how long "Lüthi und Blanc" will continue to run. "That's courant normal.
It was always the case that SF DRS announced in the summer whether the series would be broadcast in the
will still be produced the following year." The following are secured
Filming currently scheduled until the end of 2006.
Carole Scheidegger
Blanc" have to accept wage losses. Due to a change in planning
the performers will earn less next year, in at least one
case even by half, reported the SonntagsBlick. The actors
will only be paid for the actual shooting days. According to
SonntagBlick, they feel unfairly treated because of this: "We
have helped to build up the "Lüthi und Blanc" brand and are excellent
advertising medium", says Gilles Tschudi, alias series villain Michael Frick
quoted. Some actors would even have to work in the months without filming.
receive unemployment benefits, said another team member.
Peter-Christian Fueter, member of the management board of the production company
C-Films, sees things somewhat differently: "There can be no question of wage cuts.
At most, there will be wage adjustments," he told the
Advertising Week. "We plan for the long term and therefore have fewer days to
which the actors ultimately do not participate in after all.
work." For the individual day of filming, however, the actors would always
still earn the same amount and continue to receive flat-rate contracts,
emphasized Fueter. The total wage bill for the crew will even increase.
Fueter also qualified the SonntagsBlick's statement that it is uncertain
how long "Lüthi und Blanc" will continue to run. "That's courant normal.
It was always the case that SF DRS announced in the summer whether the series would be broadcast in the
will still be produced the following year." The following are secured
Filming currently scheduled until the end of 2006.
Carole Scheidegger
