Beta Film Group’s Autentic Nabs World Rights to Contrast Film’s Swiss Docuseries ‘Game Over – The Fall of Credit Suisse’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Why it matters: This docuseries offers a true-crime style exposé of one of history's most spectacular financial scandals.
- Autentic, a Beta Film Group subsidiary, has acquired international rights to the docuseries, signaling its global appeal beyond Switzerland.
- "Game Over – The Fall of Credit Suisse" explores how a corporate culture of high risk and greed, dating back to the 1970s, made the bank's collapse unavoidable, according to director Simon Helbling and sales director Mirjam Strasser.
- The docuseries features exclusive interviews with prominent figures like UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti, UBS board chairman Colm Kelleher, and former Credit Suisse CEO Josef Ackermann, providing insider accounts of the financial scandal.
- Simon Helbling and Arthur Rutishauser faced a "gruelling two-year task" of backroom discussions and legal threats to secure interviews with decision-makers, highlighting the challenges of uncovering the truth behind such a significant financial event.
Autentic has secured global distribution rights for "Game Over – The Fall of Credit Suisse," an award-winning docuseries that uncovers the deep-seated corporate culture of risk and greed leading to the Swiss banking giant's dramatic 2023 collapse. Director Simon Helbling, alongside journalist Arthur Rutishauser, spent two years navigating legal threats and backroom discussions to secure exclusive interviews with key decision-makers, offering an unprecedented look into the bank's inevitable downfall.
