Potsdam, 30. June 2025. Last night, the festival premiere of *MISS SOPHIE – SAME PROCEDURE AS EVERY YEAR* took place as part of the Munich Film Festival. The six-part UFA Fiction series prequel tells the backstory to the well-known New Year’s Eve classic *DINNER FOR ONE*. In attendance were, among others, the lead actors and actresses Alicia von Rittberg, Kostja Ullmann, Moritz Bleibtreu, Jacob Matschenz, Christoph Schechinger, and Ulrich Noethen, who presented the first two episodes of the series to the audience. In addition to the cast, the team led by directors Markus Sehr and Daniel Rakete Siegel, writer and producer Tommy Wosch, and producer Markus Brunnemann was also present.

Tommy Wosch was very happy after the premiere: “After a lot of hype leading up to the show, I was of course incredibly curious to see how the paying audience would react to our Miss Sophie, so I’m naturally more than happy after last night.”

Here’s what MISS SOPHIE – SAME PROCEDURE AS EVERY YEAR is about: Finally, the long-awaited prequel to the cult sketch *Dinner for One*: England, early 20th century—a country estate near London. Faced with financial hardship, young Miss Sophie (Alicia von Rittberg) decides to get married and invites potential suitors to her castle. Before she can make her choice, one of the gentlemen is murdered. Miss Sophie challenges the bachelors to witty contests for her heart while secretly trying to find the murderer. Always by her side is her butler James (Kostja Ullmann)—and a tender, yet seemingly impossible romance begins to blossom…

Alongside Alicia von Rittberg as Miss Sophie and Kostja Ullmann as Butler James, the cast includes Moritz Bleibtreu as Mr. Pommeroy, Frederick Lau as Mr. Winterbottom, Jacob Matschenz as Sir Toby, Christoph Schechinger as Admiral von Schneider, and Vladimir Korneey as Count Szabos.

MISS SOPHIE – SAME PROCEDURE AS EVERY YEAR is a UFA Fiction production for Prime Video. The producers are Tommy Wosch and Markus Brunnemann. The film is directed by Markus Sehr and Daniel Rakete Siegel, based on screenplays by Tommy Wosch and Dominik Moser. The executive producer is Viola-Franziska Bloess, and the producers are Julia Franke and Sabrina Kunert. MISS SOPHIE – SAME PROCEDURE AS EVERY YEAR is funded by the German Motion Picture Fund (GMPF). All six episodes of the series prequel will be available worldwide on Prime Video in the fourth quarter of this year.

About UFA Fiction

UFA bundles its activities in the program genres of fiction and serial drama as well as show, factual and documentary under one roof. UFA Fiction stands for production activities in the areas of series, serials, TV movies, events and feature films and has a remarkable portfolio that has had a lasting impact on the German television landscape. For decades, UFA Fiction has delivered outstanding programs, lasting ratings successes and productions for all established partners, both nationally and internationally. Many productions have not only been great successes with audiences, but have also won numerous national and international TV and film awards, including two International Emmy Awards. These include, for example successful cinema films such as DER MEDICUS or DER JUNGE MUSS AN DIE FRISCHE LUFT, event and high-end drama formats such as UNSERE MÜTTER, UNSERE VÄTER, DEUTSCHLAND83/86/89, CHARITÉ, KU’DAMM 56/59/63 or FAKING HITLER, SAM – EIN SACHSE and ALL YOU NEED as well as the long-running crime series and series with high ratings such as EIN STARKES TEAM, DIE DIPLOMATIN and SOKO LEIPZIG. Current UFA Fiction productions include the cinema productions DAS FLIEGENDE KLASSENZIMMER and EIN FEST FÜRS LEBEN, the high-end series GUTE FREUNDE – DER AUFSTIEG DES FC BAYERN, HELGOLAND 513, MAXTON HALL – DIE WELT ZWISCHEN UNS and WHERE’S WANDA?

The managing directors of UFA Fiction are Markus Brunnemann, Nataly Kudiabor, Ulrike Leibfried and Sebastian Werninger.

Press contacts UFA Fiction:

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Senior Manager Communications

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