Zuletzt glänzten Matthias Schweighöfer, Hazel Brugger, Lena Meyer-Landrut oder Florian David Fitz als Gäste bei der ProSieben-Erfolgsshow „Wer stiehlt mir die Show?“. Jetzt sind die neuen prominenten Gäste für die Herbst-Staffel bekannt gegeben worden.
Joko Winterscheidt moderiert und quizzt (Credit: ProSieben/Florida TV/Julian Mathieu)
Im Herbst kehrt die ProSieben-Erfolgsshow „Wer stiehlt mir die Show?“ mit Moderator Joko Winterscheidt in die Primetime zurück. Und mit „Wildberry Lillet“-Popstar Nina Chuba, Entertainer Kurt Krömer und Podcaster und Moderator Tommi Schmitt („Gemischtes Hack“) stehen jetzt auch schon die prominenten Gäste fest. Weiterhin gibt es die Publikums-Wild-Card, bei der eine Zuschauerin oder ein Zuschauer ebenfalls mitquizzen darf.
Sechs neue Folgen werden ab dem heutigen Freitag in Berlin von der Florida Entertainment im Auftrag von ProSieben produziert. Die Finalrunde in der Show wird wie gewohnt moderiert von Katrin Bauerfeind. Es handelt sich schon um die achte Staffel des mehrmalige Show-Gewinners des Deutschen Fernsehpreises.
Joko Winterscheidt moderiert und quizzt (Credit: ProSieben/Florida TV/Julian Mathieu)
Im Herbst kehrt die ProSieben-Erfolgsshow „Wer stiehlt mir die Show?“ mit Moderator Joko Winterscheidt in die Primetime zurück. Und mit „Wildberry Lillet“-Popstar Nina Chuba, Entertainer Kurt Krömer und Podcaster und Moderator Tommi Schmitt („Gemischtes Hack“) stehen jetzt auch schon die prominenten Gäste fest. Weiterhin gibt es die Publikums-Wild-Card, bei der eine Zuschauerin oder ein Zuschauer ebenfalls mitquizzen darf.
Sechs neue Folgen werden ab dem heutigen Freitag in Berlin von der Florida Entertainment im Auftrag von ProSieben produziert. Die Finalrunde in der Show wird wie gewohnt moderiert von Katrin Bauerfeind. Es handelt sich schon um die achte Staffel des mehrmalige Show-Gewinners des Deutschen Fernsehpreises.
- 5/24/2024
- by Michael Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
After months up in space, Paula is back on Earth and will soon be reunited with her family. Just one more night until they’ll be in each other’s arms. But something is off. Paula’s acting… strange. The next day, her plane crashes. What was supposed to be a long-awaited homecoming turns into a disaster. As her husband, Sven, and daughter, Charlie, investigate Paula’s disappearance, they uncover secrets that pose an otherworldly threat to humankind.
Directed bySebastian Hilger (Wir sind die Flut) and Philipp Leinemann (Blame Game), the German mystery-thriller The Signal stars Peri Baumeister, co-writer Florian David Fitz, and Yuna Bennett.
Stream all four episodes now.
Check it out at the top of this page.
After months on the Iss, scientist and astronaut Paula (Baumeister) is finally back on Earth. She’s just parachuted into the atmosphere aboard the Vision Capsule and, after a flight across the ocean,...
Directed bySebastian Hilger (Wir sind die Flut) and Philipp Leinemann (Blame Game), the German mystery-thriller The Signal stars Peri Baumeister, co-writer Florian David Fitz, and Yuna Bennett.
Stream all four episodes now.
Check it out at the top of this page.
After months on the Iss, scientist and astronaut Paula (Baumeister) is finally back on Earth. She’s just parachuted into the atmosphere aboard the Vision Capsule and, after a flight across the ocean,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Ingrid Ostby
- Tudum - Netflix
One of the youngest and most integral characters of Netflix's The Signal is Charlie, played by actress Yuna Bennett.
The German miniseries starring Florian David Fitz and Peri Baumeister is a mystery-drama about a husband investigating his astronaut wife's disappearance and the clues she left behind.
Yuna Bennett was tasked to portray the couple's space-loving daughter who also happens to be deaf; as audiences catch her performance in the sci-fi series, here are four things to know about the budding young star.
Read full article on The Direct.
The German miniseries starring Florian David Fitz and Peri Baumeister is a mystery-drama about a husband investigating his astronaut wife's disappearance and the clues she left behind.
Yuna Bennett was tasked to portray the couple's space-loving daughter who also happens to be deaf; as audiences catch her performance in the sci-fi series, here are four things to know about the budding young star.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 3/11/2024
- by Savannah Sanders
- The Direct
"Something's coming to us. Nobody must know." Netflix has unveiled the full official trailer for a German space mystery series titled The Signal, arriving for streaming in early March. (We also recommend the US indie film The Signal from 2014.) When an astronaut mysteriously vanishes during a mission, her husband goes to investigate while navigating life as a single parent to their daughter. The exciting mystery drama is a 4-part limited series from Netflix. Florian David Fitz stars as Sven, with Yuna Bennett as his daughter Charlie, and Peri Baumeister as his missing wife Paula, plus Hadi Khanjanpour, Sheeba Chadha, Katharina Schüttler, Nilam Farooq, Meret Becker, and guest star Katharina Thalbach. So what's going on here? She arrived back from Earth but never came back home... Where did she go? Paula was on the Iss. And up there, in the darkness of space, she discovered something. Or didn't she? "There are...
- 2/7/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Where did she go? Netflix has revealed a first look teaser trailer for a new German limited series titled The Signal, arriving for streaming in March. (Also recommend the US indie film The Signal from 2014.) Ever since the success of the series "Dark" on Netflix, they've been trying to replicate that and make more sci-fi thrillers. When an astronaut mysteriously vanishes during a mission, her husband goes to investigate while navigating life as a single parent to their daughter. The exciting mystery drama with Florian David Fitz as the lead writer & lead actor is a 4-part limited series from Netflix. Fitz stars as Sven, with Yuna Bennett as his daughter Charlie, and Peri Baumeister as his missing wife Paula, plus Hadi Khanjanpour, Sheeba Chadha, Katharina Schüttler, Nilam Farooq, Meret Becker, and guest star Katharina Thalbach. She arrived back from Earth but never came back home... Where did she go? What happened?...
- 1/10/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Picture Tree International (Pti) has boarded sales on German Iranian director Alireza Golafshan’s comedy Everything’s Fifty Fifty about a divorced couple who embark on a family vacation, ahead of the AFM.
Laura Tonke (Jupiter) and Moritz Bleitreu play a divorced couple who head to Italy for a family holiday with their young son and the former’s new boyfriend, played by David Kross.
Planned with the best of intentions, the trip exposes cracks in their parenting, forcing them to reappraise their approach and work out how to function as a family again.
The movie follows Golafshan’s Ibiza-set hen party caper Jga and reunites him with producers Justyna Muesch, Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann at Leonine-company Wiedemann & Berg, best known for The Lives Of Others, Never Look Away and Who am I.
They are lead producing in...
Laura Tonke (Jupiter) and Moritz Bleitreu play a divorced couple who head to Italy for a family holiday with their young son and the former’s new boyfriend, played by David Kross.
Planned with the best of intentions, the trip exposes cracks in their parenting, forcing them to reappraise their approach and work out how to function as a family again.
The movie follows Golafshan’s Ibiza-set hen party caper Jga and reunites him with producers Justyna Muesch, Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann at Leonine-company Wiedemann & Berg, best known for The Lives Of Others, Never Look Away and Who am I.
They are lead producing in...
- 10/30/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
German cinema is in Cannes with new works by Wim Wenders and films that explore Nazi propaganda, gender identity, economic crisis, romance, betrayal and fast cars.
In addition to domestic films, a dozen German co-productions are screening in this year’s Cannes Film Festival lineup, including major works from the likes of Wes Anderson, Aki Kaurismäki and Jessica Hausner.
Wenders is in Cannes with “Perfect Days,” which is vying for the Palme d’Or, and the documentary “Anselm” in Special Screenings.
“Perfect Days” tells the story of a Tokyo janitor (Kôji Yakusho) who seems very content with his simple life, structured routines and passion for music, books and photography. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. The Japanese-German co-production is sold by the Match Factory.
“Anselm” explores the work of artist Anselm Kiefer, shedding light on his life, inspirations and creative process. Shot in 3D,...
In addition to domestic films, a dozen German co-productions are screening in this year’s Cannes Film Festival lineup, including major works from the likes of Wes Anderson, Aki Kaurismäki and Jessica Hausner.
Wenders is in Cannes with “Perfect Days,” which is vying for the Palme d’Or, and the documentary “Anselm” in Special Screenings.
“Perfect Days” tells the story of a Tokyo janitor (Kôji Yakusho) who seems very content with his simple life, structured routines and passion for music, books and photography. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his past. The Japanese-German co-production is sold by the Match Factory.
“Anselm” explores the work of artist Anselm Kiefer, shedding light on his life, inspirations and creative process. Shot in 3D,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Since its establishment in 2019, Leonine Studios has become one of Germany’s leading film distributors.
Forged by the merger of two companies, Concorde Film and Universum Film, the distribution powerhouse releases between20 and 25 films a year, including around five in-house productions or co-productions, says Bernhard zu Castell, Leonine Studios’ chief distribution officer.
“Our aim is to offer a slate of event movies that is an optimal blend of genres for all target groups and all our partners in the highest possible quality,” adds zu Castell, who previously headed Universum Film. “This strategy was key in establishing ourselves as a reliable distributor and licensor for all content platforms.”
The company last year enjoyed its biggest hit yet with “School of Magical Animals 2,” a fast-growing franchise that Leonine also co-produces. The film sold more than 2.8 million admissions (3 million counting Austria), making it 2022’s most successful German release and the fifth highest-grossing movie of the year by admissions.
Forged by the merger of two companies, Concorde Film and Universum Film, the distribution powerhouse releases between20 and 25 films a year, including around five in-house productions or co-productions, says Bernhard zu Castell, Leonine Studios’ chief distribution officer.
“Our aim is to offer a slate of event movies that is an optimal blend of genres for all target groups and all our partners in the highest possible quality,” adds zu Castell, who previously headed Universum Film. “This strategy was key in establishing ourselves as a reliable distributor and licensor for all content platforms.”
The company last year enjoyed its biggest hit yet with “School of Magical Animals 2,” a fast-growing franchise that Leonine also co-produces. The film sold more than 2.8 million admissions (3 million counting Austria), making it 2022’s most successful German release and the fifth highest-grossing movie of the year by admissions.
- 5/11/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
With some of Germany’s most successful production companies in its stable, Leonine Studios is reaping the rewards with such feature film and television hits as “School of Magical Animals,” “Nightlife,” “Dark” and “Pagan Peak.”
Leonine’s production division includes such well-established companies as Wiedemann & Berg Film, which focuses on theatrical features, W&b Television and Odeon Fiction, which produce movies and series for all broadcasters and streaming platforms in Germany, documentary outfit Gebrueder Beetz and format maker I&u TV.
“We are in for high creative quality and commercial success,” explains Quirin Berg, who, along with Max Wiedemann, serves as Leonine’s chief production officer and managing director of Wiedemann & Berg Film.
“The parameters in each segment we are operating in may be different, but the agenda is not. And that was already the profile when we started out as producers some 20 years ago.”
Indeed, Wiedemann & Berg’s first feature film,...
Leonine’s production division includes such well-established companies as Wiedemann & Berg Film, which focuses on theatrical features, W&b Television and Odeon Fiction, which produce movies and series for all broadcasters and streaming platforms in Germany, documentary outfit Gebrueder Beetz and format maker I&u TV.
“We are in for high creative quality and commercial success,” explains Quirin Berg, who, along with Max Wiedemann, serves as Leonine’s chief production officer and managing director of Wiedemann & Berg Film.
“The parameters in each segment we are operating in may be different, but the agenda is not. And that was already the profile when we started out as producers some 20 years ago.”
Indeed, Wiedemann & Berg’s first feature film,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Picture Tree Intl. has picked up global sales rights to “Gina” (working title), by Ulrike Kofler, which follows her Netflix debut “What We Wanted.”
“Gina” tells the story of a 9-year-old girl longing for a home and family while having to take care of her younger siblings and mother, who is too overwhelmed to take care of herself, let alone her children.
The film, produced by Film Ag, is the second feature by Kofler, who is a long-time editor for Austrian director Marie Kreutzer. Kofler’s editing work includes “Corsage,” which won best film at the London Film Festival and three nominations for the European Film Awards in 2022, “The Ground Beneath My Feet”, and Josef Hader’s “Wild Mouse”.
Kolfer’s directorial debut “What We Wanted,” starring Elyas M’Barek and Lavinia Wilson, was sold by Pti exclusively to Netflix, and was Austria’s official entry for the Academy Awards in...
“Gina” tells the story of a 9-year-old girl longing for a home and family while having to take care of her younger siblings and mother, who is too overwhelmed to take care of herself, let alone her children.
The film, produced by Film Ag, is the second feature by Kofler, who is a long-time editor for Austrian director Marie Kreutzer. Kofler’s editing work includes “Corsage,” which won best film at the London Film Festival and three nominations for the European Film Awards in 2022, “The Ground Beneath My Feet”, and Josef Hader’s “Wild Mouse”.
Kolfer’s directorial debut “What We Wanted,” starring Elyas M’Barek and Lavinia Wilson, was sold by Pti exclusively to Netflix, and was Austria’s official entry for the Academy Awards in...
- 5/10/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Picture Tree Int’l (Pti) has boarded sales on German Sophie Scholls – The Final Days Oscar-nominee and hitmaker Marc Rothemund’s heart-warming family drama Weekend Rebels, inspired by the true story of a father who forged a special bond with his autistic son through the search for a perfect soccer club.
The film, currently in post-production, is produced by Justyna Muesch, Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann.
Their Oscar-winning banner Wiedemann & Berg Film company has delivered a slew of award-winning pictures over the years including The Lives Of Others, Never Look Away and Who Am I. SevenPictures Film co-produces.
Leonine Studios is also on board and will release the film in Germany on September 28, 2023.
Florian David Fitz leads the German cast as a father who gets closer to his 10-year-old autistic son through a quest to find a soccer club they can support together,...
The film, currently in post-production, is produced by Justyna Muesch, Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann.
Their Oscar-winning banner Wiedemann & Berg Film company has delivered a slew of award-winning pictures over the years including The Lives Of Others, Never Look Away and Who Am I. SevenPictures Film co-produces.
Leonine Studios is also on board and will release the film in Germany on September 28, 2023.
Florian David Fitz leads the German cast as a father who gets closer to his 10-year-old autistic son through a quest to find a soccer club they can support together,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Zurich Film Festival has unveiled the first seven titles from its Gala Premieres section, a showcase of some of the year’s hottest auteur films. The films include the star-studded drama “The Banshees of Inisherin” by Oscar-winning director Martin McDonagh, the European premiere of the German film adaptation “All Quiet on the Western Front,” directed by Edward Berger, and the world premieres of Sönke Wortmann’s “Der Nachname” and “Die Goldenen Jahre” by Barbara Kulcsar.
Artistic director Christian Jungen said: “In recent years, the Zurich Film Festival has established itself as a springboard into the awards season. Of the last 10 winners of the Oscar for Best Film, six screened at the festival. This year, we will again present international auteur films that will later play a role in the Oscar race to the more than 120,000 visitors and the 600 accredited media.”
The complete program of the festival will be published on Sept.
Artistic director Christian Jungen said: “In recent years, the Zurich Film Festival has established itself as a springboard into the awards season. Of the last 10 winners of the Oscar for Best Film, six screened at the festival. This year, we will again present international auteur films that will later play a role in the Oscar race to the more than 120,000 visitors and the 600 accredited media.”
The complete program of the festival will be published on Sept.
- 8/11/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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Irish drama The Banshees of Inisherin, from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri director Martin McDonagh; Edward Berger’s German-language adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front; and Cannes winners Triangle of Sadness and Broker are among the titles getting the gala treatment at this year’s Zurich International Film Festival, which runs Sept. 22 – Oct 2.
Zurich has unveiled the first seven of the gala premieres for the 2022 fest. Most will be heading to Zurich after their world premieres elsewhere. Banshees of Inisherin will first bow in competition in Venice, while All Quiet on the Western Front, a Netflix film, kicks off its festival run in Toronto. Another Venice title, Argentina, 1985 — from director Santiago Mitre and featuring The Secrets in Their Eyes star Ricardo Darín — will also hit the Zurich red carpet (which is actually green) this year.
Among the Zurich 2022 galas are two...
Irish drama The Banshees of Inisherin, from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri director Martin McDonagh; Edward Berger’s German-language adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front; and Cannes winners Triangle of Sadness and Broker are among the titles getting the gala treatment at this year’s Zurich International Film Festival, which runs Sept. 22 – Oct 2.
Zurich has unveiled the first seven of the gala premieres for the 2022 fest. Most will be heading to Zurich after their world premieres elsewhere. Banshees of Inisherin will first bow in competition in Venice, while All Quiet on the Western Front, a Netflix film, kicks off its festival run in Toronto. Another Venice title, Argentina, 1985 — from director Santiago Mitre and featuring The Secrets in Their Eyes star Ricardo Darín — will also hit the Zurich red carpet (which is actually green) this year.
Among the Zurich 2022 galas are two...
- 8/11/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
German cinema looks set for a major boost this year from some of the country’s most commercially successful and critically acclaimed directors tackling such eclectic subject matter as U.S. torture in Guantánamo, the impact of bipolar disorder on family, and a folkloric love story about the Grim Reaper.
The pandemic postponed a number of scheduled 2020 productions, which will likely make 2021 a busy year as production companies make up lost time.
Andreas Dresen, Til Schweiger, Michael Bully Herbig, Hans-Christian Schmid, Sönke Wortmann and the late Joseph Vilsmaier all have high-profile projects in the works or set to hit theaters (when they reopen) this year.
Dresen explores the injustice of America’s war on terror in the tentatively titled “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush.” Dresen, who enjoyed a major hit with the award-winning 2018 biopic “Gundermann,” reteamed with writer Laila Stieler on the fact-based pic about Rabiye Kurnaz (Meltem Kaptan), a Turkish housewife in Bremen,...
The pandemic postponed a number of scheduled 2020 productions, which will likely make 2021 a busy year as production companies make up lost time.
Andreas Dresen, Til Schweiger, Michael Bully Herbig, Hans-Christian Schmid, Sönke Wortmann and the late Joseph Vilsmaier all have high-profile projects in the works or set to hit theaters (when they reopen) this year.
Dresen explores the injustice of America’s war on terror in the tentatively titled “Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush.” Dresen, who enjoyed a major hit with the award-winning 2018 biopic “Gundermann,” reteamed with writer Laila Stieler on the fact-based pic about Rabiye Kurnaz (Meltem Kaptan), a Turkish housewife in Bremen,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Madrid — In the long run-up to February’s Berlin Festival, Picture Tree Intl. has rolled out multiple pre-sales on “100 Things,” which Warner Bros. Pictures bowed in Germany on Dec. 6 to a robust first eight-day €2.7 million ($3.07 million).
“100 Things” will receive a market screening at the Berlinale’s European Film Market.
The third feature from Florian David Fitz as a writer-director and actor, whose 2016 “The Most Beautiful Day” earned in Germany, “100 Things” was released in its original German language day-and-date with Germany in Belgium (Kino Scala) and Luxembourg (Utopia).
Of major territories, Picture Tree Intl. has also closed Cis and the Baltic States with Volgafilm, which has scheduled a theatrical release in Russia in the first quarter of next year, and with China’s Red Apollo Group, which aims to release “100 Things” in Chinese theaters third-quarter 2019.
Inspired by the Finnish documentary “My Stuff,” “100 Things” has also closed former Yugoslavia (2i Film D.
“100 Things” will receive a market screening at the Berlinale’s European Film Market.
The third feature from Florian David Fitz as a writer-director and actor, whose 2016 “The Most Beautiful Day” earned in Germany, “100 Things” was released in its original German language day-and-date with Germany in Belgium (Kino Scala) and Luxembourg (Utopia).
Of major territories, Picture Tree Intl. has also closed Cis and the Baltic States with Volgafilm, which has scheduled a theatrical release in Russia in the first quarter of next year, and with China’s Red Apollo Group, which aims to release “100 Things” in Chinese theaters third-quarter 2019.
Inspired by the Finnish documentary “My Stuff,” “100 Things” has also closed former Yugoslavia (2i Film D.
- 12/18/2018
- by John Hopewell and Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
German films have continued to perform strongly at the box office this year despite record high temperatures over the summer, usually a death knell for local cinemas, and not to mention World Cup soccer, which kept many potential moviegoers at home or in sports bars across the country.
Local pics have benefitted from a strong mix of comedy, children’s fare and drama. German productions accounted for some 11.3 million admissions in the first half of the year, compared with 10.6 million in the first six months of 2017, resulting in a 22.4% market share, up from 18.2%.
“German films have been able to increase both their revenue and market share in a difficult market environment, which is already a special achievement,” Peter Dinges, CEO of the German Federal Film Board (Ffa), tells Variety. “And with some high-profile movie launches in the second half of the year, I am extremely confident that this trend will...
Local pics have benefitted from a strong mix of comedy, children’s fare and drama. German productions accounted for some 11.3 million admissions in the first half of the year, compared with 10.6 million in the first six months of 2017, resulting in a 22.4% market share, up from 18.2%.
“German films have been able to increase both their revenue and market share in a difficult market environment, which is already a special achievement,” Peter Dinges, CEO of the German Federal Film Board (Ffa), tells Variety. “And with some high-profile movie launches in the second half of the year, I am extremely confident that this trend will...
- 11/2/2018
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Berlin-based Picture Tree International is launching sales on the project at the European Film Market.
Florian David Fitz and Matthias Schweighöfer will star in buddy comedy 100 Things, which Berlin-based Picture Tree International is launching sales on at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin.
Warner Bros Germany is handling domestic distribution and will release the film in Germany in December 2018.
Principal photography is scheduled to start at the end of this month on the €7m project. The story follows two start-up entrepreneurs who spend their time surrounded by gadgets. They decide to make a bet and give up all of their possessions, only adding one item back into their lives per day, to see who can last the longest.
German polymath Fitz, known for his roles in Jesus Loves Me (which had more than two million admissions in German-speaking territories) and Vincent Wants To Sea, wrote the screenplay, will direct and is also starring alongside Schweighöfer, who is set...
Florian David Fitz and Matthias Schweighöfer will star in buddy comedy 100 Things, which Berlin-based Picture Tree International is launching sales on at the European Film Market (Efm) in Berlin.
Warner Bros Germany is handling domestic distribution and will release the film in Germany in December 2018.
Principal photography is scheduled to start at the end of this month on the €7m project. The story follows two start-up entrepreneurs who spend their time surrounded by gadgets. They decide to make a bet and give up all of their possessions, only adding one item back into their lives per day, to see who can last the longest.
German polymath Fitz, known for his roles in Jesus Loves Me (which had more than two million admissions in German-speaking territories) and Vincent Wants To Sea, wrote the screenplay, will direct and is also starring alongside Schweighöfer, who is set...
- 2/17/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Picture Tree International line-up also includes Jakob Lass’ Tiger Girl.
Picture Tree International (Pti) has confirmed its line-up for the upcoming edition of Efm at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival (February 9 - 19, 2017).
In its fourth year, the Berlin-based sales and distribution company returns with a slate including Jakob Lass’ Tiger Girl, which will receive its world premiere as a Panorama Special in Berlin; action-comedy Hot Dog, starring Til Schweiger and Matthias Schweighöfer; and Zaza Urushadze’s (Oscar nominated for 2013 drama Tangerines) The Confession.
Tiger Girl, for which Pti has acquired international rights, is Lass’ second feature, following Love Steaks (2013).
In Hot Dog, Schweiger and Schweighöfer will play two friends who make it their mission to free the daughter of the Moldovan ambassador from her kidnappers.
The film is currently being shot in Berlin and is expected to be released in autumn 2017 by Warner Bros. Pictures Germany.
The Confession (formerly titled Monk) centres on a former film director...
Picture Tree International (Pti) has confirmed its line-up for the upcoming edition of Efm at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival (February 9 - 19, 2017).
In its fourth year, the Berlin-based sales and distribution company returns with a slate including Jakob Lass’ Tiger Girl, which will receive its world premiere as a Panorama Special in Berlin; action-comedy Hot Dog, starring Til Schweiger and Matthias Schweighöfer; and Zaza Urushadze’s (Oscar nominated for 2013 drama Tangerines) The Confession.
Tiger Girl, for which Pti has acquired international rights, is Lass’ second feature, following Love Steaks (2013).
In Hot Dog, Schweiger and Schweighöfer will play two friends who make it their mission to free the daughter of the Moldovan ambassador from her kidnappers.
The film is currently being shot in Berlin and is expected to be released in autumn 2017 by Warner Bros. Pictures Germany.
The Confession (formerly titled Monk) centres on a former film director...
- 2/2/2017
- ScreenDaily
New Roy Andersson feature About Endlessness also gets backing from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.
Terrence Malick is lining up WWII drama Radegund (aka Jägerstätter), about the life of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II who was executed by the Nazis in 1943 aged 36.
In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI declared Jägerstätter a martyr and he was beatified by the Catholic Church.
Set to play Jägerstätter is August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds, The Counterfeiters), while Valerie Pachner (Jack) is also due to join.
The project was announced by the German funding body the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, which is backing it with €400,000.
The drama is reportedly set to shoot at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany, this summer and marks Malick’s return to the WWII era following acclaimed 1998 title The Thin Red Line.
The title Radegund refers to the Thuringian princess and Frankish queen from the 6th century who found protection under the Church after fleeing her marriage when her husband had her...
Terrence Malick is lining up WWII drama Radegund (aka Jägerstätter), about the life of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II who was executed by the Nazis in 1943 aged 36.
In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI declared Jägerstätter a martyr and he was beatified by the Catholic Church.
Set to play Jägerstätter is August Diehl (Inglourious Basterds, The Counterfeiters), while Valerie Pachner (Jack) is also due to join.
The project was announced by the German funding body the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, which is backing it with €400,000.
The drama is reportedly set to shoot at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany, this summer and marks Malick’s return to the WWII era following acclaimed 1998 title The Thin Red Line.
The title Radegund refers to the Thuringian princess and Frankish queen from the 6th century who found protection under the Church after fleeing her marriage when her husband had her...
- 6/22/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Elisabeth Scharang’s Jack, Simon Jaquemet’s War (Chrieg) earmarked for local distribution.
German sales company Picture Tree International (Pti) is to expand into local theatrical distribution with two titles from its sales line-up: Swiss director Simon Jaquemet’s drama War (Chrieg) and Elisabeth Scharang’s Locarno debut Jack.
Picture Tree has set an April 28 release for War (Chrieg), which debuted at San Sebastian 2014 and screened at Berlin 2015, while Jack is set for release later in the year.
Speaking to ScreenDaily from Sundance at the weekend, Pti managing director Andreas Rothbauer discussed the push into local distribution.
“We initially want to gather some experience with a few of our sales titles provided they weren’t already licensed to a German distributor,” Rothbauer explained.
“World sales is our core business and, depending on this, we will decide which film might make sense for in-house distribution. However, as the German market is very competitive, I think that...
German sales company Picture Tree International (Pti) is to expand into local theatrical distribution with two titles from its sales line-up: Swiss director Simon Jaquemet’s drama War (Chrieg) and Elisabeth Scharang’s Locarno debut Jack.
Picture Tree has set an April 28 release for War (Chrieg), which debuted at San Sebastian 2014 and screened at Berlin 2015, while Jack is set for release later in the year.
Speaking to ScreenDaily from Sundance at the weekend, Pti managing director Andreas Rothbauer discussed the push into local distribution.
“We initially want to gather some experience with a few of our sales titles provided they weren’t already licensed to a German distributor,” Rothbauer explained.
“World sales is our core business and, depending on this, we will decide which film might make sense for in-house distribution. However, as the German market is very competitive, I think that...
- 1/25/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
ProSiebenSat.1 and Warner Bros. Intl. Television Distribution have extended their existing licensing deal, which gives the German free-to-air giant exclusive free TV rights to WB-produced films and TV series, including the forthcoming Batman vs. Superman, Tarzan and King Arthur. are among the highlights of the deal that have already been announced. German language productions including Der geilste Tag with Matthias Schweighöfer and Florian David Fitz are also part of the…...
- 4/10/2015
- Deadline TV
In an overdue final Berlinale diary entry, I lay out my rankings overall and present brief reviews of Ali Ahmadzadeh's Atom Heart Mother with Taraneh Alidoosti and Pegah Ahangarani, Alex Ross Perry's Queen of Earth with Elizabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston, Vladimir Tomic's Flotel Europa, Christoph Hochhäusler's The Lies of the Victors with Florian David Fitz and Lilith Stangenberg, Laura Bispuri's Sworn Virgin with Alba Rohrwacher, Flonja Kodheli and Lars Eidinger, and Sabu's Chasuke's Journey with Kenichi Matsuyama and Ito Ono. » - David Hudson...
- 2/26/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
In an overdue final Berlinale diary entry, I lay out my rankings overall and present brief reviews of Ali Ahmadzadeh's Atom Heart Mother with Taraneh Alidoosti and Pegah Ahangarani, Alex Ross Perry's Queen of Earth with Elizabeth Moss and Katherine Waterston, Vladimir Tomic's Flotel Europa, Christoph Hochhäusler's The Lies of the Victors with Florian David Fitz and Lilith Stangenberg, Laura Bispuri's Sworn Virgin with Alba Rohrwacher, Flonja Kodheli and Lars Eidinger, and Sabu's Chasuke's Journey with Kenichi Matsuyama and Ito Ono. » - David Hudson...
- 2/26/2015
- Keyframe
Name and focus changes for every section, which are now all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
The ninth Rome Film Festival (Oct 16-25) has revealed a diverse line-up including the Italian premieres for potential awards contenders including David Fincher’s Gone Girl. the world premiere of Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Burhan Qurbani’s We are Young, We are Strong and European premiere of Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind, Toronto hit Still Alice and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
This year for the first time the award-winners in each section of the programme will be decided by the audience on the basis of votes cast after the screenings.
Each section has changed name and focus for 2014 and are all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
Italian comedies Soap Opera and Andiamo a Quel Paese bookend the line-up.
Full line-up
Cinema D’Oggi
World premiere
• Angely...
The ninth Rome Film Festival (Oct 16-25) has revealed a diverse line-up including the Italian premieres for potential awards contenders including David Fincher’s Gone Girl. the world premiere of Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Burhan Qurbani’s We are Young, We are Strong and European premiere of Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind, Toronto hit Still Alice and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
This year for the first time the award-winners in each section of the programme will be decided by the audience on the basis of votes cast after the screenings.
Each section has changed name and focus for 2014 and are all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
Italian comedies Soap Opera and Andiamo a Quel Paese bookend the line-up.
Full line-up
Cinema D’Oggi
World premiere
• Angely...
- 9/29/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Light Years (Lichtjahre)
Director: Christoph Hochhausler
Writer: Christoph Hochhausler
Producer: Heimatfilm
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Florian David Fitz, Horst Kotterba, Lilith Stanenberg
A member of what’s referred to as the Berlin School of filmmakers, Hochhausler’s last project was part of the Beats Being Dead triptych, a trilogy of films each helmed by a different director (Christian Petzold and Dominik Graf were the other two). This is his fourth feature film, and though he hasn’t produced the same amount of output as several of his contemporaries, we’re curious about what this political thriller will look like.
Gist: Fabian Groys is a renowned journalist of a political news magazine. Together with Nadja, an allocated intern (Lilith Stangenberg), he researched an explosive story about the dubious disability policy of the Bundeswehr. When she breaks away from him because his informant dies, Groys’ attention turns toward a toxic waste scandal.
Director: Christoph Hochhausler
Writer: Christoph Hochhausler
Producer: Heimatfilm
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Florian David Fitz, Horst Kotterba, Lilith Stanenberg
A member of what’s referred to as the Berlin School of filmmakers, Hochhausler’s last project was part of the Beats Being Dead triptych, a trilogy of films each helmed by a different director (Christian Petzold and Dominik Graf were the other two). This is his fourth feature film, and though he hasn’t produced the same amount of output as several of his contemporaries, we’re curious about what this political thriller will look like.
Gist: Fabian Groys is a renowned journalist of a political news magazine. Together with Nadja, an allocated intern (Lilith Stangenberg), he researched an explosive story about the dubious disability policy of the Bundeswehr. When she breaks away from him because his informant dies, Groys’ attention turns toward a toxic waste scandal.
- 2/6/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The Berlin International Film Festival is celebrating its opening today, on February 7, 2013 at 7.30 pm. After a few words of greeting from Minister of State for Cultural and Media Affairs Bernd Neumann and Governing Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit, the Festival will be officially opened by Jury President Wong Kar Wai (Hong Kong, China) and Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick. The International Jury – whose other members are Susanne Bier (Denmark), Andreas Dresen (Germany), Ellen Kuras (USA), Shirin Neshat (Iran), Tim Robbins (USA) and Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece) – will also be introduced during the gala. Anke Engelke will again host the evening. This year’s music will be provided by Ulrich Tukur & Die Rhythmus Boys. 3sat will be broadcasting the opening live. Ziyi Zhang in Yi dai zong shi (The Grandmaster) by Wong Kar Wai Following the gala, Wong Kar Wai’s epic martial-arts drama The Grandmaster will have its international premiere. The director and his leading actors,...
- 2/7/2013
- by hnblog@hollywoodnews.com (Hollywood News Team)
- Hollywoodnews.com
Ah, the call of the open road! The old wanderlust has grabbed many movie characters from Harry and Tonto to the Grisswalds. Some of them hit the road to also fulfill a mission like Jake and Ellwood Blues. And a few are trying to get away from an institution or facility like McMurphy and his guys or Michael Keaton’s Dream Team. The trio in Ralf Huettner’s new film Vincent Wants To Sea encompasses all those groups. This quirky road picture is German-made and is about a European excursion. And like many of these other films, it’s not about the destination-it’s about the journey.
We first meet Vincent ( Florian David Fitz ) attending the funeral of his much beloved Mother. After several unfortunate verbal outbursts, he races out of the memorial service-he has Tourette’s syndrome. Later Vincent’s estranged father, an ambitious politico ( Heino Ferch ), checks him...
We first meet Vincent ( Florian David Fitz ) attending the funeral of his much beloved Mother. After several unfortunate verbal outbursts, he races out of the memorial service-he has Tourette’s syndrome. Later Vincent’s estranged father, an ambitious politico ( Heino Ferch ), checks him...
- 8/19/2011
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Al Capp, the creator of the comic strip "L'il Abner," was extremely conservative politically. During the Vietnam War protests, when students took over Columbia University, smoking the dean's cigars and sitting on the ledge outside his window, Capp sniffed: "The inmates are running the asylum." Generally, that's not a good idea, many of us would agree, but sometimes the residents of a institution for emotional problems can do more for one another than the staff. Think of how much better the nut-cases did when they were temporarily freed from the dictatorship of Nurse Ratched in Milos Forman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." To prove the axiom once again, Raff Huettner directs principal actor Florian David Fitz's screenplay "Vincent Wants to Sea" (German language, English subtitles), the German title being "Vincent will meer," which is a pun for "Vincent wants more" and "Vincent Wants to Sea." When three...
- 7/17/2011
- Arizona Reporter
"Cars 2, directed (like several great Pixar films of the last two decades) by John Lasseter, finds itself in the unlucky position of the not-so-bright kid in a brilliant family," finds Slate's Dana Stevens. "No matter if his performance in school is comfortably average; he'll always be seen as a disappointment compared to his stellar siblings. There's nothing really objectionable about Cars 2, although parents of young children should be warned that a few evil vehicles meet violently inauspicious ends. It's sweet-spirited, visually delightful (if aurally cacophonous), and it will make for a pleasant enough family afternoon at the movies. But we've come to expect so much more than mere pleasantness from Pixar that Cars 2 feels almost like a betrayal."
Nick Schager for the Voice: "Pixar's Cars franchise takes a sharp turn from Nascar mayhem and rural red-state-targeted 50s nostalgia to 007 espionage with this upgraded sequel, though in its...
Nick Schager for the Voice: "Pixar's Cars franchise takes a sharp turn from Nascar mayhem and rural red-state-targeted 50s nostalgia to 007 espionage with this upgraded sequel, though in its...
- 6/25/2011
- MUBI
New poster from Vincent Wants to Sea a.k.a. Vincent will Meer, starring Florian David Fitz and Karoline Herfurth. This is the second poster from the Dalf Huettner drama which also stars Heino Ferch, Katharina Müller-Elmau, JOhannes Allmayer, Karin Thaler, Tim Seyfi and Christoph Zrenner. Vincent Wants to Sea follows a young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome who leaves a mental institution accompanied with two other inhabitants, aiming to travel to Italy and fulfill his mother's last wish.
- 6/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New poster from Vincent Wants to Sea a.k.a. Vincent will Meer, starring Florian David Fitz and Karoline Herfurth. This is the second poster from the Dalf Huettner drama which also stars Heino Ferch, Katharina Müller-Elmau, JOhannes Allmayer, Karin Thaler, Tim Seyfi and Christoph Zrenner. Vincent Wants to Sea follows a young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome who leaves a mental institution accompanied with two other inhabitants, aiming to travel to Italy and fulfill his mother's last wish.
- 6/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New poster from Vincent Wants to Sea a.k.a. Vincent will Meer, starring Florian David Fitz and Karoline Herfurth. This is the second poster from the Dalf Huettner drama which also stars Heino Ferch, Katharina Müller-Elmau, JOhannes Allmayer, Karin Thaler, Tim Seyfi and Christoph Zrenner. Vincent Wants to Sea follows a young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome who leaves a mental institution accompanied with two other inhabitants, aiming to travel to Italy and fulfill his mother's last wish.
- 6/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Title: Vincent Wants To Sea Directed By: Ralf Huettner Written By: Florian David Fitz Cast: Florian David Fitz, Karoline Herfurth, Heino Ferch, Katherina Müller-Elmau, Johannes Allmayer Screened at: Broadway, NYC, 6/8/11 Opens: June 24, 2011 Al Capp, the creator of the comic strip “L’il Abner,” was extremely conservative politically. During the Vietnam War protests, when students took over Columbia University, smoking the dean’s cigars and sitting on the ledge outside his window, Capp sniffed: “The inmates are running the asylum.” Generally, that’s not a good idea, many of us would agree, but sometimes the residents of a institution for emotional problems can do more for one another than the staff....
- 6/20/2011
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
"Ralf Huettner's sleeper hit Vincent Wants to Sea was the surprise best picture winner at the 61st German Film Awards, Germany's version of the Oscars." Scott Roxborough from Berlin for the Hollywood Reporter: "Florian David Fitz, who's better known as a TV performer here, won best actor for his starring performance in Vincent as a Tourette's sufferer who, once in his life, wants to see the ocean."
The Lolas, as these awards are called, have three categories for Best Film: Gold, which has gone to Vincent; Silver, which goes this year to Yasemin Samdereli's immigration comedy Almanya, also picking up the screenplay award (which Samdereli shares with her sister, Nesrin); and Bronze, presented to If Not Us, Who?, Andres Veiel's retelling of the love story between Gudrun Ensslin and Bernward Vesper and their breakup when Ensslin enters into her fateful relationship with Andreas Baader.
Tom Tykwer wins Best Director for Three,...
The Lolas, as these awards are called, have three categories for Best Film: Gold, which has gone to Vincent; Silver, which goes this year to Yasemin Samdereli's immigration comedy Almanya, also picking up the screenplay award (which Samdereli shares with her sister, Nesrin); and Bronze, presented to If Not Us, Who?, Andres Veiel's retelling of the love story between Gudrun Ensslin and Bernward Vesper and their breakup when Ensslin enters into her fateful relationship with Andreas Baader.
Tom Tykwer wins Best Director for Three,...
- 4/9/2011
- MUBI
In its 15th edition, Berlin & Beyond (B&B) resituates itself from its previous mid-January slot to San Francisco's October film festival calendar, enrichening the Bay Area's autumnal palette of national cinemas with select films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Running October 22-28 at San Francisco's historic Castro Theatre and October 30 at the Camera 12 Cinemas in San Jose, the festival's fresh disposition is being helmed by incoming Festival Director Sophoan Sorn. Saluting previous Festival Director Dr. Ingrid Eggers for her 14 years of creative spirit, dedicated service, and impassioned leadership, B&B turns its eye "to another 15 years and beyond!"
Berlin & Beyond's calendar shift to October affords the festival the opportunity to join forces with their sister festival, German Currents in Los Angeles, coordinated by each city's respective branches of the Goethe-Institut as "a united West Coast German Film Event". The rewards of such a maneuver are immediately apparent. Boasting 24 feature films...
Berlin & Beyond's calendar shift to October affords the festival the opportunity to join forces with their sister festival, German Currents in Los Angeles, coordinated by each city's respective branches of the Goethe-Institut as "a united West Coast German Film Event". The rewards of such a maneuver are immediately apparent. Boasting 24 feature films...
- 10/17/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Cologne, Germany -- German's federal film board (Ffa) hasn't lost its taste for big period projects, putting up coin for Roland Suso Richter's early medieval epic "The Physician" and Peter Sehr's 19th century drama "Ludwig II" in its latest round of funding.
"The Physician," based on the Noah Gordon's bestseller of the same name, picked up $844,000 from the Ffa. "Ludwig II," a biopic of the so-called "fairy-tale king" of Bavaria, received a check for $700,000.
The bulk of the Ffa's cash went to mainstream productions, including the comedies "Heute bin ich Blond" (Today, I'm Blond) from Marc Rothemund, "Jesus Liebt Mich" (Jesus Loves Me) from Florian David Fitz and "What A Man," the romcom directorial debut of acting star Matthias Schweighofer.
On the other end of the scale, production-wise, is Andreas Dresen's new low-budget production, "Halt Auf Freier Strecke," which got $140,000 in subsidy cash from the Ffa.
"The Physician," based on the Noah Gordon's bestseller of the same name, picked up $844,000 from the Ffa. "Ludwig II," a biopic of the so-called "fairy-tale king" of Bavaria, received a check for $700,000.
The bulk of the Ffa's cash went to mainstream productions, including the comedies "Heute bin ich Blond" (Today, I'm Blond) from Marc Rothemund, "Jesus Liebt Mich" (Jesus Loves Me) from Florian David Fitz and "What A Man," the romcom directorial debut of acting star Matthias Schweighofer.
On the other end of the scale, production-wise, is Andreas Dresen's new low-budget production, "Halt Auf Freier Strecke," which got $140,000 in subsidy cash from the Ffa.
- 10/15/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screened
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
The impact on his friends and family of a man's five-year disappearance forms the basis of Florian Hoffmeister's absorbing drama 3 Degrees Colder, but his screenplay with Mona King could have used more development to make the most of the theme.
Well crafted and acted, the film will draw audiences to its Big Chill-like atmosphere but they may be disappointed by the lack of genuine depth.
On a trip to Spain, Jan Sebastian Blomberg) goes missing and when his friends Frank (Johann von Bulow) and Steini (Alexander Beyer), and his lover Marie (Bibiana Beglau), exhaust any means of finding him, they return to Germany. Frank, however, has spotted Jan alone on the beach but does not reveal this to the others.
Jan stays away for five years and meanwhile Frank and Marie have married, and so has the philandering Steini to the oft-pregnant Jenny (Meret Becker). Jan's brother Olli Florian David Fitz) has met a lovely young musician named Babette (Katharina Schuttler) while his mother (Grischa Huber) pines for her oldest son and endures a distant relationship with their lawyer father (Hubert Mulzer).
Marie also pines for Jan and writes emotional letters to him that she never tries to send. When Frank finds one, however, he decides to mail it to Jan via his family and that is what finally brings Jan home.
Frank's motive in sending the letter and Marie's response to seeing the lover she has yearned for provide rich fodder for an examination of love and loving, but the film fails to go much beneath the surface. All the players do good work with Von Bulow and Beglau especially strong and Fitz and Schuttler very appealing in support.
The film relies greatly on its music to provide emotional resonance and it's a good thing the beautiful score for strings composed by Adrian Corker and Paul Conboy is more than up to it.
Blue Eyes Fiction, Sabotage Films
No MPAA rating
Running time 113 mins.
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
The impact on his friends and family of a man's five-year disappearance forms the basis of Florian Hoffmeister's absorbing drama 3 Degrees Colder, but his screenplay with Mona King could have used more development to make the most of the theme.
Well crafted and acted, the film will draw audiences to its Big Chill-like atmosphere but they may be disappointed by the lack of genuine depth.
On a trip to Spain, Jan Sebastian Blomberg) goes missing and when his friends Frank (Johann von Bulow) and Steini (Alexander Beyer), and his lover Marie (Bibiana Beglau), exhaust any means of finding him, they return to Germany. Frank, however, has spotted Jan alone on the beach but does not reveal this to the others.
Jan stays away for five years and meanwhile Frank and Marie have married, and so has the philandering Steini to the oft-pregnant Jenny (Meret Becker). Jan's brother Olli Florian David Fitz) has met a lovely young musician named Babette (Katharina Schuttler) while his mother (Grischa Huber) pines for her oldest son and endures a distant relationship with their lawyer father (Hubert Mulzer).
Marie also pines for Jan and writes emotional letters to him that she never tries to send. When Frank finds one, however, he decides to mail it to Jan via his family and that is what finally brings Jan home.
Frank's motive in sending the letter and Marie's response to seeing the lover she has yearned for provide rich fodder for an examination of love and loving, but the film fails to go much beneath the surface. All the players do good work with Von Bulow and Beglau especially strong and Fitz and Schuttler very appealing in support.
The film relies greatly on its music to provide emotional resonance and it's a good thing the beautiful score for strings composed by Adrian Corker and Paul Conboy is more than up to it.
Blue Eyes Fiction, Sabotage Films
No MPAA rating
Running time 113 mins.
Screened
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
The impact on his friends and family of a man's five-year disappearance forms the basis of Florian Hoffmeister's absorbing drama 3 Degrees Cooler, but his screenplay with Mona King could have used more development to make the most of the theme.
Well crafted and acted, the film will draw audiences to its Big Chill-like atmosphere but they may be disappointed by the lack of genuine depth.
On a trip to Spain, Jan Sebastian Blomberg) goes missing and when his friends Frank (Johann von Bulow) and Steini (Alexander Beyer), and his lover Marie (Bibiana Beglau), exhaust any means of finding him, they return to Germany. Frank, however, has spotted Jan alone on the beach but does not reveal this to the others.
Jan stays away for five years and meanwhile Frank and Marie have married, and so has the philandering Steini to the oft-pregnant Jenny (Meret Becker). Jan's brother Olli Florian David Fitz) has met a lovely young musician named Babette (Katharina Schuttler) while his mother (Grischa Huber) pines for her oldest son and endures a distant relationship with their lawyer father (Hubert Mulzer).
Marie also pines for Jan and writes emotional letters to him that she never tries to send. When Frank finds one, however, he decides to mail it to Jan via his family and that is what finally brings Jan home.
Frank's motive in sending the letter and Marie's response to seeing the lover she has yearned for provide rich fodder for an examination of love and loving, but the film fails to go much beneath the surface. All the players do good work with Von Bulow and Beglau especially strong and Fitz and Schuttler very appealing in support.
The film relies greatly on its music to provide emotional resonance and it's a good thing the beautiful score for strings composed by Adrian Corker and Paul Conboy is more than up to it.
Blue Eyes Fiction, Sabotage Films
No MPAA rating
Running time 113 mins.
Locarno International Film Festival In Competition
The impact on his friends and family of a man's five-year disappearance forms the basis of Florian Hoffmeister's absorbing drama 3 Degrees Cooler, but his screenplay with Mona King could have used more development to make the most of the theme.
Well crafted and acted, the film will draw audiences to its Big Chill-like atmosphere but they may be disappointed by the lack of genuine depth.
On a trip to Spain, Jan Sebastian Blomberg) goes missing and when his friends Frank (Johann von Bulow) and Steini (Alexander Beyer), and his lover Marie (Bibiana Beglau), exhaust any means of finding him, they return to Germany. Frank, however, has spotted Jan alone on the beach but does not reveal this to the others.
Jan stays away for five years and meanwhile Frank and Marie have married, and so has the philandering Steini to the oft-pregnant Jenny (Meret Becker). Jan's brother Olli Florian David Fitz) has met a lovely young musician named Babette (Katharina Schuttler) while his mother (Grischa Huber) pines for her oldest son and endures a distant relationship with their lawyer father (Hubert Mulzer).
Marie also pines for Jan and writes emotional letters to him that she never tries to send. When Frank finds one, however, he decides to mail it to Jan via his family and that is what finally brings Jan home.
Frank's motive in sending the letter and Marie's response to seeing the lover she has yearned for provide rich fodder for an examination of love and loving, but the film fails to go much beneath the surface. All the players do good work with Von Bulow and Beglau especially strong and Fitz and Schuttler very appealing in support.
The film relies greatly on its music to provide emotional resonance and it's a good thing the beautiful score for strings composed by Adrian Corker and Paul Conboy is more than up to it.
Blue Eyes Fiction, Sabotage Films
No MPAA rating
Running time 113 mins.
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