Matthias Luthardt with Anne-Katrin Titze on his cello musicianship inspiring Clemens Berg’s role in Pingpong: “I used to play a lot when I was a teenager. I was playing intensely.”
My first interaction with Matthias Luthardt, the director of the upcoming Dh Lawrence adaptation of The Fox (Der Fuchs), written by Sebastian Bleyl, starring Luise Aschenbrenner (Dominik Graf’s Erich Kästner adaptation of Fabian: Going to the Dogs) and Christa Théret (Olivier Assayas’s Non-Fiction) was when I sent in a question during the Face to Face with German Films in 2022 filmmakers' panel in Berlin: “Which film you saw did you particularly like in 2021?” His response was Joachim Trier’s Oscar nominated The Worst Person In The World, starring Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie.
Sebastian Urzendowsky and Clemens Berg in Pingpong
Autumn 1929 - Shadows above Babylon and Pingpong,...
My first interaction with Matthias Luthardt, the director of the upcoming Dh Lawrence adaptation of The Fox (Der Fuchs), written by Sebastian Bleyl, starring Luise Aschenbrenner (Dominik Graf’s Erich Kästner adaptation of Fabian: Going to the Dogs) and Christa Théret (Olivier Assayas’s Non-Fiction) was when I sent in a question during the Face to Face with German Films in 2022 filmmakers' panel in Berlin: “Which film you saw did you particularly like in 2021?” His response was Joachim Trier’s Oscar nominated The Worst Person In The World, starring Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie.
Sebastian Urzendowsky and Clemens Berg in Pingpong
Autumn 1929 - Shadows above Babylon and Pingpong,...
- 4/2/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Network: Amazon Prime Video.
Episodes: 22 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: March 29, 2019 — November 24, 2021.
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Esmee Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Joanna Kulig, Rhianne Barreto, Khalid Abdalla, Justin Salinger, Félicien Juttner, and Benno Fürmann.
TV show description:
From creator David Farr, the Hanna TV show is based on the 2011 feature film of the same name. The action drama centers on Hanna (Creed-Miles), a young girl who has been raised in the forest.
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Episodes: 22 (hour).
Seasons: Three.
TV show dates: March 29, 2019 — November 24, 2021.
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Esmee Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Joanna Kulig, Rhianne Barreto, Khalid Abdalla, Justin Salinger, Félicien Juttner, and Benno Fürmann.
TV show description:
From creator David Farr, the Hanna TV show is based on the 2011 feature film of the same name. The action drama centers on Hanna (Creed-Miles), a young girl who has been raised in the forest.
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- 11/25/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The German TV series "Biohackers", following the rivalry of a medical student and a professor, stars Luna Wedler, Jessica Schwarz, Adrian Julius Tillmann, Caro Cult, Thomas Prenn, Sebastian Jakob Doppelbauer, Benno Fürmann and Jing Xiang, streaming August 20, 2020 on Netflix:
"...from 'Thc' chips to genetic enhancements, welcome to the world of 'Biohacking'. When 'Mia' (Wedler) begins her medical degree, she seems like any other student. But when she gains the trust of the brilliant Professor Lorenz (Schwarz), it becomes apparent that she's hiding a secret so big it could change the fate of humanity..."
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"...from 'Thc' chips to genetic enhancements, welcome to the world of 'Biohacking'. When 'Mia' (Wedler) begins her medical degree, she seems like any other student. But when she gains the trust of the brilliant Professor Lorenz (Schwarz), it becomes apparent that she's hiding a secret so big it could change the fate of humanity..."
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- 7/31/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Vulture Watch
Is Hanna safe? Has the Hanna TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Amazon? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Hanna season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
An Amazon Prime Video action drama, Hanna stars Esmee Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Joanna Kulig, Rhianne Barreto, Khalid Abdalla, Justin Salinger, Félicien Juttner, and Benno Fürmann. Based on the 2011 feature film of the same name, the story centers on Hanna (Creed-Miles), a young girl who has been raised in the forest. Fifteen years prior, Erik Heller (Kinnaman) rescued baby Hanna from a secret Romanian facility and raised her to...
Is Hanna safe? Has the Hanna TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Amazon? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Hanna season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
An Amazon Prime Video action drama, Hanna stars Esmee Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Joanna Kulig, Rhianne Barreto, Khalid Abdalla, Justin Salinger, Félicien Juttner, and Benno Fürmann. Based on the 2011 feature film of the same name, the story centers on Hanna (Creed-Miles), a young girl who has been raised in the forest. Fifteen years prior, Erik Heller (Kinnaman) rescued baby Hanna from a secret Romanian facility and raised her to...
- 4/30/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Berlin-based sales company Picture Tree Intl. has picked up international rights to Ufa Fiction’s family drama “God You’re Such a Prick”, which features Til Schweiger and Heike Makatsch leading a star-studded cast.
Inspired by the true story of Stefanie Pape and the book of the same name written by her father Frank Pape, the film follows a 16-year-old girl, played by Sinje Irslinger, whose world is turned upside down when she finds out she has terminal cancer right before a school graduation trip to Paris. When Steffi’s parents, portrayed by Schweiger and Makatsch, decide she should stay home instead, she runs away with a young motorcycle daredevil, played by Max Hubacher, who promises to take her to Paris. Driven by deep longing and a lust for life, Steffi learns it’s easier to let go of life when you’ve really loved it.
Speaking to Variety, director...
Inspired by the true story of Stefanie Pape and the book of the same name written by her father Frank Pape, the film follows a 16-year-old girl, played by Sinje Irslinger, whose world is turned upside down when she finds out she has terminal cancer right before a school graduation trip to Paris. When Steffi’s parents, portrayed by Schweiger and Makatsch, decide she should stay home instead, she runs away with a young motorcycle daredevil, played by Max Hubacher, who promises to take her to Paris. Driven by deep longing and a lust for life, Steffi learns it’s easier to let go of life when you’ve really loved it.
Speaking to Variety, director...
- 4/27/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
"How much are you prepared to pay?" Lionsgate has released an official Us trailer for the next film in the Intrigo trilogy, this one officially titled Intrigo: Dear Agnes. We featured the trilogy teaser last year, and the main trailer for Intrigo: Death of an Author earlier this year. This is the second feature film in the big screen adaptation of the mystery series. With the death of her husband, Agnes is desperate for money. Then she runs into her old friend Henny, who is enraged at her unfaithful spouse, Peter. Henny makes Agnes a shocking offer—enough cash to live a better life, if she will murder Peter and get rid of him. All this leads to an "explosive, unforgettable climax." Based on a series of short stories from Sweden, of course. This specific murder thriller stars Carla Juri, Gemma Chan, Jamie Sives, Jason Wong, Laurie Kynaston, and Cal MacAninch.
- 4/1/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"I can only imagine how many nights you woke up in a cold sweat?" Lionsgate has debuted a full trailer for the first feature in a mystery crime-thriller trilogy from Sweden called Intrigo, adapted from a series of short stories. The first film, titled Intrigo: Death of an Author, will open in January in Us theaters. The teaser we featured a few weeks ago teases the entire trilogy, but this new trailer is specifically for the first film only. Set in northern Europe including Sweden and the Netherlands, the trio of films deal with intimate portraits of crime. Benno Fürmann stars in this first one as a man who receives the last manuscript from a famous author who has disappeared. The cast also includes Ben Kingsley, Tuva Novotny, Elizabeth Counsell, Michael Byrne, Veronica Ferres, Ed Cooper Clarke, and Sandra Dickinson. The next films - Intrigo: Dear Agnes and Intrigo: Samaria...
- 12/10/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"How far are you prepared to go?" Lionsgate has released the first teaser trailer for a new crime-thriller trilogy called Intrigo from Sweden based on a series of novels. Following in the footsteps of The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo series, three sort-of-interconnected films have already been made back-to-back-to-back and will be released consecutively next year. The first film, titled Intrigo: Death of an Author, is set to be released in January in the Us. Being called "one of the most unique storytelling experiences hitting theaters in 2020." Set in northern Europe including Sweden and the Netherlands, the trio of films deal with intimate portraits of crime. Benno Fürmann stars as a man who receives the last manuscript from a famous author who has disappeared. The cast in this one includes Ben Kingsley, Tuva Novotny, Elizabeth Counsell, Michael Byrne, Veronica Ferres, Ed Cooper Clarke, and Sandra Dickinson. This is a teaser...
- 11/26/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of the most unique storytelling experiences will be hitting theaters in 2020.
A three-part anthology series titled Intrigo, based on Swedish writer Hakan Nesser’s thriller novels, will be released next year, starting with the first movie on January 17. All three movies are set in northern Europe, and all three deal with “intimate portraits of crime,” according to a press release for the film.
The first, Intrigo: Death of an Author, stars Ben Kingsley and Benno Fürmann, and People’s exclusive look at the teaser for all three films sees the men meeting at the secluded lighthouse where Kingsley’s Henderson leaves.
A three-part anthology series titled Intrigo, based on Swedish writer Hakan Nesser’s thriller novels, will be released next year, starting with the first movie on January 17. All three movies are set in northern Europe, and all three deal with “intimate portraits of crime,” according to a press release for the film.
The first, Intrigo: Death of an Author, stars Ben Kingsley and Benno Fürmann, and People’s exclusive look at the teaser for all three films sees the men meeting at the secluded lighthouse where Kingsley’s Henderson leaves.
- 11/21/2019
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
How close does Hanna get to the truth during the first season of the Hanna TV show on Amazon? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Hanna is cancelled or renewed for season two. Amazon and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the Hanna season one episodes. We invite you to rate them for us here. *Status update below.
An Amazon Prime Video action drama, Hanna stars Esmee Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Joanna Kulig, Rhianne Barreto, Khalid Abdalla, Justin Salinger, Félicien Juttner, and Benno Fürmann. Based on the 2011 feature film of the same name, the story centers on Hanna (Creed-Miles), a young girl who has been raised in the forest. Fifteen years prior, Erik...
An Amazon Prime Video action drama, Hanna stars Esmee Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Joanna Kulig, Rhianne Barreto, Khalid Abdalla, Justin Salinger, Félicien Juttner, and Benno Fürmann. Based on the 2011 feature film of the same name, the story centers on Hanna (Creed-Miles), a young girl who has been raised in the forest. Fifteen years prior, Erik...
- 4/13/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Hanna's journey is far from over. Deadline reports Amazon has renewed the TV show for a second season.
Based on the 2011 film, the action drama centers on Hanna (EsmeeCreed-Miles), a young girl who has been raised in the forest and is trained to hunt and kill. The cast also includes Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Joanna Kulig, Rhianne Barreto, Khalid Abdalla, Justin Salinger, Félicien Juttner, and Benno Fürmann.
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Based on the 2011 film, the action drama centers on Hanna (EsmeeCreed-Miles), a young girl who has been raised in the forest and is trained to hunt and kill. The cast also includes Joel Kinnaman, Mireille Enos, Joanna Kulig, Rhianne Barreto, Khalid Abdalla, Justin Salinger, Félicien Juttner, and Benno Fürmann.
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- 4/12/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The 2011 film “Hanna” was a delicious surprise. Directed by prestige moviemaker Joe Wright, “Hanna” played like an artist’s frantic attempt to cram in all the wild impulses he wasn’t allowed elsewhere, while retaining a certain fundamental elegance. Saoirse Ronan played a teen trained from childhood to be a killing machine for reasons that never quite become clear. Engaged in cat-and-mouse warfare with Cate Blanchett’s compulsive CIA officer, Ronan’s Hanna sprinted through dazzlingly constructed frames as a propulsive techno score (composed by the Chemical Brothers) blared — and the movie never lost its balance or its control.
That filmic achievement, the ability to remain upright in the midst of mania, is what makes Amazon’s new series adaptation of “Hanna” so disappointing. The new show lacks the glimmering creativity of its source material, and, perversely enough, it manages to feel overstuffed despite its relative lack of inventive flourishes.
That filmic achievement, the ability to remain upright in the midst of mania, is what makes Amazon’s new series adaptation of “Hanna” so disappointing. The new show lacks the glimmering creativity of its source material, and, perversely enough, it manages to feel overstuffed despite its relative lack of inventive flourishes.
- 3/20/2019
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Transit star Franz Rogowski on Christian Petzold: "Christian has a deep connection with ghosts. And ghosts keep coming back in his work over the past 20 years." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Film Society of Lincoln Center Christian Petzold retrospective The State We Are In includes films with actors Nina Hoss, Benno Fürmann and Ronald Zehrfeld, shot by Petzold's longtime cinematographer Hans Fromm.
Franz Rogowski as Georg in Transit: "Yeah, he's stuck. I mean, bureaucratic hell got him."
Harun Farocki's The Interview, along with Nothing Ventured and Petzold's latest, Transit, starring Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer with Barbara Auer, Lilien Batman, Alex Brendemühl, Godehard Giese, Maryam Zaree, and Matthias Brandt (Main Slate selection of the 56th New York Film Festival), will also screen in the programme.
Transit positions Anna Seghers's novel (originally published in 1944) about a young, nameless man who escaped a concentration camp and travels through France in 1942 in the hopes to.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center Christian Petzold retrospective The State We Are In includes films with actors Nina Hoss, Benno Fürmann and Ronald Zehrfeld, shot by Petzold's longtime cinematographer Hans Fromm.
Franz Rogowski as Georg in Transit: "Yeah, he's stuck. I mean, bureaucratic hell got him."
Harun Farocki's The Interview, along with Nothing Ventured and Petzold's latest, Transit, starring Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer with Barbara Auer, Lilien Batman, Alex Brendemühl, Godehard Giese, Maryam Zaree, and Matthias Brandt (Main Slate selection of the 56th New York Film Festival), will also screen in the programme.
Transit positions Anna Seghers's novel (originally published in 1944) about a young, nameless man who escaped a concentration camp and travels through France in 1942 in the hopes to.
- 11/11/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Two vibrant cities that love making movies, Berlin and Los Angeles will celebrate their 50th anniversary as sister cities by screening the highly anticipated Tom Tykwer series Babylon Berlin (Isa: Beta) in Downtown Los Angeles on October 6th at The Theatre at Ace Hotel. The two cities have a number of other exciting events planned for the anniversary as well.
The City of Berlin and the City of Los Angeles, two of the most exciting places in the world, connected through their inspiring and trend setting art scene, their social freedom, openness and their integration of different cultures and religions will join each other to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their Sister Partnership with events throughout September and October in Los Angeles, culminating with the International Premiere of Babylon Berlin.
Babylon Berlin, the much talked about new TV series, co-written and co-directed by BAFTA and Golden Globe Nominated Tom Tykwer,...
The City of Berlin and the City of Los Angeles, two of the most exciting places in the world, connected through their inspiring and trend setting art scene, their social freedom, openness and their integration of different cultures and religions will join each other to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their Sister Partnership with events throughout September and October in Los Angeles, culminating with the International Premiere of Babylon Berlin.
Babylon Berlin, the much talked about new TV series, co-written and co-directed by BAFTA and Golden Globe Nominated Tom Tykwer,...
- 8/2/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The upcoming Filmfest Munich just announced 20 exciting world premieres for their New German Cinema strand. Highlights include Fremde Tochter by Stephan Lacant with Elisa Schlott and Heike Makatsch, Detour by Nina Vukovic with Luise Heyer and Lars Rudolph, Luna by Khaled Kaissar with Lisa Vicari, Branko Tomovic and Bibiana Beglau, Lomo - The Language of Many Others by Julia Langhof with Jonas Dassler and Lucie Hollmann and many more exciting movies from young and established German filmmakers. "Do You Sometimes Feel Burned Out and Empty?" The films of the New German Cinema sidebar ask us probing questions about our self-image, self-improvement and other's perception of us, which informs not just Lola Randl's film of that name starring Charly Hübner and Benno Fürmann, but all...
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- 5/24/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Fox International Production to distribute in German-speaking territories.
Ben Kingsley, Benno Furmann and Tuva Novotny will star in the first instalment of Daniel Alfredson’s adaptation of the upcoming Nordic Noir Intrigo trilogy from Enderby Entertainment and The Amazing Film Company.
Munich-based The Amazing Film Company will co-produce and finance the three English-language films along with Los Angeles-based Enderby and European production group Umedia, while Silver Reel is co-financing.
The Intrigo trilogy is based on bestselling Swedish author Hakan Nesser’s upcoming books Death Of An Author, Dear Agnes and Samaria, set to be published in 2018.
The stories take place in an unspecified northern European country and centre on the themes of escape, guilt, revenge and atonement.
The three adaptations will shoot consecutively in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Belgium. Production on Death Of An Author begins this week and the producers anticipate wrapping principal photography on all three by August, in time to...
Ben Kingsley, Benno Furmann and Tuva Novotny will star in the first instalment of Daniel Alfredson’s adaptation of the upcoming Nordic Noir Intrigo trilogy from Enderby Entertainment and The Amazing Film Company.
Munich-based The Amazing Film Company will co-produce and finance the three English-language films along with Los Angeles-based Enderby and European production group Umedia, while Silver Reel is co-financing.
The Intrigo trilogy is based on bestselling Swedish author Hakan Nesser’s upcoming books Death Of An Author, Dear Agnes and Samaria, set to be published in 2018.
The stories take place in an unspecified northern European country and centre on the themes of escape, guilt, revenge and atonement.
The three adaptations will shoot consecutively in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Belgium. Production on Death Of An Author begins this week and the producers anticipate wrapping principal photography on all three by August, in time to...
- 5/15/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Ben Kingsley is set to star in “Death of an Author,” the first adaptation of the upcoming planned “Intrigo” trilogy of novels by international best-selling Swedish author Hakan Nesser. Benno Fürmann (“North Face”) and Tuva Novotny (“Jalla, Jalla”) will co-star alongside Kingsley in the first of three films that will be helmed by “The Girl Who Played with Fire” director Daniel Alfredson.
The titles of the three films will be “Death of an Author,” “Samaria” and “Dear Agnes.” They will be set in an undefined country somewhere in northern Europe, where many of Nesser’s stories have been set. The three films will share the same psychology and narrative structure, with plots that include some sort of escape with dark hidden secrets destined to surface, as well as guilt, revenge and atonement.
Read More: ‘War Machine’ Trailer: Brad Pitt’s Ready to Win in Afghanistan in New Netflix Satirical Comedy...
The titles of the three films will be “Death of an Author,” “Samaria” and “Dear Agnes.” They will be set in an undefined country somewhere in northern Europe, where many of Nesser’s stories have been set. The three films will share the same psychology and narrative structure, with plots that include some sort of escape with dark hidden secrets destined to surface, as well as guilt, revenge and atonement.
Read More: ‘War Machine’ Trailer: Brad Pitt’s Ready to Win in Afghanistan in New Netflix Satirical Comedy...
- 5/15/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
Ben Kingsley, Benno Furmann and Tuva Novotny have been set to star in Death Of An Author, the first movie in a planned trilogy based on Swedish writer Hakan Nesser’s Intrigo thriller novels. Daniel Alfredson is directing the pic, and The Amazing Film Company is co-producing financing the three films with Enderby and Umedia, with Silver Reel also coming on board to co-finance. Production on Death Of An Author begins this week in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Belgium. The…...
- 5/15/2017
- Deadline
Ben Kingsley will star in an adaptation of the book trilogy Intrigo for Enderby Entertainment and The Amazing Film Co.
Benno Furmann and Tuva Novotny also will head up the cast of the Daniel Alfredson-helmed film based on a book trilogy by best-selling author Hakan Nesser.
The books, individually titled Death of an Author, Dear Agnes and Samaria are set in an undefined country somewhere in northern Europe, where Nesser has set many of his stories. The three films share the same psychology and narrative structure, dealing with dark, hidden secrets destined to surface and with the concepts of guilt,...
Benno Furmann and Tuva Novotny also will head up the cast of the Daniel Alfredson-helmed film based on a book trilogy by best-selling author Hakan Nesser.
The books, individually titled Death of an Author, Dear Agnes and Samaria are set in an undefined country somewhere in northern Europe, where Nesser has set many of his stories. The three films share the same psychology and narrative structure, dealing with dark, hidden secrets destined to surface and with the concepts of guilt,...
- 5/15/2017
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: German kids adventure Fiddlesticks has been snapped up buyers following its market premiere.
Following a deal with Farbfilm for theatrical release in Germany and Austria in October, the feature has been sold to France (Pretty Pictures), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Film Europe) and Romania (Metropolis).
Deals for Benelux and Norway to be announced soon, according to director Veit Helmer, who is coordinating theatrical sales himself while BetaFilm handles TV sales.
Fiddlesticks tells the story of six youngsters who try and free their grandparents from and old people’s home, with a cast that includes Benno Fürmann and Fritzi Haberlandt.
Pretty Pictures’ James Velaise said: “What a delight to discover a really fun live action European film (such a rarity these days) for children from four years old and all the way up to watching with parents. My four year boy screened it in German with delight and gave me the big thumbs up so that was...
Following a deal with Farbfilm for theatrical release in Germany and Austria in October, the feature has been sold to France (Pretty Pictures), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Film Europe) and Romania (Metropolis).
Deals for Benelux and Norway to be announced soon, according to director Veit Helmer, who is coordinating theatrical sales himself while BetaFilm handles TV sales.
Fiddlesticks tells the story of six youngsters who try and free their grandparents from and old people’s home, with a cast that includes Benno Fürmann and Fritzi Haberlandt.
Pretty Pictures’ James Velaise said: “What a delight to discover a really fun live action European film (such a rarity these days) for children from four years old and all the way up to watching with parents. My four year boy screened it in German with delight and gave me the big thumbs up so that was...
- 5/19/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Beta Cinema will handle international sales on German director Isabelle Stevers’ grotesque drama Cooking Cats, which began shooting in Cologne last week.
UK actor Jim Broadbent has been cast as a British ambassador in the drama set in the world of international aid schemes with Maria Furtwängler as an Un aid worker caught between the contradictions of a jetsetting life and tackling Third World poverty.
Other cast members include former European Shooting Star Dorka Gryllus and newcomer Mehmer Sözer.
Stever’s previous films include the feature films Erste Ehe and Gisela and an episode of the omnibus film Deutschland ‘09.
The co-production between Sutor Kolonko Filmproduktion, cine plus Filmproduktion and broadcasters Wdr, Br and Ndr will be released theatrically in Germany by Movienet.
Shooting will continue at the Hürth-based Medienparks Nrw studio, in Düsseldorf and Jordan’s Amman until the beginning of June.
Schipper thriller and love story
Another addition to Beta’s slate is actor-director [link=nm...
UK actor Jim Broadbent has been cast as a British ambassador in the drama set in the world of international aid schemes with Maria Furtwängler as an Un aid worker caught between the contradictions of a jetsetting life and tackling Third World poverty.
Other cast members include former European Shooting Star Dorka Gryllus and newcomer Mehmer Sözer.
Stever’s previous films include the feature films Erste Ehe and Gisela and an episode of the omnibus film Deutschland ‘09.
The co-production between Sutor Kolonko Filmproduktion, cine plus Filmproduktion and broadcasters Wdr, Br and Ndr will be released theatrically in Germany by Movienet.
Shooting will continue at the Hürth-based Medienparks Nrw studio, in Düsseldorf and Jordan’s Amman until the beginning of June.
Schipper thriller and love story
Another addition to Beta’s slate is actor-director [link=nm...
- 5/9/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
New films by actor-director Matthias Schweighofer, Marco Kreuzpaintner, Robert Glinski, and Bettina Oberli are among the titles being lined up by German sales agents Global Screen and Picture Tree International (Pti) for the Marché du Film in Cannes next month.
Munich-based Global Screen will be unveiling five market premieres:
actor-director/producer Schweighofer’s third directorial outing, the romantic comedy Joy Of Fatherhood (Vaterfreuden), adapted from Murmel Clausen’s novel Frettsack, was released by Warner Bros. Pictures Germany in February, has been seen by more than 2.3 million cinemagoers and taken more than €17.7m ($24.5m) to date.
the 2D and 3D versions of the English-language animated feature The Seventh Dwarf (Der 7bte Zwerg), directed by Harald Siepermann and actor Boris Aljinovic, to be released by Universal Pictures in Germany this autumn.The film was also presold to many territories, including
Christian Bach’s feature debut, the coming of age/family drama Flights Of Fancy (Hirngespinster), which received Bavarian Film Awards...
Munich-based Global Screen will be unveiling five market premieres:
actor-director/producer Schweighofer’s third directorial outing, the romantic comedy Joy Of Fatherhood (Vaterfreuden), adapted from Murmel Clausen’s novel Frettsack, was released by Warner Bros. Pictures Germany in February, has been seen by more than 2.3 million cinemagoers and taken more than €17.7m ($24.5m) to date.
the 2D and 3D versions of the English-language animated feature The Seventh Dwarf (Der 7bte Zwerg), directed by Harald Siepermann and actor Boris Aljinovic, to be released by Universal Pictures in Germany this autumn.The film was also presold to many territories, including
Christian Bach’s feature debut, the coming of age/family drama Flights Of Fancy (Hirngespinster), which received Bavarian Film Awards...
- 4/30/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Every year, the Efa People’s Choice Award allows film fans across Europe to elect their favorite film. When the European Film Academy invites its members, Europe’s greatest film stars, directors, actors and actresses, to attend the European Film Awards, the People’s Choice Award sheds a spotlight on the people films are made for: the audience. This year’s vote has started – vote now and win the chance to join winners and nominees for the awards ceremony in Malta!
Winners in the past have included films like Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver, Roberto Benigni’s La Vita E Bella, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s AmÉLie, Fatih Akin’s Head-on, and Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
From 1 September on, film fans can cast their vote on the official website: www.europeanfilmawards.euand win a trip to the 25th European Film Awards on Saturday, 1 December 2012, in Malta!
Nominated Are: The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius with Jean Dujardin,
Barbara directed by Christian Petzold with Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Christina Hecke
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel directed by John Madden, written by Ol Parker with Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith
Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire) directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, written by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, in collaboration with Fabio Cavalli with Giovanni Arcuri, Salvatore Striano, Cosimo Rega, Antonio Frasca, Fabio Cavalli
Come As You Are (Hasta la Vista) directed by da Geoffrey Enthoven, written by Pierre de Clercq, with Robrecht van den Thoren, Gilles de Schryver, Tom Audenaert, Isabelle de Hertogh
Headhunters (Hodejegerne) directed by Morten Tyldum, written by Lars Gudmestad & Ulf Ryberg with Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coter-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund, Eivind Sander I
N Darkness directed by Agnieszka Holland, written by David F. Shamoon with Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup
The Iron Lady directed by Phyllida Lloy, written by Abi Morgan with Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen directed by Lasse Hallstrom, written by Simon Beaufoy, based on the novel by Paul Torday with Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked
Shame directed by Steve McQueen, written by Steve McQueen and Abi Morgan with Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy directed by Thomas Alfredson, written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan with Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham, David Dencik, Ciaran Hinds, Simon McBurney, Kathy Burke, Svetlana Khodenchkova
Untouchable directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano with François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Clothilde Mollet
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Winners in the past have included films like Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver, Roberto Benigni’s La Vita E Bella, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s AmÉLie, Fatih Akin’s Head-on, and Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
From 1 September on, film fans can cast their vote on the official website: www.europeanfilmawards.euand win a trip to the 25th European Film Awards on Saturday, 1 December 2012, in Malta!
Nominated Are: The Artist directed by Michel Hazanavicius with Jean Dujardin,
Barbara directed by Christian Petzold with Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Christina Hecke
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel directed by John Madden, written by Ol Parker with Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith
Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire) directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, written by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, in collaboration with Fabio Cavalli with Giovanni Arcuri, Salvatore Striano, Cosimo Rega, Antonio Frasca, Fabio Cavalli
Come As You Are (Hasta la Vista) directed by da Geoffrey Enthoven, written by Pierre de Clercq, with Robrecht van den Thoren, Gilles de Schryver, Tom Audenaert, Isabelle de Hertogh
Headhunters (Hodejegerne) directed by Morten Tyldum, written by Lars Gudmestad & Ulf Ryberg with Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coter-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund, Eivind Sander I
N Darkness directed by Agnieszka Holland, written by David F. Shamoon with Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup
The Iron Lady directed by Phyllida Lloy, written by Abi Morgan with Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen directed by Lasse Hallstrom, written by Simon Beaufoy, based on the novel by Paul Torday with Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked
Shame directed by Steve McQueen, written by Steve McQueen and Abi Morgan with Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy directed by Thomas Alfredson, written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan with Gary Oldman, John Hurt, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham, David Dencik, Ciaran Hinds, Simon McBurney, Kathy Burke, Svetlana Khodenchkova
Untouchable directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano with François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Clothilde Mollet
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The European Film Awards 2012 are presented by the European Film Academy e.V. and Efa Productions gGmbH with the support of the Maltese Ministry of Finance, Economy and Investment, the Malta Film Commission, Ffa German Federal Film Board, the German State Lottery Berlin, the German State Minister for Culture and the Media, the Media Programme of the EU, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Gls. Pascal Edelmann European Film Academy e.V. Head of Press & PR Kurfürstendamm 225 10719 Berlin Germany Tel. +49 30 887 16 70 Fax +49 30 887 16 777 visit us at www.europeanfilmawards.eu European Film Academy e.V. / Director: Marion Döring / registered at Amtsgericht Charlottenburg 14236 Nz...
- 10/12/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Chicago – There were countless foreign films in 2011 more deserving of an Oscar nod than Agnieszka Holland’s “In Darkness.” The film lacks the brutal edge, gut-wrenching tension and memorable characterizations that distinguished so many similar Holocaust-era dramas. Yet the lukewarm “been there, done that” reaction of many American critics has left me rather mystified.
This isn’t a great film, per se, but it is still a harrowing and compelling portrait of resilience in the face of evil. Best known for her fact-based exploration of Hitler youth, “Europa, Europa,” Holland is skilled at creating the sort of vividly atmospheric environment that seeps into a viewer’s bones. One of my favorite films as a child was Holland’s sublime 1993 adaptation of “The Secret Garden,” which viewed the gothic interiors and lush mazes through the eyes of bewitched children.
Blu-ray Rating: 3.5/5.0
With “In Darkness,” Holland burrows beneath the chaotic streets of a Polish city,...
This isn’t a great film, per se, but it is still a harrowing and compelling portrait of resilience in the face of evil. Best known for her fact-based exploration of Hitler youth, “Europa, Europa,” Holland is skilled at creating the sort of vividly atmospheric environment that seeps into a viewer’s bones. One of my favorite films as a child was Holland’s sublime 1993 adaptation of “The Secret Garden,” which viewed the gothic interiors and lush mazes through the eyes of bewitched children.
Blu-ray Rating: 3.5/5.0
With “In Darkness,” Holland burrows beneath the chaotic streets of a Polish city,...
- 6/28/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
21 Jump Street (15)
(Phil Lord, Chris Miller, 2012, Us) Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson. 109 mins.
As with comic books, now that all the big titles have gone, it's down to TV's B-list to feed Hollywood's appetite for ready-made movie concepts. Based on the show that first traded on Johnny Depp's youthful good looks, it stars Hill and Tatum – a great odd-couple anchor – as two low-flying cops who are sent back to high school to infiltrate a drugs ring. The premise is an almost pitifully obvious excuse to aim for broad-appeal paydirt with a mix of fratboy crudity, teen-movie romance and crime-flick action, but for all the box-ticking, it has intermittently hilarious results.
Contraband (15)
(Baltasur Kormákur, 2012, Us) Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi. 110 mins.
Mark Wahlberg sticks to what he's good at, which is muscled, breathy and slightly high-pitched posturing in a brooding action thriller. Here he plays a smuggler lured...
(Phil Lord, Chris Miller, 2012, Us) Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson. 109 mins.
As with comic books, now that all the big titles have gone, it's down to TV's B-list to feed Hollywood's appetite for ready-made movie concepts. Based on the show that first traded on Johnny Depp's youthful good looks, it stars Hill and Tatum – a great odd-couple anchor – as two low-flying cops who are sent back to high school to infiltrate a drugs ring. The premise is an almost pitifully obvious excuse to aim for broad-appeal paydirt with a mix of fratboy crudity, teen-movie romance and crime-flick action, but for all the box-ticking, it has intermittently hilarious results.
Contraband (15)
(Baltasur Kormákur, 2012, Us) Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi. 110 mins.
Mark Wahlberg sticks to what he's good at, which is muscled, breathy and slightly high-pitched posturing in a brooding action thriller. Here he plays a smuggler lured...
- 3/17/2012
- by Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
This is the Pure Movies review of In Darkness, directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup and Marcin Bosak. Written by Michael Holder for @puremovies. Brutal, dank, disturbing, devastating, sickening and also pretty scary – In Darkness is a film about the Holocaust, yes, but not quite as expected. It is based on Robert Marshall’s book In the Sewers of Lvov, which chronicles the true story of Polish sewer worker Leopold Socha, who risks execution to hide a group of Jews for 14 months until the war ends. There are good performances all round as petty thief Socha (Robert Wieckiewics) initially agrees to help Mundek (Benno Fürmann) and his fellow Jewish companions after their escape from the ghetto in exchange for a daily payment. But as the Jews’ money inevitably runs out, Socha becomes less interested in the business arrangement and sacrifices...
- 3/16/2012
- by Michael Holder
- Pure Movies
★★★★☆ In Darkness (2011), nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars, makes for hard, but fundamentally essential viewing. The Polish film by award winning director Agnieszka Holland and starring Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann and Agnieszka Grochowska, is a brutal and thought-provoking drama which serves to remind us why the atrocities of WWII and the people who risked their lives to fight them should never, and can never, be forgotten.
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- 3/15/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
Film: In Darkness (2011) Cast includes: Robert Wiechiewicz, Benno Fürmann (Joyeux Noel), Agnieszka Grochowska (Wasaw) Director: Agnieszka Holland (The Secret Garden) Genre: WWII drama based on actual events (145 minutes) | Mostly Polish with subtitles Socha is an opportunist. Since the German invasion of Poland, Lvov's Jews have been living in a ghetto. They regularly have to sell their valuables to get money for food. And while "The shit is worth nothing now," Socha knows it'll be worth something someday. And as a sewer inspector, he has something few others have... a perfect hiding place. "No one knows the sewers better than Socha." So, you can imagine his surprise when a small band of Jews secretly dig a tunnel into the sewer. "So we meet again." Socha knows this particular Jew. It's Mundek, the one who sold him the fake engagement ring. Mundek offers a bribe for Socha's silence. "There's no place for Jews in Lvov anymore.
- 3/6/2012
- by Leslie Sisman
- Moviefone
In Darkness was recently nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars this past weekend for Best Foreign Language Film which is testament to it’s awesomeness! The movie stars Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Herbert Knaup, Marcin Bosak and is directed by Agnieszka Holland.
Have a watch of the clip embedded below. It shows the lengths in which the characters go to to stay alive. I’ve also placed the trailer below.
In Darkness is released in UK cinemas 16th March.
One day Leopold encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto and agrees to hide them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers. But what starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement soon turns into something very unexpected, as the unlikely alliance between Leopold and the Jews seeps deeper into his conscience and they form an incredibly close bond.
Have a watch of the clip embedded below. It shows the lengths in which the characters go to to stay alive. I’ve also placed the trailer below.
In Darkness is released in UK cinemas 16th March.
One day Leopold encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto and agrees to hide them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers. But what starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement soon turns into something very unexpected, as the unlikely alliance between Leopold and the Jews seeps deeper into his conscience and they form an incredibly close bond.
- 3/2/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In Darkness Trailer 1, Trailer 2. Agnieszka Holland‘s In Darkness (2011) movie trailer stars Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, and Kinga Preis. In Darkness‘ plot synopsis: “In Darkness is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above.
What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger.”
In Darkness...
What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger.”
In Darkness...
- 2/21/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
In Darkness
Written by David F. Shamoon
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Poland / Germany / France / Canada, 2011
When Claude Lanzmann was developing his landmark nine-hour Holocaust documentary Shoah, his greatest self-appointed challenge was to chronicle the facts and lasting legacy of the massacring of millions of people while avoiding even the slightest intimation that the events described could be easily encapsulated within a mere film, regardless of length or scope. Lanzmann’s film is still the object of study and appreciation is cineaste circles, but in general, filmmakers haven’t been nearly as skittish as Lanzmann in tackling what he considered to be insurmountable. In the nearly two decades since that film’s release, Holocaust movies have grown into an awards-season cliché, often derided as exploiting human tragedy in order to showcase performances in the service of awards-hungry studios. It’s in this context that one will inevitably view Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness; in this instance.
Written by David F. Shamoon
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Poland / Germany / France / Canada, 2011
When Claude Lanzmann was developing his landmark nine-hour Holocaust documentary Shoah, his greatest self-appointed challenge was to chronicle the facts and lasting legacy of the massacring of millions of people while avoiding even the slightest intimation that the events described could be easily encapsulated within a mere film, regardless of length or scope. Lanzmann’s film is still the object of study and appreciation is cineaste circles, but in general, filmmakers haven’t been nearly as skittish as Lanzmann in tackling what he considered to be insurmountable. In the nearly two decades since that film’s release, Holocaust movies have grown into an awards-season cliché, often derided as exploiting human tragedy in order to showcase performances in the service of awards-hungry studios. It’s in this context that one will inevitably view Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness; in this instance.
- 2/18/2012
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – The subject of the Holocaust has become an entire film genre onto it’s own, embracing many different styles. The latest Holocaust film, “In Darkness,” feels like a disaster movie, and iconic Polish director Agnieszka Holland has steered it to a Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Based on a true story, it begins with the self-serving nature of human beings and evolves into their better angels. In the harboring of Polish Jews within a wretched sewer system, it also becomes emblematic of the whole evil of the Holocaust, the banishment of living human beings into the darkness of a hole in the earth, constituting a form of hell. Although many tales of these events have made into narrative films, to think about the reality of what actually happened is almost too much to fathom. This realization of hell is another bitter reminder of what humanity has had to consume.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Based on a true story, it begins with the self-serving nature of human beings and evolves into their better angels. In the harboring of Polish Jews within a wretched sewer system, it also becomes emblematic of the whole evil of the Holocaust, the banishment of living human beings into the darkness of a hole in the earth, constituting a form of hell. Although many tales of these events have made into narrative films, to think about the reality of what actually happened is almost too much to fathom. This realization of hell is another bitter reminder of what humanity has had to consume.
- 2/17/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – One of the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards is the Polish entry, “In Darkness.” The film is directed by filmmaker Agnieszka Holland, who had the same nomination honor in 1985 (”Angry Harvest”) and for Adapted Screenplay in 1992 (”Europa, Europa”).
Hailed as one of Poland’s most prominent contributors to their cinema history, Holland has had a career of filmmaking that has been provocative, and highly political. She was born in Warsaw right after World War II, and her Jewish grandparents were killed in the ghetto during that conflict. She made her first film in 1970, “Jesus Christ’s Sins,” while a student the Film and TV School of the Performing Arts in Prague, before embarking on a notable career in the Polish Film industry.
The Light Above: Milla Bankowicz (Krystyna) and Robert Wieckiewicz (Leopold) for “In Darkness’
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Classics
Her first major...
Hailed as one of Poland’s most prominent contributors to their cinema history, Holland has had a career of filmmaking that has been provocative, and highly political. She was born in Warsaw right after World War II, and her Jewish grandparents were killed in the ghetto during that conflict. She made her first film in 1970, “Jesus Christ’s Sins,” while a student the Film and TV School of the Performing Arts in Prague, before embarking on a notable career in the Polish Film industry.
The Light Above: Milla Bankowicz (Krystyna) and Robert Wieckiewicz (Leopold) for “In Darkness’
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Classics
Her first major...
- 2/14/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The new film from Agnieszka Holland, In Darkness, has been nominated for Best Foreign Film at this year's Academy Awards after already winning a clutch of festival gongs. And now, for your viewing pleasure, here's the UK poster for the film.It's all based on the true story of Leopold Soha (Robert Wieckiewicz), a sewer worker and petty thief who makes a living following the Nazi occupation of his home town of Lvov by hiding Jewish refugees in the sewers under the town. Only - as you can see from the trailer below - it's not quite that simple.The film also stars Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska and Kinga Preis, and it's out in the UK on March 16. brightcove.createExperiences();...
- 2/9/2012
- EmpireOnline
Trailer for In Darkness, starring Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann and Agnieszka Grochowska. After recently adding several new movie clips from tIn Darkness, we are pleased to add the trailer, which is also available in high definition. Agnieszka Hollan directs the drama which opens January 27th via Sony Pictures Classics, from the writing by David F. Shamoon. In Darkness is based on a true story and tells of Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, who one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience.
- 12/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer for In Darkness, starring Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann and Agnieszka Grochowska. After recently adding several new movie clips from tIn Darkness, we are pleased to add the trailer, which is also available in high definition. Agnieszka Hollan directs the drama which opens January 27th via Sony Pictures Classics, from the writing by David F. Shamoon. In Darkness is based on a true story and tells of Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, who one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience.
- 12/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer for In Darkness, starring Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann and Agnieszka Grochowska. After recently adding several new movie clips from tIn Darkness, we are pleased to add the trailer, which is also available in high definition. Agnieszka Hollan directs the drama which opens January 27th via Sony Pictures Classics, from the writing by David F. Shamoon. In Darkness is based on a true story and tells of Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, who one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience.
- 12/12/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clips from Agnieszka Holland's In Darkness, starring Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann and Agnieszka Grochowska. Sony Pictures Classics releases the David F. Shamoon-scripted In Darkness, which is based on a true story following Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, who one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger.
- 12/7/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clips from Agnieszka Holland's In Darkness, starring Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann and Agnieszka Grochowska. Sony Pictures Classics releases the David F. Shamoon-scripted In Darkness, which is based on a true story following Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, who one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger.
- 12/7/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clips from Agnieszka Holland's In Darkness, starring Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann and Agnieszka Grochowska. Sony Pictures Classics releases the David F. Shamoon-scripted In Darkness, which is based on a true story following Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, who one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger.
- 12/7/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Brad Pitt, Keira Knightley, George Clooney, Carey Mulligan, Rachel Weisz, Gerard Butler and Ryan Gosling are heading to Toronto for the 36tht international film festival, which kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 8.
The fest today confirmed the hundreds of celebrities that will be attending the can’t-miss event, promoting films and making the rounds as the annual awards season starts to take shape.
Davis Guggenheim, Francis Ford Coppola, Alexander Payne, Luc Besson, Oren Moverman, Malgoska Szumowska, Bennett Miller, Sarah Polley, Jessica Yu, Michael Winterbottom and Werner Herzog are just a few of the filmmakers who have confirmed their attendance.
Celebrities making the trek include Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling, Clive Owen, Jon Hamm, Shahid Kapoor, Michael Fassbender, Michelle Yeoh, Freida Pinto, Glenn Close, Matthew Goode, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Salma Hayek, Viggo Mortensen and Woody Harrelson. Musicians U2, Pearl Jam and Neil Young also are expected to...
Hollywoodnews.com: Brad Pitt, Keira Knightley, George Clooney, Carey Mulligan, Rachel Weisz, Gerard Butler and Ryan Gosling are heading to Toronto for the 36tht international film festival, which kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 8.
The fest today confirmed the hundreds of celebrities that will be attending the can’t-miss event, promoting films and making the rounds as the annual awards season starts to take shape.
Davis Guggenheim, Francis Ford Coppola, Alexander Payne, Luc Besson, Oren Moverman, Malgoska Szumowska, Bennett Miller, Sarah Polley, Jessica Yu, Michael Winterbottom and Werner Herzog are just a few of the filmmakers who have confirmed their attendance.
Celebrities making the trek include Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling, Clive Owen, Jon Hamm, Shahid Kapoor, Michael Fassbender, Michelle Yeoh, Freida Pinto, Glenn Close, Matthew Goode, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Salma Hayek, Viggo Mortensen and Woody Harrelson. Musicians U2, Pearl Jam and Neil Young also are expected to...
- 8/23/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Toronto - The 36th Toronto International Film Festival® welcomes hundreds of guests this year. Filmmakers expected to present their world premieres in Toronto include: Davis Guggenheim, Francis Ford Coppola, Alexander Payne, Agnieszka Holland, Guy Maddin, Luc Besson, Bill Duke, Oren Moverman, Malgoska Szumowska, Bennett Miller, Darrell Roodt, Sarah Polley, Jessica Yu, Michael Winterbottom and Werner Herzog.
Actors expected to attend include Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Clive Owen, Gerard Butler, Jeon Do-Yeon, Jon Hamm, Shahid Kapoor, Michael Fassbender, Michelle Yeoh, Freida Pinto, Glenn Close, Matthew Goode, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Ryan Gosling, Salma Hayek, Viggo Mortensen and Woody Harrelson. Musicians include: U2, Pearl Jam and Neil Young.
The Festival also welcomes thousands of producers and other industry professionals bringing films to us.
The following filmmakers are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Adam Shaheen, Adam Wingard, Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr., Agnieszka Holland, Akin Omotoso,...
Actors expected to attend include Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Rampling, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Clive Owen, Gerard Butler, Jeon Do-Yeon, Jon Hamm, Shahid Kapoor, Michael Fassbender, Michelle Yeoh, Freida Pinto, Glenn Close, Matthew Goode, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Ryan Gosling, Salma Hayek, Viggo Mortensen and Woody Harrelson. Musicians include: U2, Pearl Jam and Neil Young.
The Festival also welcomes thousands of producers and other industry professionals bringing films to us.
The following filmmakers are expected to attend the Toronto International Film Festival:
Adam Shaheen, Adam Wingard, Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr., Agnieszka Holland, Akin Omotoso,...
- 8/23/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Something For Everyone As Love Stories, Psychological Chillers, Political Thrillers, Comedies And An Autobiography Join The Festival.S Galas And Special Presentations Lineup
Toronto . The Toronto International Film Festival® announces the addition of 8 Galas and 17 Special Presentations to the high-calibre selection of crowd-pleasers premiering in September. Today.s announcement includes 14 World Premieres and reveals that Festival-goers will be treated to a programming lineup featuring world premieres from directors including Nick Murphy, Gary McKendry, Joel Schumacher, Gianni Amelio, Agnieszka Holland, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Pankaj Kapur, Anne Fontaine, Mathieu Kassovitz and Geoffrey Fletcher.
The films unveiled today feature onscreen appearances by Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Imelda Staunton, Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Deneuve, Shahid Kapur, Isabelle Huppert, Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel and James Gandolfini, among others.
This announcement brings the final number of Galas to 20, and the final number of Special...
Toronto . The Toronto International Film Festival® announces the addition of 8 Galas and 17 Special Presentations to the high-calibre selection of crowd-pleasers premiering in September. Today.s announcement includes 14 World Premieres and reveals that Festival-goers will be treated to a programming lineup featuring world premieres from directors including Nick Murphy, Gary McKendry, Joel Schumacher, Gianni Amelio, Agnieszka Holland, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Pankaj Kapur, Anne Fontaine, Mathieu Kassovitz and Geoffrey Fletcher.
The films unveiled today feature onscreen appearances by Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes, Imelda Staunton, Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Deneuve, Shahid Kapur, Isabelle Huppert, Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel and James Gandolfini, among others.
This announcement brings the final number of Galas to 20, and the final number of Special...
- 8/17/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tiff has just announced the final batch of films slated to hit the fest in September. The number of additions is overwhelming especially found in the completed Gala and Special Presentation lineups.
Some films that really stick out in my opinion are Rebellion by Mathieu Kassovitz who directed one of my favourite films of all time La Haine and Sleeping Beauty by Julia Leigh. Here is the press release.
Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival® announces the addition of 8 Galas and 17 Special Presentations to the high-calibre selection of crowd-pleasers premiering in September. Today’s announcement includes 14 World Premieres and reveals that Festival-goers will be treated to a programming lineup featuring world premieres from directors including Nick Murphy, Gary McKendry, Joel Schumacher, Gianni Amelio, Agnieszka Holland, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Pankaj Kapur, Anne Fontaine, Mathieu Kassovitz and Geoffrey Fletcher.
The films unveiled today feature onscreen appearances by Jason Statham, Robert De Niro,...
Some films that really stick out in my opinion are Rebellion by Mathieu Kassovitz who directed one of my favourite films of all time La Haine and Sleeping Beauty by Julia Leigh. Here is the press release.
Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival® announces the addition of 8 Galas and 17 Special Presentations to the high-calibre selection of crowd-pleasers premiering in September. Today’s announcement includes 14 World Premieres and reveals that Festival-goers will be treated to a programming lineup featuring world premieres from directors including Nick Murphy, Gary McKendry, Joel Schumacher, Gianni Amelio, Agnieszka Holland, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Pankaj Kapur, Anne Fontaine, Mathieu Kassovitz and Geoffrey Fletcher.
The films unveiled today feature onscreen appearances by Jason Statham, Robert De Niro,...
- 8/16/2011
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
After three separate announcements (here, here and here), the Toronto International Film Festival has announced the final line-up for their Galas and Special Presentations, as well as a few other categories. Most notable is Andrea Arnold‘s Fish Tank follow-up Wuthering Heights, the next film from Timecrimes director Nacho Vigalondo, as well as Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Alps.
We also get Whit Stillman‘s Damsels in Distress starring Greta Gerwig and Geoffrey Fletcher’s Violet & Daisy starring Saoirse Ronan and James Gandolfini. In what should be a little fun we have Gary McKendry‘s Killer Elite starring Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham. We also get Owen’s horror flick Intruders and Joel Schumacher‘s Trespass starring Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage. Check out the full line-ups below.
Galas
Closing Night Film
Page Eight David Hare, United Kingdom
International Premiere
Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is a long-serving M15 officer.
We also get Whit Stillman‘s Damsels in Distress starring Greta Gerwig and Geoffrey Fletcher’s Violet & Daisy starring Saoirse Ronan and James Gandolfini. In what should be a little fun we have Gary McKendry‘s Killer Elite starring Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham. We also get Owen’s horror flick Intruders and Joel Schumacher‘s Trespass starring Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage. Check out the full line-ups below.
Galas
Closing Night Film
Page Eight David Hare, United Kingdom
International Premiere
Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is a long-serving M15 officer.
- 8/16/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The Toronto International Film Festival continued to fill out its slate Tuesday morning with multiple announcements of movies scheduled to screen in the Galas, Special Presentations, Contemporary World Cinema, Future Projections, and Visions programs.
As expected, the names of the talents we’re expecting to see on screen shine bright.
Tiff ’11 officially revealed that David Hare’s “Page Eight” will close the fest with a Roy Thompson gala. The spy thriller, which also plays the Edinburgh International Film Festival, stars Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes and Judy Davis.
Other galas announced for this year’s Tiff include:
The Awakening
Nick Murphy, United Kingdom (World Premiere)
Haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence Cathcart is on a mission to expose all séances as exploitative shams. However, when she is called to a boys’ boarding school to investigate a case of the uncanny,...
Hollywoodnews.com: The Toronto International Film Festival continued to fill out its slate Tuesday morning with multiple announcements of movies scheduled to screen in the Galas, Special Presentations, Contemporary World Cinema, Future Projections, and Visions programs.
As expected, the names of the talents we’re expecting to see on screen shine bright.
Tiff ’11 officially revealed that David Hare’s “Page Eight” will close the fest with a Roy Thompson gala. The spy thriller, which also plays the Edinburgh International Film Festival, stars Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes and Judy Davis.
Other galas announced for this year’s Tiff include:
The Awakening
Nick Murphy, United Kingdom (World Premiere)
Haunted by the death of her fiancé, Florence Cathcart is on a mission to expose all séances as exploitative shams. However, when she is called to a boys’ boarding school to investigate a case of the uncanny,...
- 8/16/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Joyeux NOËL / Merry Christmas (2005) Direction and screenplay: Christian Carion Cast: Guillaume Canet, Daniel Brühl, Benno Fürmann, Diane Kruger, Alex Ferns, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon, Lucas Belvaux, Steven Robertson, Ian Richardson, Michel Serrault, Suzanne Flon Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Alex Ferns, Daniel Brühl, Guillaume Canet, Merry Christmas Inspired by an actual World War I ceasefire that took place around Christmastime 1914, director-screenwriter Christian Carion's Merry Christmas is a tad more conventional and old-fashioned than it should have been. The film even features a troop idiot akin to those of countless other war movies as (unfunny) comic relief. Compounding matters, most of the performances are disappointingly below par, the chief exceptions being Guillaume Canet's French officer and Steven Robertson as a low-key Scot whose very essence is destroyed by what he experiences in the trenches. Yet, despite its not inconsiderable flaws Merry Christmas is a mostly effective — and ever timely...
- 3/9/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Sony Pictures Classics as acquired the Us distribution rights to the new Agnieszka Holland drama called, In Darkness, which is based on a true story that takes place in 1943 in the the Polish town of Lvov, which was occupied by the Nazis. One day a selfish thief and burglar by the name of Leopold Socha encounters a group of Jewish refugees – and hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers. At first Socha is only interested lucrative business, but the whole thing reaches more and more Socha’s conscience. The Polish small-time crook makes up his mind and finally risks his own life for the refugees...
Sounds like a great story, the full details of the film can be found in the official press release below.
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all Us rights to Academy Award® nominee Agnieszka Holland's In...
Sounds like a great story, the full details of the film can be found in the official press release below.
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all Us rights to Academy Award® nominee Agnieszka Holland's In...
- 2/15/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all U.S. rights to Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland’s “In Darkness” from sales agent Beta Cinema. The film, based on the true story “In the Sewers of lvov” by Robert Marshall, is written by David F. Shamoon and stars Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Maria Schrader and Herbert Knaup. “In Darkness” is produced by The Film Works, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv and Zebra Films.
“In Darkness” is set in the Polish town of Lvov is occupied by the Nazis. Poverty grows. One day the selfish thief and burglar Leopold Socha encounters a group of Jewish refugees, and hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers. At first only interested in making money, the arrangement reaches Socha’s conscience. The small-time crook ultimately decides to risk his own life for the refugees.
The acquisition of “In Darkness” continues a longstanding relationship between...
“In Darkness” is set in the Polish town of Lvov is occupied by the Nazis. Poverty grows. One day the selfish thief and burglar Leopold Socha encounters a group of Jewish refugees, and hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers. At first only interested in making money, the arrangement reaches Socha’s conscience. The small-time crook ultimately decides to risk his own life for the refugees.
The acquisition of “In Darkness” continues a longstanding relationship between...
- 2/15/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all U.S. rights to Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland’s “In Darkness” from sales agent Beta Cinema. The film, based on the true story “In the Sewers of lvov” by Robert Marshall, is written by David F. Shamoon and stars Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Maria Schrader and Herbert Knaup. “In Darkness” is produced by The Film Works, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv and Zebra Films.
“In Darkness” is set in the Polish town of Lvov is occupied by the Nazis. Poverty grows. One day the selfish thief and burglar Leopold Socha encounters a group of Jewish refugees, and hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers. At first only interested in making money, the arrangement reaches Socha’s conscience. The small-time crook ultimately decides to risk his own life for the refugees.
The acquisition of “In Darkness” continues a longstanding relationship between...
“In Darkness” is set in the Polish town of Lvov is occupied by the Nazis. Poverty grows. One day the selfish thief and burglar Leopold Socha encounters a group of Jewish refugees, and hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers. At first only interested in making money, the arrangement reaches Socha’s conscience. The small-time crook ultimately decides to risk his own life for the refugees.
The acquisition of “In Darkness” continues a longstanding relationship between...
- 2/15/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
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