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Anfang 2022 war „Wunderschön“ von und mit Karoline Herfurth einer der großen deutschen Kinohits der Corona-Zeit. Mit „Wunderschöner“, der am 13. Februar 2025 im Verleih von Warner Bros. in die deutschen Kinos kommt, legt die erfolgreiche Filmemacherin nach. Jetzt gibt es einen ersten Teaser.

Vorfreude! Die Fortsetzung von „Wunderschön“, mit 1,7 Mio. Tickets einer der größten deutschen Kinohits der Coronazeit, ist nicht mehr weit entfernt: Am 13. Februar 2025 wird Warner Bros. „Wunderschöner“ von und mit Karoline Herfurth in die deutschen Kinos bringen. Und damit man auch weiß, worauf man sich freut, gibt es schon jetzt den ersten Teaser des Films, in dem außerdem Anneke Kim Sarnau („Eine Million Minuten“), Emilia Schüle („High Society”), Nora Tschirner(„One For the Road“), Dilara Aylin Ziem („Wunderschön“) und die Newcomerin Emilia Packard zu sehen sein werden. Die männlichen Darsteller sind auch nicht ohne: Godehard Giese („Eine Million Minuten“), Friedrich Mücke („Der Vierer“), Maximilian Brückner („Das schönste Paar“), Malick Bauer...

Am 13. Februar 2025 startet Warner die Fortsetzung von Karoline Herfurths „Wunderschön“ in den deutschen Kinos. Heute war Drehschluss.

Am Set von „Wunderschöner“ (v.l.n.r.): Kameramann Daniel Gottschalk, Medienboard-Geschäftsführerin Kirsten Niehuus, die Produzenten Lothar Hellinger und Christopher Doll, Regisseurin und Hauptdarstellerin Karoline Herfurth, Magdalena Prosteder (Warner Bros.), Darstellerin Emilia Schüle, Oliver Zeller (Medienboard) und Anna Geißler (Warner Bros.)

In Berlin, Schwerin, Leipzig und Regensburg wurde bis heute „Wunderschöner“ gedreht, die Fortsetzung von Karoline Herfurths „Wunderschön“, der im Frühjahr 2022 knapp 1,7 Mio. Besucher in die deutschen Kinos gelockt hatte.

Bei der Fortsetzung der Geschichte von fünf Frauen, die darum kämpfen, einfach so sein zu können, wie sie sind, stand Herfurth, die nach einem Drehbuch, das sie zusammen mit Monika Fäßler geschrieben hat, erneut Regie geführt hat, auch. wieder als Hauptdarstellerin vor der Kamera von Daniel Gottschalk. Die weiteren weiblichen Hauptrollen haben Anneke Kim Sarnau, Emilia Schüle, Nora Tschirner, Dilara Aylin Ziem und Emilia Packard übernommen,...

Markus Schleinzer hat den ersten Drehblock seines historischen Dramas „Rose“ abgeschlossen. Der Österreicher dreht zum Großteil in Mitteldeutschland. Sandra Hüller spielt die Hauptrolle. Im November werden die Dreharbeiten fortgesetzt.

Sandra Hüller, Godehard Giese und das Kamerateam am Set von „Rose”

Der österreichische Filmemacher Markus Schleinzer ist aktuell mit dem historischen Drama „Rose“ beschäftigt. Der Großteil entsteht in Mitteldeutschland. Jetzt konnte der erste Drehblock abgeschlossen werden. In der Hauptrolle spielt Sandra Hüller. Cast & Crew drehten im Glasebachtal im Landkreis Harz in Sachsen-Anhalt, wo mehrere aufwendige Sets errichtet wurden. Die Mdm unterstützt die Produktion mit 700.000 Euro.

Sandra Hüller verkörpert in „Rose“ einen rätselhaften Soldaten, der nach dem Ende des 30-jährigen Kriegs in einem abgelegenen protestantischen Dorf auftaucht und vorgibt, der Erbe eines lange verlassenen Anwesens zu sein. Fortan strebt er nach Anerkennung und Integration in die eingeschworene Gemeinschaft, doch dieses Ziel wird durch ein Geheimnis erschwert. Hüllers Figur ist inspiriert von zahlreichen...

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,...

Exclusive: Sky’s German original Souls has wrapped production and producer Geißendörfer Pictures has dropped first-look images of the eight-part series.

Souls tells the story of Allie, Hanna, and Linn, three women whose lives are turned upside down when Hanna’s son, Jacob, is involved in a serious car accident and claims he remembers his earlier life as a pilot of a lost passenger plane.

Premiering next year, the series stars Brigitte Hobmeier as Hanna; Aaron Kissiov as Jacob; Julia Koschitz as Allie; Lili Epply as Linn; Aleksandar Jovanovic as Sebastian; Selam Tadese as Eddie; Godehard Giese as Vincent; Abak Safaei-Rad as Emma; Derya Dilber as Mathilda; and Laurence Rupp as Leo.

Souls is directed by Alex Eslam and Hanna Maria Heidrich. The writers are Eslam, Lisa van Brakel, Erol Yesilkaya, and Senad Lisa Halilbašić. Executive producers for Sky are Lucia Vogdt, Frank Jastfelder, and Marcus Ammon.

Vogdt said: “Souls extraordinary premise,...

Chicago – What if a new fascism were to sweep the land, and affects Paris, as it did in World War 2? “Transit” postulates on that very theory and creates a paranoid atmosphere that is stunningly real, but brings that emotion to a conclusion that I believe is redundant, and pretends to be deeper than it is.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

The film is based on a 1942 novel by Anna Segher, which was set in World War 2, and is updated to our modern world by writer/director Christian Petzold, which adds a chilling layer to the story. Franz Rogowski, who I would assume is Germany’s Joaquin Phoenix (they look remarkably alike), carries the film on his back like a hired mule, sweating the details of everything that happens. The deception and reality is mixed, and the human chattel is a reminder of a harsher (and more real) version of Casablanca, as the French port...

Christian Petzold in front of a La Dolce Vita poster on Hans Dieter Huesch's lullaby Abendlied, sung by Franz Rogowski in Transit: "It's something about childhood, home, relief, and death." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Christian Petzold's latest, shot by his longtime cinematographer Hans Fromm, stars Franz Rogowski and Paula Beer with Barbara Auer, Lilien Batman, Alex Brendemühl, Godehard Giese, Maryam Zaree, and Matthias Brandt, positions Anna Seghers's novel Transit (originally published in 1944) about a young, nameless man who escaped a concentration camp into present-day Marseille. He travels through France in 1942 in the hopes to obtain a transit visa. Like his counterpart, Georg (Rogowski) finds himself among refugees and while on a mission to deliver a letter, discovers a dead writer's unfinished manuscript.

Christian Petzold on Franz Rogowski in Transit: "Georg is a man without any ballast. He is empty. He has nothing." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

There is no place like home to return to,...

Transit Music Box Films Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net by: Harvey Karten Director: Christian Petzold Screenwriter: Christian Petzold, based on the novel by Anna Seghers Cast: Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 2/15/19 Opens: March 1, 2019 The first lesson that a teacher gives in introducing […]

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"You have three weeks until your ship sails." Music Box Film has debuted an official Us trailer for an indie drama from Germany titled Transit, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival last year. It's the latest from acclaimed German filmmaker Christian Petzold and received glowing reviews playing at numerous major festivals throughout last year, including the Toronto and New York Film Festivals. Franz Rogowski stars a man named Georg fleeing Germany, who ends up stuck in Marseille, encountering others trying to escape and get out of Europe; they all need transit papers for safe passage. The full cast includes Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree, Barbara Auer, and Matthias Brandt. I saw this at Berlinale and it's a great film, commenting on contemporary issues (set in present day) borrowing a story from WWII times - read my festival review. Highly recommended viewing. Here's the official Us trailer...

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.

Hot on the heels of its premiere in-competition at the Berlin Film Festival this weekend, a trailer has arrived for the new film by German filmmaker Christian Petzold (Jerichow, Barbara, Phoenix) titled Transit. This film is set in modern times even though the story is actually based in WWII, with various people trying to escape from France on ships to America or Mexico. Franz Rogowski stars a man fleeing Germany, who ends up stuck in Marseille, encountering others trying to escape and get out of Europe, they all need transit papers for safe passage. The full cast includes Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Maryam Zaree, Barbara Auer, and Matthias Brandt. I saw this at Berlinale and it's a great film, commenting on contemporary issues with immigration through a story from WWII - read my full review here. Watch below. Here's the first international trailer (+ poster) for Christian Petzold's Transit,...

Migration isn’t just a hot-button issue in the political arena. It’s a hot topic in your local arthouse theater, too. At Berlin’s film festival, the subject is everywhere–from Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx and documentaries like Central Airport Thf–perhaps natural for the capital of a country now home to more than a million recent asylum-seekers from the middle east and Africa.

Local boy Christian Petzold’s audacious retelling of Anna Seghers’s World War II-set novel about refugees escaping Nazi-controlled France is a strange, beguiling creation that will be hard to beat in the competition line-up, and ranks as a rare period piece that utterly gets under the skin of contemporary concerns. It’s an engrossing, uncanny and somewhat disturbing film, and completes something of a trio of historical melodramas after Barbara and his worldwide hit Phoenix, but develops the themes of those in an adventurous,...

A man arrives in purgatory, eager to learn his eternal fate. The divine judgement, however, is slow to arrive. The minutes turn to hours, the hours turn to days, and the days begin to blur together in a place where time has no meaning. Eventually, after what feels to him like a hundred years, the man begs for a verdict. “What are you talking about?” comes the reply. “You’ve been in hell since you got here.”

That grim parable is told to Georg (“Happy End” breakout Franz Rogowski) roughly halfway into Christian Petzold’s “Transit,” and yet the poor bastard doesn’t seem to realize that it’s about him. The inscrutable hero of an inscrutable film that unfolds like a remake of “Casablanca” as written by Franz Kafka, Georg has just escaped occupied Paris by the skin of his teeth, stowing away on a train to the port of Marseille.

Christian Petzold, Emily Atef, Lance Daly join Berlinale.

Source: Great Point Media

‘Damsel’

Another ten films have joined the Competition of the 68th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 15 - 25). Three more have also been selected for the programme of the Berlinale Special.

Joining the eight Competition films and two Berlinale Special titles are 13 productions from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong - China, Iran, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Paraguay, People’s Republic of China, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the USA.

Joining the main competition are Barbara and Phoenix director Christian Petzold’s new drama Transit, a contemporary reworking of Anna Seghers’ 1944 novel about refugees attempting to flee through Marseille after the Nazi invasion of France in 1940. The film stars Frantz breakout Paula Beer.

Also new to competition is David and Nathan Zellner’s Damsel, the western about a Us businessman who travels to join his fiancée...

Christian Petzold, Emily Atef, Lance Daly join Berlinale.

Source: Great Point Media

‘Damsel’

Another ten films have joined the Competition of the 68th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival. Three more have also been selected for the programme of the Berlinale Special.

Joining the eight Competition films and two Berlinale Special titles are 13 productions from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong - China, Iran, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Paraguay, People’s Republic of China, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the USA.

Additional films for both categories are due to be revealed soon. Films announced today are:

Competition

3 Tage in Quiberon (3 Days in Quiberon)

Germany / Austria / France

By Emily Atef (Molly’s Way, The Stranger In Me)

With Marie Bäumer, Birgit Minichmayr, Charly Hübner, Robert Gwisdek, Denis Lavant

World premiere

Black 47

Ireland / Luxembourg

By Lance Daly (Kisses, The Good Doctor)

With Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea, [link...

How did this sneak by? It's a combo escapist spy story, engrossing soap opera, and historically accurate Cold War flashback to the time of Duran Duran and Blondie, produced in Germany with a great cast of young and/or unfamiliar actors. Sure, the expected unlikelihoods are there, but so is an essential authenticity. Great fun! Deutschland 83 DVD (Season 1) Kino Lorber 2015 / Color / 1:78 enhanced widescreen / 336 min. / Street Date September 29, 2015 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sonja Gerhardt, Ulrich Noethen, Ludwig Trepte, Sylvester Groth, Alexander Beyer, Nikola Kastner, Errol Trotman Harewood, Godehard Giese. Cinematography Philipp Haberlandt, Frank Küpper Music Reinhold Heil Written by Anna Winger Produced by Joerg Winger, Nico Hoffman, Henriette Lippold Small>Directed by Edward Berger, Samira Radsi

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

This is something extraordinary, an exciting TV serial about the misadventures of an East German spy during the Cold War's '80s high point,...