“The People vs. Fitz Bauer” Nazi drama sells worldwideSeptember 22, 2015 - 16:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Beta Cinema’s “The People vs. Fitz Bauer” has sold wide around the globe with a series of deals following the Toronto International Film Festival, TheWrap reports. The film has been acquired by Italy’s Valerio de Paolis’ Cinema, Caramel (Spain), Cineart (Benelux), Scanbox (Scandinavia), Strada Films (Greece), Lev Cinemas (Israel), Alfa Films (Argentina), and New Select (Japan). As previously announced, ARP will release the film in France, and LookNow! in Switzerland. Negotiations for a U.S. release are still under way. A period drama directed by Lars Klaume, “The People vs. Fitz Bauer” stars Burghart Klaussner as Hessian attorney general Fritz Bauer, who receives crucial evidence on the whereabouts of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. The film stars Klaussner (“The White Ribbon”), Ronald Zehrfeld (“Barbara,” “Phoenix”), Lilith Stangenberg, Jörg Schüttauf and Sebastian Blomberg. It was produced by Thomas Kufus’ zero one film, in co-production with Terz Film, WDR, HR and ARTE. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |