Polish director Agnieszka Holland has revealed particulars about her subsequent function movie mission, a biographical movie about Marlene Dietrich, “Berlinweh – Yearning for a Home.” World gross sales are dealt with by Films Boutique.
Holland was Oscar nominated for “Europa Europa” (1990), and likewise directed Oscar-nominated movies “In Darkness” (2011) and “Angry Harvest” (1985).
“Berlinweh” is being produced by the identical staff that backed Holland’s “Franz,” Berlin-based manufacturing firm X Filme Artistic Pool, the Czech firm Marlene Movie Manufacturing and British-Irish producer Mike Downey. It’s based mostly on a screenplay by Ingo Rasper.
The movie follows Dietrich throughout 4 decisive days in 4 completely different many years, portraying her in shifting cultural and political contexts: Paris in 1937, Bergen-Belsen in 1945, Tel Aviv in 1960, and as soon as once more Paris in 1983.
Holland stated, “Every time I tell myself I won’t make films about real, famous people anymore… and then someone emerges from the past who asks me the most important, most timely questions, in whose choices I can find my own choices and anxieties.”
She added, “Marlene Dietrich was a tangle of contradictions: a glamour star, but an impressive actress, singer and soldier; a egocentric ego-centrist and a loyal, magnanimous buddy and lover; a fighter for human rights, stuffed with fears and uncertainties; a German who, within the eyes of lots of her countrymen, turned a traitor.
“We do not tell her life in a continuous, linear narrative. We look for those few turning moments in which what was most important and most universal — what resonates most strongly today in her fate — is reflected. The fate of a woman, an artist, a citizen, a human being.”
Uwe Schott and Josephine Blume of X Filme stated, “At a time when cultural dialogue and ethical braveness are as soon as once more being examined, ‘Berlinweh’ stands for the form of European cinema that reaches far past nationwide borders. Agnieszka Holland’s transnational physique of labor completely align with Marlene’s journey between nations, languages and identities.“
The movie is produced by Schott and Blume for X Filme Artistic Pool, Šárka Cimbalová for Marlene Movie Manufacturing, Downey and Jean-Christophe Simon as co-producer for Parallel45 on the French facet.
Cimbalová and Downey stated, “After the success of our collaboration on ‘Charlatan,’ ‘Green Border’ and ‘Franz,’ the idea of working with Agnieszka again is irresistible. ‘Berlinweh – Yearning for a Home’ brings together so many of the themes that are crucial to this rich exploration of one of the 20th century’s most fascinating icons. The screenplay we are working on provides a sharp lens into her fierce independence, her dedication to anti-fascism, and at the same time highlighting her willingness to risk everything for her convictions – all the while dismantling traditional gender norms. What’s not to like?”
