Giulio Ricciarelli’s Labyrinth of Lies has been chosen to represent Germany as its official submission for this year’s Academy Awards. The decision was reached by an independent jury appointed by German Films. Jury rep Dagmar Hirtz announced the decision in Munich today. “Director Giulio Ricciarelli and his team create in his precisely researched debut feature a drama which is both gripping and touching. Labyrinth of Lies thrills with a little-known chapter of German…...
- 8/27/2015
- Deadline
Giulio Ricciarelli’s Nazi conspiracy drama submitted to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Labyrinth Of Lies (Im Labyrinth Des Schweigens) has been selected to represent Germany as the official submission for the 88th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign-Language Film.
The drama marks the feature directorial debut of German actor Giulio Ricciarelli and tells the story of the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during the Second World War.
Labyrinth Of Lies, which will be released in the Us by Sony Pictures Classics next month, was chosen from eight features by a nine-strong independent jury appointed by German Films.
Jury representative Dagmar Hirtz announced the decision in Munich today.
Ricciarell saidi: “I have had so many excellent experiences with this film abroad already. As in Germany, viewers are touched and moved, and often begin to think about their own history.
“Such an international...
Labyrinth Of Lies (Im Labyrinth Des Schweigens) has been selected to represent Germany as the official submission for the 88th Academy Awards for the Best Foreign-Language Film.
The drama marks the feature directorial debut of German actor Giulio Ricciarelli and tells the story of the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during the Second World War.
Labyrinth Of Lies, which will be released in the Us by Sony Pictures Classics next month, was chosen from eight features by a nine-strong independent jury appointed by German Films.
Jury representative Dagmar Hirtz announced the decision in Munich today.
Ricciarell saidi: “I have had so many excellent experiences with this film abroad already. As in Germany, viewers are touched and moved, and often begin to think about their own history.
“Such an international...
- 8/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Georg Maas’ Two Lives (Zwei Leben) has been selected as Germany’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 86th Academy Awards.
The independent nine-person jury under the direction of film-maker Dagmar Hirtz selected the German-Norwegian co-production over eight other titles such as Jan Ole Gerster’s multi-award-winning debut Oh Boy, Jeanine Meerapfel’s My German Friend and the animation film Knight Rusty.
Based on the true story of the German Kathrine Evensen (played by Juliane Köhler who learnt Norwegian for the part), Two Lives addresses a chapter of recent German history which is unfamiliar to many: the fate of the Norwegian “Lebensborn Children,” a legacy of the Third Reich.
Evensen leads a happy life with her family and mother (played by Liv Ullmann) in Norway. However, with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, she is suddenly confronted with her secret Stasi past. Her false identity threatens her entire existence, but, to prevent...
The independent nine-person jury under the direction of film-maker Dagmar Hirtz selected the German-Norwegian co-production over eight other titles such as Jan Ole Gerster’s multi-award-winning debut Oh Boy, Jeanine Meerapfel’s My German Friend and the animation film Knight Rusty.
Based on the true story of the German Kathrine Evensen (played by Juliane Köhler who learnt Norwegian for the part), Two Lives addresses a chapter of recent German history which is unfamiliar to many: the fate of the Norwegian “Lebensborn Children,” a legacy of the Third Reich.
Evensen leads a happy life with her family and mother (played by Liv Ullmann) in Norway. However, with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, she is suddenly confronted with her secret Stasi past. Her false identity threatens her entire existence, but, to prevent...
- 8/28/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Georg Maas’ Two Lives (Zwei Leben) has been selected as Germany’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 86th Academy Awards.
The independent nine-person jury under the direction of film-maker Dagmar Hirtz selected the German-Norwegian co-production over eight other titles such as Jan Ole Gerster’s multi-award-winning debut Oh Boy, Jeanine Meerapfel’s My German Friend and the animation film Knight Rusty.
Based on the true story of the German Kathrine Evensen (played by Juliane Köhler who learnt Norwegian for the part), Two Lives addresses a chapter of recent German history which is unfamiliar to many: the fate of the Norwegian “Lebensborn Children,” a legacy of the Third Reich.
Evensen leads a happy life with her family and mother (played by Liv Ullmann) in Norway. However, with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, she is suddenly confronted with her secret Stasi past. Her false identity threatens her entire existence, but, to prevent...
The independent nine-person jury under the direction of film-maker Dagmar Hirtz selected the German-Norwegian co-production over eight other titles such as Jan Ole Gerster’s multi-award-winning debut Oh Boy, Jeanine Meerapfel’s My German Friend and the animation film Knight Rusty.
Based on the true story of the German Kathrine Evensen (played by Juliane Köhler who learnt Norwegian for the part), Two Lives addresses a chapter of recent German history which is unfamiliar to many: the fate of the Norwegian “Lebensborn Children,” a legacy of the Third Reich.
Evensen leads a happy life with her family and mother (played by Liv Ullmann) in Norway. However, with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, she is suddenly confronted with her secret Stasi past. Her false identity threatens her entire existence, but, to prevent...
- 8/27/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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