Sales outfit also boards hit comedy How About Adolf?
German sales outfit Global Screen has picked up two high-profile completed titles from Constantin FIlm: Marco Kreuzpaintner’s courtroom thriller The Collini Case, and Sönke Wortmann’s hit comedy How About Adolf? ahead of the European Film Market next month.
The Collini Case is based on Ferdinand von Schirach’s novel of the same name about an explosive murder trial. It was a sensation when it was published in Germany in 2011 as it featured a character based on von Schirach’s own infamous grandfather, the leader of the Hitler Youth during the Second World War.
German sales outfit Global Screen has picked up two high-profile completed titles from Constantin FIlm: Marco Kreuzpaintner’s courtroom thriller The Collini Case, and Sönke Wortmann’s hit comedy How About Adolf? ahead of the European Film Market next month.
The Collini Case is based on Ferdinand von Schirach’s novel of the same name about an explosive murder trial. It was a sensation when it was published in Germany in 2011 as it featured a character based on von Schirach’s own infamous grandfather, the leader of the Hitler Youth during the Second World War.
- 1/22/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Sebastian Schipper’s Victoria was the big winner at this year’s German Film Awards, taking home six statuettes from its seven nominations including the Golden Lolas for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Lead Actor.
Schipper’s one-shot thriller set during a breathless night on the streets of Berlin also picked up Lolas for the Spanish actress Laia Costa, the title character, and the Danish cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen.
Victoria premiered in the Berlinale’s main competition last February where Grøvlen received a Silver Bear, was released in German cinemas on 11 June and is being handled internationally by The Match Factory.
The Silver Lola for Best Film was awarded by the members of the German Film Academy to Edward Berger’s social-realist drama Jack, with the Bronze Lola going to Johannes Naber’s black comedy Age Of Cannibals which deservedly also received the Lola for Best Screenplay for the searing dialogues by the author Stefan Weigl.
Both...
Schipper’s one-shot thriller set during a breathless night on the streets of Berlin also picked up Lolas for the Spanish actress Laia Costa, the title character, and the Danish cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen.
Victoria premiered in the Berlinale’s main competition last February where Grøvlen received a Silver Bear, was released in German cinemas on 11 June and is being handled internationally by The Match Factory.
The Silver Lola for Best Film was awarded by the members of the German Film Academy to Edward Berger’s social-realist drama Jack, with the Bronze Lola going to Johannes Naber’s black comedy Age Of Cannibals which deservedly also received the Lola for Best Screenplay for the searing dialogues by the author Stefan Weigl.
Both...
- 6/22/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Lena Schömann, producer of box office hit Fack Ju Göhte (Suck Me Shakespeer), is switching to Constantin Film after 12 years at the distributor-producer’s subsidiary Rat Pack Filmproduktion.
Schömann’s credits at Rat Pack included The Crocodiles family film franchise and 3D adventure Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods directed by Christian Ditter..
Together with Becker, she produced writer-director Bora Dagtekin’s box-office hits Turkish For Beginners and Suck Me Shakespeer which has seen by over 7m cinema-goers in Germany alone and has taken over € 52 m since its release last November.
Schömann’s first project at Constantin will be the sequel to Suck Me Shakespeer, which will begin shooting this summer and be released by Constantin Film on September 10, 2015.
Suck Me Shakespeer, which won a German Film Award last month as the country’s most successful feature of 2013, is handled internationally by Berlin-based sales outfit Picture Tree International.
Constantin stays at school
School-based stories are clearly...
Schömann’s credits at Rat Pack included The Crocodiles family film franchise and 3D adventure Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods directed by Christian Ditter..
Together with Becker, she produced writer-director Bora Dagtekin’s box-office hits Turkish For Beginners and Suck Me Shakespeer which has seen by over 7m cinema-goers in Germany alone and has taken over € 52 m since its release last November.
Schömann’s first project at Constantin will be the sequel to Suck Me Shakespeer, which will begin shooting this summer and be released by Constantin Film on September 10, 2015.
Suck Me Shakespeer, which won a German Film Award last month as the country’s most successful feature of 2013, is handled internationally by Berlin-based sales outfit Picture Tree International.
Constantin stays at school
School-based stories are clearly...
- 6/3/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Cologne, Germany -- Leading German indie producer/distributor Constantin Film has extended its first look deal with Cologne-based operation Little Shark Entertainment for a further two years.
Little Shark was behind period drama "Pope Joan" starring Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham and John Goodman. Based on the Donna W. Cross bestseller on the legend of 9th-century female Pope, the film was one of Constantin's biggest hits of 2009, scoring $25 million at the German boxoffice.
Little Shark principles, director Sonke Wortmann and producer Tom Spiess, are also an established force in non-fiction. They produced Germany's most successful non-fiction film, the soccer documentary "Germany -- a Summer Fairytale," (2006) which grossed some $35 million in its home territory.
Little Shark was behind period drama "Pope Joan" starring Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham and John Goodman. Based on the Donna W. Cross bestseller on the legend of 9th-century female Pope, the film was one of Constantin's biggest hits of 2009, scoring $25 million at the German boxoffice.
Little Shark principles, director Sonke Wortmann and producer Tom Spiess, are also an established force in non-fiction. They produced Germany's most successful non-fiction film, the soccer documentary "Germany -- a Summer Fairytale," (2006) which grossed some $35 million in its home territory.
- 1/11/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BERLIN -- German indie production giant Constantin Film has signed a three-year, first-look deal with Cologne-based production house Little Shark Entertainment, the Group Behind last year's documentary blockbuster "Germany. A Summer Fairytale".
The soccer documentary, directed by Little Shark co-head Soenke Wortmann, sold 4 million tickets in Germany for a $33 million boxoffice gross, making it the most successful documentary ever in the territory. To compare, the hit "March of the Penguins" sold "just" 1.5 million tickets in Germany.
Wortmann and Little Shark co-head Tom Spiess also have produced a number of local hits including stoner comedy "Lammbock", historic drama "The Miracle of Bern" and children's adventure film "The Treasure of the White Falcon."
For Wortmann, the Constantin deal marks a return of sorts. Constantin produced and released several of Wortmann's biggest hits during the 1990s including the comedies "Maybe, Maybe Not", "The Superwife" and "Campus".
Wortmann said Constantin was "exactly the right partner at exactly the right time," for Little Shark.
"We're very excited to be working with Little Shark," said Constantin production head Martin Moszkowicz.
The soccer documentary, directed by Little Shark co-head Soenke Wortmann, sold 4 million tickets in Germany for a $33 million boxoffice gross, making it the most successful documentary ever in the territory. To compare, the hit "March of the Penguins" sold "just" 1.5 million tickets in Germany.
Wortmann and Little Shark co-head Tom Spiess also have produced a number of local hits including stoner comedy "Lammbock", historic drama "The Miracle of Bern" and children's adventure film "The Treasure of the White Falcon."
For Wortmann, the Constantin deal marks a return of sorts. Constantin produced and released several of Wortmann's biggest hits during the 1990s including the comedies "Maybe, Maybe Not", "The Superwife" and "Campus".
Wortmann said Constantin was "exactly the right partner at exactly the right time," for Little Shark.
"We're very excited to be working with Little Shark," said Constantin production head Martin Moszkowicz.
- 5/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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