The German film and TV industries were mourning on Monday the death of director, writer and producer Helmut Dietl from lung cancer. He was 70.
Once described as “the German answer to Woody Allen”, Dietl was known to international audiences largely for his send-up of the fake Hitler diaries saga in the 1992 film Schtonk!, which was subsequently nominated for a best foreign language film Academy Award.
Bavarian-born Dietl had already made a name for himself before Schtonk! on German TV with critically praised audience favourites such as Münchner Geschichten (1974/5), Der Ganz Normale Wahnsinn (1979/80), Monaco Franze and the six-part series Kir Royal, a biting satire on Munich high society and tabloid journalism.
According to the late TV commissioning editor Jörn Klamroth of Cologne’s Wdr, the inspiration for Kir Royal came to Dietl in 1984 when he and the director saw a photo in a cafe showing Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict) sitting together with the conservative Bavarian politician...
Once described as “the German answer to Woody Allen”, Dietl was known to international audiences largely for his send-up of the fake Hitler diaries saga in the 1992 film Schtonk!, which was subsequently nominated for a best foreign language film Academy Award.
Bavarian-born Dietl had already made a name for himself before Schtonk! on German TV with critically praised audience favourites such as Münchner Geschichten (1974/5), Der Ganz Normale Wahnsinn (1979/80), Monaco Franze and the six-part series Kir Royal, a biting satire on Munich high society and tabloid journalism.
According to the late TV commissioning editor Jörn Klamroth of Cologne’s Wdr, the inspiration for Kir Royal came to Dietl in 1984 when he and the director saw a photo in a cafe showing Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict) sitting together with the conservative Bavarian politician...
- 3/31/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The German film and TV industries were mourning on Monday the death of director, writer and producer Helmut Dietl from lung cancer. He was 70.
Once described as “the German answer to Woody Allen”, Dietl was known to international audiences largely for his send-up of the fake Hitler diaries saga in the 1992 film Schtonk!, which was subsequently nominated for a best foreign language film Academy Award.
Bavarian-born Dietl had already made a name for himself before Schtonk! on German TV with critically praised audience favourites such as Münchner Geschichten (1974/5), Der Ganz Normale Wahnsinn (1979/80), Monaco Franze and the six-part series Kir Royal, a biting satire on Munich high society and tabloid journalism.
According to the late TV commissioning editor Jörn Klamroth of Cologne’s Wdr, the inspiration for Kir Royal came to Dietl in 1984 when he and the director saw a photo in a cafe showing Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict) sitting together with the conservative Bavarian politician...
Once described as “the German answer to Woody Allen”, Dietl was known to international audiences largely for his send-up of the fake Hitler diaries saga in the 1992 film Schtonk!, which was subsequently nominated for a best foreign language film Academy Award.
Bavarian-born Dietl had already made a name for himself before Schtonk! on German TV with critically praised audience favourites such as Münchner Geschichten (1974/5), Der Ganz Normale Wahnsinn (1979/80), Monaco Franze and the six-part series Kir Royal, a biting satire on Munich high society and tabloid journalism.
According to the late TV commissioning editor Jörn Klamroth of Cologne’s Wdr, the inspiration for Kir Royal came to Dietl in 1984 when he and the director saw a photo in a cafe showing Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict) sitting together with the conservative Bavarian politician...
- 3/31/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Golden Lola for best feature film went to veteran director Edgar Reitz’s Home From Home - Chronicle of a Vision at the German Film Awards.Scroll down for full list of winners
The black-and-white epic, set in a fictitious village in Germany’s Hunsrück region in the mid-19th century, also received awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay (shared with co-author Gert Heidenreich) after being nominated by the members of the German Film Academy in a total of six categories.
The co-production with Margaret Ménégoz’s Les Films du Losange is handled internationally by Arri Media Worldsales and was released theatrically in Germany by Concorde Filmverleih.
The prizes were handed out at the 64th annual film awards, held in Berlin.
Austrian accent to ceremony
The night belonged to Austrian film-maker Andreas Prochaska and his producers Helmut Grasser of Allegro Film and Stefan Arndt of X Filme Creative Pool with their Alpine western The Dark...
The black-and-white epic, set in a fictitious village in Germany’s Hunsrück region in the mid-19th century, also received awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay (shared with co-author Gert Heidenreich) after being nominated by the members of the German Film Academy in a total of six categories.
The co-production with Margaret Ménégoz’s Les Films du Losange is handled internationally by Arri Media Worldsales and was released theatrically in Germany by Concorde Filmverleih.
The prizes were handed out at the 64th annual film awards, held in Berlin.
Austrian accent to ceremony
The night belonged to Austrian film-maker Andreas Prochaska and his producers Helmut Grasser of Allegro Film and Stefan Arndt of X Filme Creative Pool with their Alpine western The Dark...
- 5/10/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
German-based Bavariapool has signed actor Nicolas Cage to star in the psycho-thriller “Black Butterfly.” The actor will play a reclusive author named Paul, who became friends with a drifter with fatal consequences. The movie is based on a French television show “Papillon noir,” which starred Stephane Freiss and Eric Cantona. The Hollywood Reporter the Bavariapool also signed German actress Veronica Ferres (“Klimt,” “Rossini”). It will be the first English-language project from the German production group. Los Angeles-based production companies Paradox Entertainment will co-produce with Hyde Park as a co-financer. The $13 million budgeted film will start shooting in early 2012 in eastern Germany. Cage will be seen next year in the action film “Medallion” and the comic book sequel “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.” He was recently seen this year in “Drive Angry 3D” and “Season of the Witch.”Source: The Hollywood Reporter...
- 10/19/2011
- LRMonline.com
Cologne, Germany -- "Hector's Journey," the new feature from "The Last Station" producers Egoli Tossell, has picked up further financing, securing a €500,000 ($670,000) subsidy from the German Federal Film Board.
Katja von Garnier ("Blood and Chocolate") is directing the picture, which is based on Frank Lelord's best-selling novel about a psychiatrist who travels the world to find the secret of happiness. Egoli Tossell is co-producing with Warner Bros. Germany.
Maria von Heland, who wrote and directed the Egoli Tossell/Deutsche Columbia co-production "Girls Don't Cry" (2002) is penning the script. Shooting is set to start this summer in Germany and around the world. Regional funding body Mdm, which helped back "The Last Station," has put up €400,000 ($ 535,000) towards "Hector."
The Ffa also committed a half million Euros $736,000 towards the production of "7 Dwarves 3," the latest entry in the hugely successful German comedy franchise; and $670,000 for "Berlin Mitte," a high society satire from veteran director...
Katja von Garnier ("Blood and Chocolate") is directing the picture, which is based on Frank Lelord's best-selling novel about a psychiatrist who travels the world to find the secret of happiness. Egoli Tossell is co-producing with Warner Bros. Germany.
Maria von Heland, who wrote and directed the Egoli Tossell/Deutsche Columbia co-production "Girls Don't Cry" (2002) is penning the script. Shooting is set to start this summer in Germany and around the world. Regional funding body Mdm, which helped back "The Last Station," has put up €400,000 ($ 535,000) towards "Hector."
The Ffa also committed a half million Euros $736,000 towards the production of "7 Dwarves 3," the latest entry in the hugely successful German comedy franchise; and $670,000 for "Berlin Mitte," a high society satire from veteran director...
- 3/26/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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