FNE spoke to German actress Alicia von Rittberg about her films that have often been sold to CEE countries in the past years, including Fury (2014) by David Ayer, alongside Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman and Shia LaBeouf, the historical TV drama Becoming Elizabeth (2022) created by Anya Reiss, and the challenges and future of German and European cinema.
Following numerous roles in German films and television series, she came to attention outside Germany for her brief role as Emma in Fury. She also starred as Ida Lenze in the lead role in the German TV series Charité, for which she received the Bambi Award in 2017. In 2022, she starred as Elizabeth Tudor in the historical drama Becoming Elizabeth.
FNE will be following this podcast with more in our series that will focus on German films in CEE countries plus Cyprus and Malta, and our partner countries’ films screening in Germany, as well as news about coproductions and other special events.
In 2024, German Films celebrates its 70 years anniversary. The Export Union der Deutschen Filmindustrie was founded in Wiesbaden in 1954, then was renamed German Films Service + Marketing GmbH in 2004 and has successfully been promoting German feature films and filmmakers around the world.
To put a special focus on 70 years of German cinema abroad, a film programme entitled “70 Years of German Cinema – A Success Story“ has been compiled as a retrospective, curated by Alfred Holighaus, development executive and producer at REAL FILM in Berlin and NORDFILM in Kiel, who selected a mixture of 14 feature films and documentaries. The aim of this film programme is to give German cinema abroad the special attention it so rightly deserves.
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