Tarantino leads all-European contingent
As of today, German cinemagoers will be able to see Quentin Tarantino’s highly-anticipated German adventure, Inglourious Basterds [+see also:
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This German/US war film, the last major title released by Universal this summer, also features Brad Pitt, French actress Mélanie Laurent and a host of German stars, including Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Brühl and Til Schweiger. UPI will launch the film in Austrian theatres tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Constantin is releasing Angelo Colagrossi’s German comedy Horst Schlämmer - Isch Kandidiere! [+see also:
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In German theatres, Prometheus is launching Rudolf Thome’s Pink [+see also:
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To mark the end of summer, Movienet is releasing Thomas Kronthaler’s Write Me - Postcards to Copacabana, about a Bolivian teenager who, like her grandmother, falls for the charm of a Bavarian man. Meanwhile, Universum is launching Marie Reich’s Summertime Blues [+see also:
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In Germany, this week’s all-European line-up is completed by Erica von Moeller’s docu-fiction Fraulein Stinnes Travels the World, about an attempted round-the-world road trip in 1927 (distributed by RealFiction); and Marie Jaoul de Poncheville’s French/German co-production Tengri: Blue Heavens [+see also:
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Besides the two above-mentioned releases, also hitting Austrian screens is young French-Danish director Mia Hansen-Löve’s All Is Forgiven [+see also:
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film profile], which was presented in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight . The film is distributed by Filmladen.
(Translated from French)
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