16/09/2022 - A German-Austrian cast composed of Timocin Ziegler, Thea Ehre and Michael Sideris are to play the main characters in this story of crime and love

l-r: Bettina Brokemper, Christoph Hochhäusler, Ioana Iacob, Thea Ehre, Timocin Ziegler, Marion Wagner, Michael Sideris and Elena Lindenzweig on the set of Till the End of the Night (© Michel Dulisch/Heimatfilm)

Shooting for the new feature by German director Christoph Hochhäusler took place between May and June 2021, over a total of 31 days, in the German regions of Hessen and North Rhine-Westphalia. Till the End of the Night [+see also:
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While Hochhäusler is in charge of directing the film, Florian Plumeyer (Everybody Wants to Be Loved [+see also:
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In the thriller, everything revolves around these three characters. They are played by German actors Timocin Ziegler and Michael Sideris (Baader) as well as Austrian actress Thea Ehre. Ziegler has so far mainly acted on stage and is starting his movie career with this film. Sideris, on the other hand, is an experienced thesp, whose filmography includes a string of German film and TV productions. As for Ehre, she started her film career in 2020; she has so far acted on stage and is a committed trans activist.

The film is a production by Heimatfilm GmbH + Co KG in collaboration with TV channels WDR and ARTE. The funding of the movie has been supported by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, HessenFilm und Medien, the BKM (Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Medien) and the DFFF. Grand Film is in charge of the distribution of the movie in Germany, and The Match Factory handles its international sales. The feature will be released in the autumn of 2023.

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