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7 Best Shows Like Apple TV+’s ‘Chief of War’ To Watch If You Loved the Film
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Chief of War is a historical drama series co-created by Thomas Paʻa Sibbett and Jason Momoa. Based on true events, the Apple TV+ series is set in the 18th century, and it follows a Hawaiian warrior chief as he unites the warring Hawaiian islands to fight against the colonialists. Chief of War stars Jason Momoa, Luciane Buchanan, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Te Kohe Tuhaka, Brandon Finn, Siua Ikaleʻo, Mainei Kinimaka, and Roimata Fox. So, if you loved the historical setting, intense story, and compelling characters in Apple TV+’s Chief of War, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Barkskins (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Nat Geo

Barkskins is a historical drama series created by Elwood Reid. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Annie Proulx, the National Geographic series is set in the 1600s,...
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  • 8/3/2025
  • by Kulwant Singh
  • Cinema Blind
7 Best Shows Like ‘Domina’ To Watch If You Loved the Series
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Domina is a British-Italian historical drama series created by Simon Burke. The Sky Atlantic series chronicles the life of Livia Drusilla, from her early years when Julius Caesar was assassinated to her marriage to the Roman emperor Augustus, which makes way for her to become the most powerful and influential empress in the Roman Empire. Domina stars Nadia Parkes, Tom Glynn-Carney, Enzo Cilenti, Peter Campion, Darrel D’Silva, Tom Forbes, Liam Garrigan, Oliver Huntington, and Alexandra Moloney. So, if you loved the historical drama, a captivating story, and compelling characters in Domina, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Troy: Fall of a City (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Netflix

Troy: Fall of a City is a historical drama miniseries created by David Farr. Based on the Trojan War, the Netflix series revolves around...
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  • 5/11/2025
  • by Kulwant Singh
  • Cinema Blind
Amazon Cancels ‘Citadel’ Spinoffs ‘Honey Bunny’ and ‘Diana’
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“Citadel” spinoffs “Honey Bunny” and “Diana” have been canceled after one season each at Amazon MGM Studios.

Rather than continuing as individual series, the shows, which are based in India and Italy, respectively, will be woven into the mothership series’ upcoming second season, which will premiere in the second quarter of 2026.

Per its logline, Season 2 of “Citadel” will take place one month after the events of Season 1, following the spies underground as they’re being hunted by Manticore agents around the world. They’re pulled out of hiding to join forces with a new team of unconventional spies when Manticore’s Brazilian billionaire Paulo Braga threatens to unleash a cataclysmic piece of technology, built by Citadel’s own Bernard Orlick, into the world.

“While these successful and widely enjoyed international chapters will not continue as individual series, Season 2 of ‘Citadel’ will be our most exhilarating yet,” Amazon MGM Studios television...
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  • 4/16/2025
  • by Lucas Manfredi
  • The Wrap
Krank: Berlin (2025)
Berlin ER: Release Schedule of All Episodes, Plot, Cast, & Where to Watch
Krank: Berlin (2025)
Berlin ER is a gripping German medical drama that debuted on Apple TV+ on February 26, 2025. Co-created by former emergency room physician Samuel Jefferson and director Viktor Jakovleski, the series offers an unflinching look into the challenges faced by medical professionals in one of Berlin’s busiest hospitals. With a talented ensemble cast and a storyline that delves deep into both medical emergencies and personal dynamics, Berlin ER promises to be a compelling addition to the genre.

Plot Overview:

The series follows Dr. Zanna Parker, portrayed by Haley Louise Jones, who relocates from Munich to Berlin seeking a fresh start after personal upheavals. She assumes the role of head of the emergency room at a notoriously overcrowded Berlin hospital. As Dr. Parker endeavors to implement much-needed reforms, she encounters resistance from a fatigued and under-resourced staff. The narrative intricately weaves together intense medical cases with the personal struggles and relationships of the hospital team,...
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  • 3/24/2025
  • by Deepshikha Deb
  • High on Films
Berlin ER: Dr. Parker Prepares for a Complicated Surgery in Season 1, Episode 5 Clip
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Berlin ER is four episodes into the season on Apple TV+. Ahead of the premiere of episode five on the streaming platform, Cbr can unveil an exclusive sneak peek clip.

The episode, called "Side-effects," is set to premiere on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. In the episode, per the official logline, "Ben’s addiction becomes even more dangerous, whilst at the same time Zanna faces serious consequences of a decision; Emina’s family life comes crashing into Krank." The sneak peek clip, which sees Dr. Parker preparing for what seems to be a very complicated surgery, can be viewed below.

Berlin ER, also known as Krank Berlin, is a German series that's co-created by former emergency room physician turned screenwriter Samuel Jefferson alongside Viktor Jakovleski. The show stars Haley Louise Jones and Slavko Popadić (Crooks) in the lead roles, with other cast members including Şafak Şengül (Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush), Aram Tafreshian...
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  • 3/18/2025
  • by Jeremy Dick
  • CBR
When to watch every episode of Berlin ER on Apple TV+ (Release schedule)
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If you're looking for something new to watch, then Apple TV+'s new German series Berlin ER might be the next series you'll want to check out! Now that it's streaming, you may be wondering how many episodes this season will be, and when you can tune in each week. Well, we've got the ultimate streaming guide for you here.

Berlin ER premiered today, Feb. 26, 2025 with the first two episodes on Apple TV+. However going forward, you can only expect to see one new installment drop on the streamer each week until the finale of the 8-episode season. The last episode debuts Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Check out the full release schedule below!

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Co-created by former emergency room physician Samuel Jefferson, the medical drama with a hint of comedy takes us viewers into the "chaotic," "toughest," and "most overcrowded hospital" in Berlin, per the synopsis. The fact that the doctors,...
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  • 2/26/2025
  • by Aysha Ashley Househ
  • ShowSnob
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Official Trailer for 'Berlin ER' Series - Set in a Chaotic Berlin Hospital
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"Under paid. Under staffed. Over worked. Welcome to the Krank."...
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  • 2/7/2025
  • by Alex Billington
  • firstshowing.net
Dark comedy meets medical drama in Apple TV+'s Berlin ER (Trailer)
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Upcoming Apple TV+ German series Berlin ER is giving me a mix of Grey's Anatomy on ABC and St. Denis Medical on NBC vibes, thanks to the trailer. The show definitely feels like a dark comedy-medical drama already, and I'm here for it.

Berlin ER premieres Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 with the first two episodes on Apple TV+. After that, you can expect to see one new installment weekly until the finale on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. There's a total of 8 episodes in the season. Ready to check out what it's all about? We shared the trailer below!

Why Berlin ER is the next show we'll be watching

There's a good number of shows that portray an underfunded workplace. This format has been working really well for series' like Superstore and Abbott Elementary. And now Berlin ER is doing the same with this being one part of the story. Though there's also the intense hospital system,...
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  • 2/7/2025
  • by Aysha Ashley Househ
  • ShowSnob
La nueva serie médica de Apple TV+, ‘Krank: Berlín al Límite’ estrena tráiler.
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Co-creada por un exmédico de urgencias. © Apple TV+

Apple TV+ ha presentado el tráiler de Krank: Berlín al límite, su nueva serie médica alemana co-creada por el ex-médico de urgencias Samuel Jefferson junto con Viktor Jakovleski.

Gestionar una caótica sala de urgencias en el hospital más duro y masificado de Berlín no es una tarea fácil para la joven doctora Parker, que busca un nuevo comienzo en la ciudad después de que su vida en Múnich se fuera al garete. Mientras intenta llevar a cabo las reformas necesarias, Parker se enfrenta a la resistencia del personal del hospital, mal pagado, mal equipado y crónicamente cansado, que sólo sobrevive gracias a una imprescindible dosis de humor negro. Pero ante un sistema sanitario cada vez más precario, el maltrecho equipo debe dejar a un lado sus diferencias y unirse para salvar vidas.

La serie de ocho episodios está protagonizada por Haley Louise Jones,...
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  • 2/5/2025
  • by Marta Medina
  • mundoCine
Berlin ER Trailer and Key Art Revealed by Apple TV+
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Today, Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for the gritty new German-language series Berlin ER, the fast-paced drama co-created by former emergency room physician turned screenwriter Samuel Jefferson with Viktor Jakovleski.

Starring Haley Louise Jones and Slavko Popadić (Crooks), the complex eight-episode drama will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on February 26 with the first two episodes, followed by one episode weekly every Wednesday through April 9.

Managing a chaotic emergency room in the toughest and most overcrowded hospital in Berlin is no small task for the young Dr. Parker (Jones), who is seeking a fresh start in the big city after her private life implodes in Munich.

When she tries to implement necessary reforms, Parker is confronted with resistance from the underpaid, ill-equipped and chronically fatigued hospital staff who only survive with an indispensable dose of black humor.

But in the face of an increasingly merciless healthcare system, the battered team must...
See full article at Vital Thrills
  • 2/4/2025
  • by Mirko Parlevliet
  • Vital Thrills
‘Berlin ER’: Apple Drops Trailer For New German Language Medical Drama Premiering Feb. 26
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Updated: Apple has dropped the trailer for its upcoming, German-language medical drama Berlin ER from Samuel Jefferson and Viktor Jakovleski. Premiering Haley Louise Jones and Slavko Popadić, it will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, Feb. 26 with the first two episodes, followed by one episode weekly.

Previously: A new ER is expected to open its doors on Apple: The streamer has set a February 26 premiere date for Berlin ER, a German-language medical drama co-created by former emergency room physician-turned-screenwriter Samuel Jefferson, together with Viktor Jakovleski.

Here’s the official logline for the eight-episode series: managing a chaotic emergency room in the toughest and most overcrowded hospital in Berlin is no small task for the young Dr. Parker (Haley Louise Jones of Dear Child), who is seeking a fresh start in the big city after her private life implodes in Munich. When she tries to implement necessary reforms, Parker is...
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  • 2/4/2025
  • by Lynette Rice
  • Deadline Film + TV
4 New Movies & TV Shows on Apple TV+ in February 2025
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Apple TV+ entered into the streaming game pretty late, but because of the quality of their originals, they are quickly becoming everybody’s favorite. After the success of shows like Ted Lasso and Slow Horses, the Apple-owned streaming service shows no signs of slowing down. It releases new brilliant TV shows and movies every month to expand its impressive content library. So, here are the best new movies and shows coming to Apple TV+ in February 2025.

Love You to Death Season 1 (February 5) Credit – Apple TV+

Love You to Death is an upcoming Spanish romantic comedy-drama series created by Dani de la Orden. The Apple TV+ series follows Raúl, a cautious young man who is diagnosed with heart cancer and dumped by his girlfriend. He soon reconnects with his free-spirited childhood friend Marta, who just found out that she is pregnant.
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  • 1/26/2025
  • by Kulwant Singh
  • Cinema Blind
Berlin ER Apple TV+ Launch Date Announced
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Today, Apple TV+ revealed the premiere date for Berlin ER (formerly known as “Krank Berlin”), the upcoming edgy German-language medical drama co-created by former emergency room physician-turned-screenwriter Samuel Jefferson together with Viktor Jakovleski.

The dynamic eight-episode series will make its global debut with the first two episodes on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 on Apple TV+, followed by one episode weekly on Wednesdays through April 9, 2025.

In the series, managing a chaotic emergency room in the toughest and most overcrowded hospital in Berlin is no small task for the young Dr. Parker (Haley Louise Jones), who is seeking a fresh start in the big city after her private life implodes in Munich.

When she tries to implement necessary reforms, Parker is confronted with resistance from the underpaid, ill-equipped and chronically fatigued hospital staff who only survive with an indispensable dose of black humor.

But in the face of an increasingly merciless health care system,...
See full article at Vital Thrills
  • 12/4/2024
  • by Mirko Parlevliet
  • Vital Thrills
Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Citadel (2023)
Citadel: Diana – Complete Cast & Characters Guide of the Prime Video Series
Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Citadel (2023)
The highly anticipated Italian spin-off of Citadel, titled Citadel: Diana, premiered on Prime Video on October 10, 2024. Expanding the universe of the Russo Brothers’ 2023 spy-thriller Citadel, this new series brings a fresh storyline and a diverse international cast to the forefront. Set in a futuristic 2030 Milan, Citadel: Diana introduces undercover agents played by a dedicated cast, hidden moles, and powerful crime syndicates, all while adding a unique Italian flavor to the global Citadel saga.

Here’s a comprehensive look at the cast and their characters in Citadel: Diana:

Citadel: Diana Main Cast & Characters: Matilda De Angelis as Diana Cavalieri

Born in Bologna, Italy, Matilda De Angelis has gained recognition for roles in films like Rose Island and The Law According to Lidia Poёt. In Citadel: Diana, she plays the titular character Diana, an undercover Citadel agent who must navigate the world of the Manticore organization while trapped behind enemy lines.
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  • 10/16/2024
  • by Naveed Zahir
  • High on Films
Citadel: Diana and 9 other shows on Prime Video to add to your streaming watch-list in October 2024
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Are you eager for something new to watch? Thankfully the new month means new additions to the streamers, including Prime Video. This time around we've got quite a few shows to get excited about. There's Citadel: Diana and 9 other shows to add to your streaming watch-list in October 2024:

The Legend of Vox Machina, Oct. 3Killer Cakes, Oct. 8Citadel: Diana, Oct. 10Beyond Black Beauty, Oct. 15Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? (game show), Oct. 16The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, Oct. 17The Devil's Hour season 2, Oct. 18The Pasta Queen, Oct. 24Like a Dragon: Yakuza, Oct. 24Buy It Now (game show), Oct. 30

Read on below as we highlight the two shows we think you should check out if you're crunched on time!

Citadel: Diana

Stream on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024

A new binge-watch is coming our way on Prime Video, and that's Citadel: Diana! This is a spin-off of the first show that came out,...
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  • 10/2/2024
  • by Aysha Ashley Househ
  • ShowSnob
“Citadel: Diana”
“Citadel: Diana” is a new Italian-produced futuristic live-action ‘spy’ TV series , directed by Arnaldo Catinari, starring Matilda De Angelis, Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Julia Piaton, Thekla Reuten, Giordana Faggiano, Daniele Paoloni, Bernhard Schütz and Filippo Nigro, streaming October 10, 2024 on Amazon Prime Video:

“…Milan, 2030: Eight years ago, the independent global spy agency ‘Citadel’ was destroyed by the powerful enemy syndicate, ‘Manticore’.

“Since then, ‘Diana Cavalieri’ (De Angelis), an undercover Citadel agent, is alone, trapped behind enemy lines as a mole in Manticore.

“When she finally sees a way out and the chance to disappear forever, the only way to do so is by trusting a most unexpected ally: ‘Edo Zani’ (Cervasio), the heir of Manticore Italy and the son of boss ‘Ettore Zani’ (Lombardi), who's vying for leadership against the other European families…”

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  • 9/13/2024
  • by Unknown
  • SneakPeek
Citadel: Diana: Prime Video Releases Trailer and Premiere Date for New Spy Series
Citadel: Diana has its premiere date. The Citadel spin-off series will arrive on Prime Video next month. The streaming service announced the series premiere date with the release of a new trailer. Six episodes have been produced and will be released all at once next month.

Matilda De Angelis, Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Julia Piaton, Thekla Reuten, Giordana Faggiano, Daniele Paoloni, Bernhard Schütz, and Filippo Nigro star in the spy drama, which will center on a Citadel agent trapped behind enemy lines and looking for a way out.

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  • 9/12/2024
  • by TVSeriesFinale.com
  • TVSeriesFinale.com
‘Citadel: Diana’ Has Matilda De Angelis Double Crossing and Taking Names in First Trailer
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Prepare for more double crossing, high-stakes fights and nervous breakdowns because Amazon Prime Video has dropped the first trailer for “Citadel: Diana,” the latest thriller set in the “Citadel” universe. All six episodes of the series will premiere on the streamer globally on Oct. 10.

“I’m not going to be done with this until I know why they died. I’m not going to stop,” Diana Cavalieri (Matilda De Angelis) says in the first moments of the trailer. That’s how “Citadel” introduces viewers to the tragic death of Diana’s parents. Naturally, that loss leads Diana to do what any one of us would: partner with a mysterious man to become an awesome spy in order to enact revenge.

The rest of the video is filled with high-octane shots of Diana embracing her spy double life, from unveiling a fresh and aggressively chic look to beating up a man...
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  • 9/11/2024
  • by Kayla Cobb
  • The Wrap
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Italy's Action Series 'Citadel: Diana' Trailer #2 with Matilda De Angelis
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"The ones in power are manipulating our lives. We are their pawns." So then how do we stop the "ones in power"? Prime Video has revealed the full official trailer for a series called Citadel: Diana, the next spin-off that's part of the "global Citadel universe." Ready for streaming in October this fall. Some may recall last year Prime Video launched a spy action thriller series called Citadel, starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. It was created as part of a global universe of series related to Citadel. Here's the next one - an Italy spin-off, created & filmed entirely in Italy, starring the talented Italian actress Matilda De Angelis as Diana Cavalieri. This is set in the future in 2030, after the fall of Citadel, as she gets involved in competing European crime syndicates. The cast also includes actors Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Julia Piaton, Thekla Reuten, Giordana Faggiano, Bernhard Schütz,...
See full article at firstshowing.net
  • 9/11/2024
  • by Alex Billington
  • firstshowing.net
Matilda De Angelis in Citadel: Diana (2024)
Citadel: Diana: The new recruit brings the action in the latest trailer for the Russo Brothers series
Matilda De Angelis in Citadel: Diana (2024)
The new season of the spy-thriller series from the Russo brothers has just released a new trailer. Citadel: Diana, another chapter of the Citadel franchise, will be streaming on Prime Video starting October 10 and Amazon MGM Studios has dropped a new look that shows the lead actress, Matilda De Angelis, get into multiple scuffles while taking on the world of the independent global spy agency. The final episode of Citadel included a post-credits teaser trailer for Citadel: Diana. Citadel: Diana was created, produced, and filmed in Italy.

The official synopsis reads,

“Diana is set in Milan in 2030, where eight years ago, spy agency Citadel was destroyed by the powerful enemy syndicate, Manticore. Since then, Diana Cavalieri (De Angelis), an undercover Citadel agent, is alone, trapped behind enemy lines as a mole in Manticore. When she finally sees a way out and the chance to disappear forever, the only way to...
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  • 9/11/2024
  • by EJ Tangonan
  • JoBlo.com
Citadel: Diana Trailer and Key Art Debut
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Prime Video has debuted the action-packed trailer and official key art for Citadel: Diana, the Italian series born from the world of Citadel, produced by Cattleya—part of ITV Studios—and Amazon MGM Studios, and executive produced by the Russo Brothers’ Agbo. All six episodes of the new spy series will debut exclusively on Prime Video globally on October 10.

Citadel: Diana stars Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing) in a tour de force performance as the central character and also features an international cast, including Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Julia Piaton, Thekla Reuten, Giordana Faggiano, Daniele Paoloni, Bernhard Schütz, and Filippo Nigro

Citadel: Diana is directed by Arnaldo Catinari and developed by Alessandro Fabbri, the head writer who wrote the series with Ilaria Bernardini, Gianluca Bernardini, Laura Colella, and Giordana Mari. Citadel: Diana is produced by Amazon MGM Studios with Cattleya (ZeroZeroZero) and showrunner and executive producer Gina Gardini.

Riccardo Tozzi,...
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  • 9/11/2024
  • by Mirko Parlevliet
  • Vital Thrills
‘Citadel: Diana’ Trailer: Prime Video’s Italian Installment Stars Matilda De Angelis as an Undercover Agent Behind Enemy Lines
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Prime Video has released a high-octane trailer for its spy series “Citadel: Diana,” starring Italy’s Matilda De Angelis (“The Undoing”) as Diana Cavalieri, an undercover Citadel agent fighting against an enemy syndicate set in a near-future Milan.

The six-episode show – which marks the streamer’s most ambitious Italian original to date – is the country’s installment of Prime Video’s high-concept “Citadel” franchise that debuted in April 2023. The series is meant to serve as a launch pad for multiple shows set in different countries that are all connected via plot and characters.

De Angelis, a rising Italian star, made her international breakthrough in Susanne Bier’s “The Undoing,” alongside Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. She also appeared with Liev Schrieber in the Ernest Hemingway adaptation “Across the River and Into the Trees,” directed by Paula Ortiz.

“Citadel: Diana” takes place in 2030 Milan where, eight years earlier, the independent global...
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  • 9/11/2024
  • by Nick Vivarelli
  • Variety Film + TV
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First Teaser for Spin-Off Series 'Citadel: Diana' with Matilda De Angelis
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"You'll have them recruit you. You'll become one of them." Prime Video has unveiled a teaser trailer for the series called Citadel: Diana, the next spin-off that's part of the "global Citadel universe." Some of you (anyone?) may recall that last year Prime Video launched a spy action thriller series called Citadel, starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. While there were no details at the time, they said it is part of a global universe of series related to Citadel. Here's the next one - an Italy spin-off, created & filmed entirely in Italy, starring Italian actress Matilda De Angelis as Diana Cavalieri. This is set in the future in 2030, after the fall of Citadel, as she gets involved in competing European crime syndicates. The cast also includes actors Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Julia Piaton, Thekla Reuten, Giordana Faggiano, Bernhard Schütz, and Filippo Nigro. The Italian original, Citadel: Diana, is...
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  • 7/16/2024
  • by Alex Billington
  • firstshowing.net
Matilda De Angelis in Citadel: Diana (2024)
Citadel: Diana gets a new trailer as the new Russo Brothers Prime Video series heads to Italy
Matilda De Angelis in Citadel: Diana (2024)
The new season of the spy-thriller series from the Russo brothers has just released a new trailer. Citadel: Diana will be streaming on Prime Video starting October 10 and Amazon MGM Studios has dropped a new look that shows the lead actress, Matilda De Angelis, on her task of taking on the world of the independent global spy agency. The final episode of Citadel included a post-credits teaser trailer for Citadel: Diana. Citadel: Diana was created, produced, and filmed in Italy.

The synopsis, according to Deadline, reads,

“Diana is set in Milan in 2030, where eight years ago, spy agency Citadel was destroyed by the powerful enemy syndicate, Manticore. Since then, Diana Cavalieri (De Angelis), an undercover Citadel agent, is alone, trapped behind enemy lines as a mole in Manticore. When she finally sees a way out and the chance to disappear forever, the only way to do so is trusting the most unexpected ally,...
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  • 7/16/2024
  • by EJ Tangonan
  • JoBlo.com
Citadel: Diana Teaser and Premiere Date Revealed
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Prime Video has unveiled the new teaser trailer and photos for Citadel: Diana, the Italian series set within the world of Citadel, and announced that all six episodes of the new spy series produced by Cattleya—part of ITV Studios—and Amazon MGM Studios, and executive produced by the Russo Brothers’ Agbo, will debut exclusively on Prime Video globally on October 10.

Citadel: Diana stars Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing) as the central character and also features an international cast, including Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Julia Piaton, Thekla Reuten, Giordana Faggiano, Daniele Paoloni, Bernhard Schütz, and Filippo Nigro.

Matilda De Angelis as Diana Cavalieri

Citadel: Diana is directed by Arnaldo Catinari and developed by Alessandro Fabbri, the head writer who wrote the series with Ilaria Bernardini, Gianluca Bernardini, Laura Colella, and Giordana Mari. Citadel: Diana is produced by Amazon MGM Studios with Cattleya (ZeroZeroZero)—part of ITV Studios—and showrunner and executive producer Gina Gardini.
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  • 7/16/2024
  • by Mirko Parlevliet
  • Vital Thrills
‘Citadel: Diana’ Reveals October Premiere Date and Plot Details as Prime Video Unveils Italy Slate
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Prime Video on Monday unveiled teaser footage, plot details and an Oct. 10 launch date for “Citadel: Diana,” the hotly anticipated spy show starring Matilda De Angelis (“The Undoing”) that is part of the “Citadel” franchise.

Details of “Citadel: Diana” – which marks the streamer’s most ambitious Italian original to date – were unveiled during a gala evening presentation of Prime Video’s Italian slate held in the palatial Villa Miani on a hill overlooking the Eternal City.

The six-episode series is set in a near-future Milan, in 2030, where eight years earlier the independent global spy agency Citadel was wiped out by Manticore, the powerful enemy syndicate that manipulates the world from the shadows. Since then, Diana Cavalieri (De Angelis) – who is an undercover Citadel agent – is alone, “trapped behind enemy lines as a mole in Manticore,” as the provided synopsis puts it.

When Diana finally sees a way out and the chance to disappear forever,...
See full article at Variety Film + TV
  • 7/15/2024
  • by Nick Vivarelli
  • Variety Film + TV
Hospital Drama Krank Berlin Is Coming to Apple TV+
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Today, Apple TV+ announced, in partnership with ZDFneo, the new fast-paced, eight-episode medical drama Krank Berlin from Violet Pictures and Real Film Berlin, co-created by former emergency room physician turned screenwriter Samuel Jefferson and Viktor Jakovleski.

Krank Berlin stars Haley Louise Jones as Dr. Parker and Slavko Popadić (Crooks), alongside an ensemble cast including Şafak Şengül (Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush), Aram Tafreshian (Dogs of Berlin), Samirah Breuer (The Gryphon), Bernhard Schütz (Barbarians), and Peter Lohmeyer (I don’t work here).

Managing a chaotic emergency room in the toughest and most overcrowded hospital in Berlin is no small task for the young Dr. Parker, who is seeking a fresh start in the big city after her private life implodes in Munich.

When she tries to implement necessary reforms, Parker is confronted with resistance from the underpaid, ill-equipped, and chronically fatigued hospital staff, who survive only with an indispensable dose of black humor.
See full article at Vital Thrills
  • 6/25/2024
  • by Mirko Parlevliet
  • Vital Thrills
Apple TV+ Joins Zdf On Medical Drama ‘Krank Berlin’
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Exclusive: Apple TV+ has boarded the fast-paced German medical drama Krank Berlin.

Apple has joined ZDFneo on the eight-part series, which is from Violet Pictures and Real Film Berlin and co-created by former British emergency room physician turned screenwriter Samuel Jefferson and Brimstone and Glory maker Viktor Jakovleski. Apple will take global rights, with pubcaster Zdf showing it in Germany.

The show stars Haley Louise Jones, who recently appeared in Netflix Germany breakout series Dear Child. She plays Dr. Parker, a young medic managing a a chaotic emergency room in the toughest and most overcrowded hospital in Berlin while seeking a fresh start after her private life implodes in Munich.

Trying to implement necessary reforms, she meets resistance from the underpaid, poorly equipped and chronically fatigued hospital staff who only survive with an indispensable dose of black humor. But in the face of an increasingly merciless healthcare system, the battered...
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  • 6/25/2024
  • by Jesse Whittock
  • Deadline Film + TV
Thusnelda: Who The Barbarians Germanic Warrior Was In Real Life Explained
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Thusnelda in Netflix's Barbarians is based on a real-life Germanic noblewoman from the Cherusci tribe, but her portrayal as a warrior and powerful figure is fictionalized for the series. Barbarians incorporates real historical figures like Thusnelda, Arminius, Segestes, and Segimer to bring authenticity to the story, despite some inaccuracies in the facts. Though the real Thusnelda was a victim of war and violence, her fictional counterpart in Barbarians portrays her as a strong and influential character, playing a significant role in the depicted history and relationships.

The Germanic warrior Thusnelda (Jeanne Goursaud) in Netflix’s Barbarians is actually based on a real-life figure. Barbarians is a German-language historical war drama that takes a fictionalized look at the Roman Empire’s invasion of Germania at the start of the first millennium. Arminius (Laurence Rupp) is a member of the Cherusci tribe but was sent to Rome as a hostage when he was young.
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  • 9/10/2023
  • by Zachary Moser
  • ScreenRant
Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Citadel (2023)
Citadel: Diana teaser sets up the next stage of the Citadel Spyverse
Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Citadel (2023)
All six episodes of the first season of Citadel are now streaming on Prime Video, but the Citadel Spyverse is just beginning. The final episode of Citadel included a post-credits teaser trailer for Citadel: Diana, a spinoff series starring Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing) as the central character.

Citadel: Diana was created, produced, and filmed in Italy, with production wrapping up earlier this year. The teaser for Citadel: Diana states that the spinoff series will drop on Prime Video in 2024, where it will be available in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Related Citadel: Diana: First-look at the spin-off of the Citadel spy universe

Citadel: Diana was directed by Arnaldo Catinari and developed by Alessandro Fabbri, who also serves as head writer and penned the series with Ilaria Bernardini, Laura Colella, Gianluca Bernardini, and Giordana Mari. In addition to Matilda De Angelis, the cast of Citadel: Diana also includes Lorenzo Cervasio,...
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  • 6/1/2023
  • by Kevin Fraser
  • JoBlo.com
Prime Video's Citadel Is Getting Its First Spin-Off
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Amazon Prime Video is expanding its big, global spy franchise "Citadel" with the conclusion of the show's first season. Not only is the main series — which hails from "Avengers: Endgame" directors Joe and Anthony Russo — getting a second season, but the first spin-off has officially been revealed in the form of "Citadel: Diana." What's more, the spin-off has already been filmed and is due to arrive next year.

While we won't get into spoilers here, those who watched the "Citadel" season 1 finale on Prime Video were treated to a post-credits teaser that teed up the ball for the new show, offering a look at the next chapter in the company's so-called "Spyverse." A universe that they spent an absolutely absurd amount of money on, it should be noted. Though it's also supposedly quite popular, according to the company's own calculations.

In any event, Matilda De Angelis ("The Undoing") is set to headline "Diana,...
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  • 5/26/2023
  • by Ryan Scott
  • Slash Film
Italian Chapter Of ‘Citadel’ Spyverse Franchise Gets Official Title, First-Look At Lead Matilda De Angelis
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The next chapter in the Russo Brothers’ global spy thriller Citadel now has an official title and a first-look photo of its lead, Matilda de Angelis.

Citadel: Diana was locally created, produced, and filmed in Italy, with production wrapping earlier this year.

Plot details are not being revealed, but a tease of the new installment in the Citadel Spyverse franchise is featured at the end of the Season 1 finale of the mothership series, which drops today on Prime Video.

Along with De Angelis, cast of Citadel: Diana includes Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Julia Piaton, Thekla Reuten, Daniele Paoloni, Bernhard Schütz, and Filippo Nigro.

The series comes from ITV Studios’ Cattleya (ZeroZeroZero) and showrunner and executive producer Gina Gardini, with Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, and Giovanni Stabilini also serving as executive producers and Emanuele Savoini as co-executive producer. Agbo’s Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Ostot, Scott Nemes, and...
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  • 5/26/2023
  • by Denise Petski
  • Deadline Film + TV
Citadel: Diana: First-look at the spin-off of the Citadel spy universe
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As reported recently, Citadel has garnered the second-largest international audience for Prime Video (while The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is the streamer’s biggest) and has enthusiastically been renewed for a second season with Joe Russo on board to direct all the episodes. As veterans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Russos are no strangers to expanded universes. Today, Prime Video has given us the first peek at a new chapter of the Citadel spy universe with the spin-off Citadel: Diana.

Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing) will be starring in Citadel: Diana as the central character in the forthcoming series. According to Prime Video, “following the finale episode, a post-credits teaser of Citadel: Diana reveals an exciting look at what’s to come as the Citadel Spyverse expands with the next chapter. Citadel: Diana was locally created, produced, and filmed in Italy, with production wrapping earlier this year.
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  • 5/26/2023
  • by EJ Tangonan
  • JoBlo.com
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‘Citadel’ Continues with Season 2 and ‘Citadel: Diana’
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Matilda De Angelis stars in Prime Video’s ‘Citadel: Diana’

Prime Video’s released details on the second chapter in the Citadel franchise, Citadel: Diana, just as the first chapter of the spy franchise wraps up its first season. Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico) lead the cast of chapter one, and Matilda De Angelis (The Undoing) is at the center of the upcoming new Citadel story.

Citadel: Diana completed filming in Italy earlier this year. Developed by head writer Alessandro Fabbri, Citadel: Diana was directed by Arnaldo Catinari, with executive producer Gina Gardini as showrunner. In addition to Matilda De Angelis, the cast includes Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Julia Piaton, Thekla Reuten, Daniele Paoloni, Bernhard Schütz, and Filippo Nigro.

The first chapter in the expansive Citadel world premiered on April 28, 2023, and Prime Video is targeting a 2024 launch for chapter two.

Prime Video also announced Citadel...
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  • 5/26/2023
  • by Rebecca Murray
  • Showbiz Junkies
Prime Video Announces First Citadel Spinoff
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Prime Video's Citadel "Spyverse" is set to expand in 2024 with the premiere of Citadel: Diana, a spinoff series set against the backdrop of Italy.

The Season 1 finale of the Russo Brothers' Citadel arrives on Prime Video today, May 26. To mark the occasion, the Amazon-owned streaming platform has announced Citadel: Diana, the globetrotting spy thriller's first of many planned international spinoffs. Prime Video has also revealed a first-look teaser image for Diana, featuring Matilda De Angelis as the spinoff's lead character.

Related: Citadel: The Russo Brothers' Ultra Expensive Spy Series Is an International Hit

"The Season One finale of Citadel, starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, drops today on Prime Video," the streamer said in a release. "The first series in the Spyverse global franchise wraps its first season with huge twists and nail-biting reveals, as the agents of Citadel discover the identity of the mole who brought down the...
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  • 5/26/2023
  • by Noah Dominguez
  • CBR
Matilda De Angelis Cast To Lead Italian Chapter Of Russo Brothers’ Prime Video Series ‘Citadel’ — Mia Market
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Prime Video has sent the Italian instalment of the Russo Brothers’ global sci-fi event series Citadel into production and cast Matilda de Angelis as its lead, as Amazon Italy execs today touted the streamer’s local growth here at the Mia Market in Rome.

De Angelis recently made her international breakthrough in Susanne Bier’s limited series The Undoing, alongside Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. It won her the Grandi Serie Silver Ribbon Award for the International Performance of the Year in 2021.

The Italian Citadel, currently untitled and part of Prime Video and Agbo’s expansive spy series, is being produced in Italy by ITV Studios-owned Cattleya.

Additional cast includes Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Thekla Reuten, Julian Piaton, Filippo Nigro and Bernhard Schütz. Arnaldo Catinari (Suburra: Blood on Rome) is directing and Alessandro Fabbri is head writer. Gina Gardini is showrunner.

Cattleya’s Riccardo Tozzi,...
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  • 10/12/2022
  • by Jesse Whittock
  • Deadline Film + TV
Russo Brothers’ Amazon Multi-Series ‘Citadel’ Starts Production in Italy, Matilda De Angelis Cast as Lead
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Production is underway in Italy on the Italian instalment of Prime Video’s global “Citadel” spy thriller franchise, produced by the Russo Brothers, with Matilda De Angelis cast as the lead.

De Angelis, a rising Italian star, made her international breakthrough in Susanne Bier’s “The Undoing,” alongside Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. She more recently appeared with Liev Schrieber in the Ernest Hemingway adaptation “Across The River and Into The Trees,” directed by Paula Ortiz.

The “Citadel” start-of-production in Italy and casting announcement was made at Rome’s Mia content market during an Amazon Studios panel.

The previously announced Italian leg of the Amazon event series — which has a U.S.-based “mothership” show as well as offshoot instalments in India, Mexico and Italy — is being directed by Arnaldo Catinari (“Suburra: Blood on Rome”) and written by Alessandro Fabbri who is also the head writer.

Prominent Italian shingle Cattleya,...
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  • 10/12/2022
  • by Nick Vivarelli
  • Variety Film + TV
Barbarians (2020) Teaser Trailer: The Teutoburg Forest Battle between Germanic Tribes & Rome is Brought to Life [Netflix]
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Barbarians Trailer — Netflix‘s Barbarians (2020) teaser trailer has been released and stars Gaetano Aronica, Bence Ferenczi, Jeanne Goursaud, Tibor Milos Krisko, Jeremy Miliker, Laurence Rupp, David Schütter, Bernhard Schütz, Eva Verena Müller, and Sergej Onopko. Crew Barbara Eder and Steve Saint Leger directed the episodes for this TV series. Plot Synopsis Barbarians‘ plot synopsis: “During the [...]

Continue reading: Barbarians (2020) Teaser Trailer: The Teutoburg Forest Battle between Germanic Tribes & Rome is Brought to Life [Netflix]...
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  • 9/27/2020
  • by Rollo Tomasi
  • Film-Book
Peter Meister is readying The Black Square - Production / Funding - Germany
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The German filmmaker’s black comedy will star Bernhard Schütz and Sandra Hüller. German filmmaker Peter Meister is ready to make his feature debut with the comedy The Black Square. Penned by Meister himself, the script received the Tankred-Dorst screenwriting award in 2018. The story follows Vincent, a struggling art thief and failed artist, who steals Kazimir Malevich’s famous abstract painting ‘Black Square’ and fraudulently embarks on a cruise ship together with his younger partner Nils. It is there that they intend to sell the painting to a Russian oligarch and his art expert Martha. When Vincent and Nils discover that the two men they overpowered in order to make their way onboard are in fact cruise entertainers, they are forced to assume the roles of David Bowie and Elvis Presley impersonators. Soon, however, the crew discover their true identities and a wild chase for the painting begins. The cast of.
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  • 8/26/2020
  • Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Shirel Peleg readying the romantic comedy Kiss Me Before It Blows Up - Production / Funding - Germany
Peleg’s debut feature, shot in Tel Aviv earlier this year, will depict romantic misadventures that cross all borders. With dialogue in four languages, Shirel Peleg’s debut feature, Kiss Me Before It Blows Up, will depict romantic misadventures that cross all borders, showing what happens when two generations of Israeli women, a niece and a grandmother, fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, respectively. With a script written by Peleg herself, Kiss Me Before It Blows Up is a romantic misadventure crossing all borders, revolving around a subversive love story between clashing cultures and families. When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos ensues. What happens to lovers who don't fit but do belong together? The cast of the upcoming feature includes Moran Rosenblatt,Luise Wolfram, Juliane Köhler, Bernhard Schütz, Rivka Michaeli, Salim Daw, Irit Kaplan, Eyal...
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  • 10/24/2019
  • Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Scream Queens: Cancelled? Keke Palmer Joins Season Two of Berlin Station on Epix
Is this another sign that the Scream Queens TV show will be cancelled, rather than renewed for season three on Fox? Series regular Keke Palmer is joining season two of the Berlin Station TV series on Epix. While the news isn't yet up on the Epix press site, reportedly Palmer will be a Berlin Station series regular. Last week, we reported Scream Queens star Lea Michele had been released from her Fox series contract.A spy drama, season one of Berlin Station premiered on Epix, on October 16, 2017. Richard Armitage stars as CIA agent Daniel Miller, on assignment in Berlin, Germany. Rhys Ifans, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes, Leland Orser, Tamlyn Tomita, Roger Ringrose, and Bernhard Schütz also star.Read More…...
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  • 2/28/2017
  • by TVSeriesFinale.com
  • TVSeriesFinale.com
Sundance 2017 Winners Include ‘I don’t feel at home in this world anymore.’ and ‘Dina’
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is coming to a close with tonight’s awards ceremony. While we’ll have our personal favorites coming early this week, the jury and audience have responded with theirs, topped by Macon Blair‘s I don’t feel at home in this world anymore., which will arrive on Netflix in late February, and the documentary Dina. Check out the full list of winners below see our complete coverage here.

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Larry Wilmore to:

Dina / U.S.A. (Directors: Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini) — An eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door-greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Peter Dinklage to:

I don’t feel at home in this world anymore. / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Macon Blair) — When a depressed woman is burglarized, she...
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  • 1/29/2017
  • by Jordan Raup
  • The Film Stage
Film Review: Axolotl Overkill: Does Anyone Ever Really Grow Up? [Sundance 2017]
Axelotl Overkill Review Axelotl Overkill (2017), Film Review from the 33rd Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Helene Hegemann, starring Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Arly Jover, Laura Tonke, Mavie Hörbiger, Hans Löw, and Bernhard Schütz. How is it that a film can be simultaneously provocative yet entirely boring? First-time director Helene Hegemann has mastered the art in this deliberately vague […]...
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  • 1/21/2017
  • by Drew Stelter
  • Film-Book
Exclusive clip: Turkish bath deal made for Thomas Shaw on Berlin Station
Berlin Station is getting downright steamy this week. Our exclusive clip sees Steven Frost (Richard Jenkins), the hardened veteran of the Cold War who serves as the CIA’s Chief of the Berlin Station, have a Turkish Bath meeting to make a deal with Hans Richter (Bernhard Schütz). As the clip starts, Hans is already in his sweaty groove, sitting at the edge of the bath as Frost approaches. Having come closer to proving that Hector is in fact “Thomas Shaw”, Frost makes a deal to give up Shaw and hand him over to Hans in exchange for protection. The deal...read more...
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  • 12/4/2016
  • by April Neale
  • Monsters and Critics
Epix Series ‘Berlin Station’ Adds Four To Cast
Tamlyn Tomita (Resurrection, The Day After Tomorrow), Leland Orser (Ray Donovan), Richard Dillane (Wolf Hall, The Dark Knight), and Bernhard Schütz (A Most Wanted Man) have rounded out the cast of Berlin Station, Epix 's contemporary spy series from Paramount TV and Anonymous Content. The 10-part series is shooting in Berlin for premiere in fall 2016 on Epix. Berlin Station follows Daniel Meyer (Richard Armitage), a newly anointed case officer who has arrived at the CIA…...
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  • 11/13/2015
  • Deadline TV
An island tale by Anne-Katrin Titze
Novelist/screenwriter, Christian Kracht, gives a Paddington hard stare before his conversation on Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas with Daniel Bowles and Anne-Katrin Titze Photo: David Netto

Douglas Sirk's penultimate film before emigrating from Germany to Hollywood, La Habanera (1937), with Zarah Leander and Ferdinand Marian battling "Puerto Rico fever", fits right in with the mood of Imperium, throwing geography and time frames to the wind. Jan Ole Gerster, the director of A Coffee In Berlin (Oh Boy!) is attached with Tom Schilling (as South Sea savior of a sort, August Engelhardt) to the filming of Christian Kracht's German best-seller.

In 2013, at the Montréal World Film Festival, Frauke Finsterwalder's Finsterworld, co-written by Christian Kracht, had its international premiere. The first-rate ensemble cast includes Ronald Zehrfeld and Michael Maertens (both starring in Christian Petzold's latest, Phoenix), Margit Carstensen (of Rainer Werner Fassbinder fame), Sandra Hüller,...
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  • 7/24/2015
  • by Anne-Katrin Titze
  • eyeforfilm.co.uk
Interview with Anton Corbijn about A Most Wanted Man
A Most Wanted Man director Anton Corbijn on Philip Seymour Hoffman getting it right: "When we had done a take and he wasn't sure he didn't want to look at the monitor, he would just listen." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man, with a script by Andrew Bovell, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Nina Hoss (star of Christian Petzold's Barbara) and Grigoriy Dobrygin. Anton and I spoke about his supporting cast: Bernhard Schütz, terrific in Frauke Finsterwalder's Finsterworld, Martin Wuttke, Adolf Hitler in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, and Herbert Grönemeyer, who played Ian Curtis's doctor in Corbijn's debut feature Control and is the composer for The American and Anton's latest. Homayoun Ershadi, known for his work with Abbas Kiarostami rounds out the superb cast. We also discussed Wim Wenders' The American Friend and the character of Hamburg.
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  • 7/24/2014
  • by Anne-Katrin Titze
  • eyeforfilm.co.uk
Frauke Finsterwalder and Christian Kracht in conversation on Finsterworld
Finsterworld's Christian Kracht and Frauke Finsterwalder with Anne-Katrin Titze in New York

On a sunny morning on Broadway, high above Houston Street, I met with filmmaker Frauke Finsterwalder and her co-screenwriter, author Christian Kracht, to speak about their intricately constructed Finsterworld. We discussed why the film could only have been written from outside, childhood obsessions allowed to artists, fairy tale houses made of food and Wes Anderson's stylised truth.

Sandra Hüller as Franziska: "Actually, she wants to scream at him 'Can't you say something? I'm wasting my time'."

This is the Germany of the unconscious where Teutonic earth spirits coexist with pedicurist Claude (Michael Maertens), who, in a raspberry colored turtleneck, works foot-magic at a nursing home. Margit Carstensen, the star of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's films, plays Maria Sandberg, the object of his special affections. In loosely connected strands we meet the different generations of the Sandberg family.
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  • 6/20/2014
  • by Anne-Katrin Titze
  • eyeforfilm.co.uk
Kino Festival Of German Films Highlights: Personal Stories of Change
Playing at the Museum of the Moving Image and the Quad Cinema in New York June 13-19 the Kino! Festival Of German Films returns for its 36th year. Once again, the festival continues to offer the best in German cinema produced in the last year. The program features documentaries and narratives that not only focus on the German experience but also on its filmmakers’ points of view on what happens around the world. Quality is always a given with Kino and these wide-ranging stories are no exception. Some revisit the country’s historical past, others travel to distant lands in search of images, and there are also those that feel specific to our time. Here are some highlights of what we've seen so far with some additions to come soon.

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West

Dir. Christian Schwochow

In search of a more promising and free life for her and her son, Nelly Sneff (Jördis Triebel) a young East German chemist flees to the more modernized West side. Even though she speaks the same language and is as German as everyone else living in the communal living facilities for refugees, Nelly finds it difficult to adapt to the new system. Ironically, she comes to realize that she is seen as the enemy on this side of the wall. The constant questioning about the whereabouts and affiliation of her Soviet partner, who until now she believed dead, take a toll on her already complex life putting her in a state of paranoia. Her son Alexej (Tristan Göbel), who is bullied at school, befriends a neighbor, Hans ( Alexander Scheer) whose good intentions will put Nelly on the edge. Distrust is at the core of Schwochow’s film that plays as thoughtful answer to films like “The Lives of Others” and “Barbara.” While those examples condemned the system enforced by the Stasi, in “West” the tables are flipped. Nelly feels unsafe, watched, and harassed in a land that was supposed to be against those practices. Triebel's intense performance escalates from hopeful to enraged in a marvelously directed story about an unexamined subject within German history.

Nan Goldin : I Remember Your Face

Dir. Sabine Lidl

In a concisely executed documentary that runs just over 60 minutes, director Sabine Lidl manages to capture the essence of renowned photographer Nal Goldin. Given that her friendships are the inspiration and subjects for her work, the filmmaker follows the eccentric artist as she visits old friends and reminisces about their youth, her failed attempts at seducing attractive gay men, and their role in her career. Her photos are raw and vivid. They shine with colorful nuances that only intimacy can provide. Drunk, naked, and unique people experience sadness and joy in front of her camera. Goldin’s extravagant collections and her turbulent past with drugs and alcohol also make an appearance in this short portrait of a fascinating woman across her beloved Berlin and other European cities.

Art War

Dir. Marco Wilms

While shot by a German filmmaker, the film is very similar to the Academy Awards-nominated film “The Square.” It follows the revolutionary youth of Egypt in the aftermath of the Arab Spring that brought down the Mubarak regime. While the aforementioned film tries to depict a holistic picture of the events, the deaths, and the shaky political processes that followed, Wilms decides to focus on the artistic expression that emerged from the movement. Including politically charged rap songs, and more extensively graffiti, the documentary advocates for the youth’s effort to protests by peaceful means. However, it also points at the non-stop attacks by Islamist conservative groups like the Muslim Brotherhood. Among their many undertakings, the art on Mohamed Mahmoud Street near the iconic Tahrir Square is of particular importance because it is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the carnage. Young Egyptians turned martyrs are immortalized on the city’s walls as constant reminder of an incessant struggle. There are clearly a great number of similarities between the two films, and though this is less achieved in scope, it can definitely work as a complementary piece.

Finsterworld

Dir. Frauke Finsterwalder

With a multi-story concept that scrutinizes modern German society, the tonally eclectic “Finsterworld” provides some vexed assumptions about the country’s history of violence. A high school class is taking a fieldtrip to a concentration camp, Dominik (Leonard Scheicher) and his unofficial girlfriend Natalie (Carla Juri) are enjoying the day despite having to deal with obnoxious spoiled kid Maximilian (Jakub Gierszal). Meanwhile Franziska (Sandra Hüller), an pretentious aspiring filmmaker wants to capture something profound, inevitably her egocentric personality crashes with her loving boyfriend police officer Tom (Ronald Zehrfeld), who is also a closeted “furry.” Then there is Claude (Michael Maertens), a lonely masseur specialized in feet, and his friendship with elderly woman Frau (Margit Carstensen). Lastly, there are the Sandbergs (Corinna Harfouch &Bernhard Schütz), a wealthy couple on the road who encounter a difficult situation. Touching on the subject of German identity having Hitler as only representative figure and being a nation defined by guilt, Finsterwalder’s feature is heavily provocative. It’s strange tone that shifts between absurd comedy and gruesome violence can come across as uncomfortable or even offensive, but there are a handful of brilliant moments that make the film rather compelling.
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  • 6/14/2014
  • by Carlos Aguilar
  • Sydney's Buzz
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