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New Zealand sales outfit Black Mandala has acquired worldwide rights to “Traumnovelle,” the German-produced English-language adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s 1926 novella that previously inspired Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut.”

The neo-noir thriller, helmed by director Florian Frerichs (“The Last Supper”), marks one of Black Mandala’s biggest acquisitions to date. The film stars Nikolai Kinski, son of legendary German actor Klaus Kinski, and Laurine Price in the lead roles, with a supporting cast including Detlev Buck, Nora Islei, Bruno Eyron and Sharon Kovacs.

The film follows Jakob, a doctor, husband and intellectual in Berlin whose life changes when he embarks on a night-time journey through the city. After encounters in Berlin’s erotic underground and a mysterious masked opera ball, he must confront questions about love and longing in a world of illusion and twilight.

Produced by Warnuts Entertainment in cooperation with Thomas Kretschmar Film, Gretchen Film, K-Motion and Studio Babelsberg,...

Remember Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick’s exploration of marriage and relationships starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise? Of course you do!

Now, get ready for Traumnovelle, a new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic short story that inspired Eyes Wide Shut and that opens the Oldenburg Film Festival on Wednesday.

The drama, from German director Florian Frerichs (The Last Supper), stars Nikolai Kinski (Vikings: Valhalla, Masters of the Air) and Laurine Price (Phoenix, American Crime Story) as a respectable upper-middle-class couple that gets drawn into a secret world of erotic fantasy. The film also stars Detlev Buck, Bruno Eyron, and Nora Islei, with cameos from Sharon Brauner and Sharon Kovacs. Produced by Warnuts Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg, the movie will hit German cinemas in early 2025, courtesy of Apollo Film.

Before walking the red carpet in Oldenburg, Frerichs and Kinski took time out for a Zoom chat with THR about the film,...

This is not your father’s Traumnovelle.

Florian Frerichs’ new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic novella — the work that inspired Stanley Kubrick‘s Eyes Wide Shut — promises to be a much more explicit version of the story. The trailer for the film, which opens this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival on Sept. 11, is heavy on the hot and heavy (see below).

Nikolai Kinski (Barbarians) and Laurine Price (Phoenix) star a respectable upper-middle-class couple living in Berlin who get drawn into a secret and dangerous world of erotic fantasy. Detlev Buck, Bruno Eyron, and Nora Islei co-star with cameos from Sharon Brauner and Sharon Kovacs. Warnuts Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg produced.

Frerichs’ Traumnovelle follows many of the plot beats as Kubrick’s adaptation. After his wife, Amelia (Price) confesses to having sexual fantasies about another man, Jakob (Kinski), a doctor to the city’s rich and famous, becomes intrigued...

Traumnovelle, a new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic short story that inspired Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, will open this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival, premiering on Sept. 11.

The drama, from German director Florian Frerichs (The Last Supper), stars Nikolai Kinski and Laurine Price as a respectable upper middle-class couple who get drawn into a secret world of erotic fantasy. Detlev Buck, Bruno Eyron, and Nora Islei co-star with cameos from Sharon Brauner and Sharon Kovacs. The producers are Warnuts Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg.

Originally published in 1926, Schnitzler’s Traumnovelle got its most-famous adaptation courtesy of Kubrik’s 1999 feature starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The production famously shot over a record-breaking 400 days. Shortly after finishing the film, and just six days after screening his cut for Kidman and Cruise, Kubrick died.

Frerichs and his cast will attend the Traumnovelle world premiere in Oldenburg on Sept. 11. The...

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