![]() ![]() Made on relatively small budgets by Hollywood standards, they can also be put out on wide release in markets like Germany whose P & A costs pale before those for a wide U.S. The movie turns teen comedy conventions on their head, Shoemann told Variety earlier this year: “Our premise was: What would happen if the teachers are the ones who are having problems becoming adults and taking on responsibility, rather than the teenagers?”ĭagtekin’s films are also dramatic examples of the growing number of local comedic blockbusters that increasingly outgross Hollywood comedies around the world. That could be a hint that he already has an idea of at least the first of the titles in the output deal.Ī revival of Germany’s high-school comedy, once a film staple in the country, “Shakespeer” stars M’Barek as an ex-con who can hardly spell but takes on a job as a teacher just to recover the loot from a heist that is buried at the school. “Constantin Film is the best possible professional home that you can wish for as a filmmaker,” Dagtekin added, saying he was looking forward to new projects with Moszkowicz Constantin’s Torsten Koch Constantin’s Lena Schoemann, producer of “Turkish” and “Shakespeer” and Elyas M’Barek, star of all three of his films. ![]() We are very proud to be able to work with Bora for the coming years,” said Martin Moszkowicz, Constantin Film exec board chairman. More than anybody else, he combines zeitgeist, innovation and quality and success. Gabriela Maria Schmeide has been cast as Ms Mueller, with other parts taken by comedienne Anke Engelke (presenter of the Berlinale’s opening and closing ceremonies and the European Film Awards), Mina Tander, Ken Duken, Alwara Höfels and Justus von Dohnányi.Ĭonstantin Film will release the film in German cinemas on November 20, 2014.“Bora Dagtekin is an exceptional artist within the German filmmaking community. The teacher storms off, accidentally leaving her handbag with a list of the grades - which are quite the opposite of what the parents had feared - and the work begins to get Ms Mueller back.Ĭonstantin Film Produktion co-produce the feature with Wortmann and Tom Spieß’s Cologne-based Little Shark Entertainment. The story centres on a raucous parent’s evening where the prime goal is to oust Ms Mueller for the low grades she has given to their offspring. ![]() ![]() The film is based on Lutz Hübner and Sarah Nemitz’s eponymous play, which Wortmann had staged at Berlin’s children’s and youth Grips Theater ( Linie 1) in 2012. The latest project by director Sönke Wortmann, who scored a box office hit in 1994 with Maybe… Maybe Not (Der Bewegte Mann), is an adaptation of stage comedy Ms Mueller Must Go ( Frau Müller muß weg). School-based stories are clearly much in favour at Constantin Film. Suck Me Shakespeer, which won a German Film Award last month as the country’s most successful feature of 2013, is handled internationally by Berlin-based sales outfit Picture Tree International. Schömann’s first project at Constantin will be the sequel to Suck Me Shakespeer, which will begin shooting this summer and be released by Constantin Film on September 10, 2015. Together with Becker, she produced writer-director Bora Dagtekin’s box-office hits Turkish For Beginners and Suck Me Shakespeer which has seen by over 7m cinema-goers in Germany alone and has taken over € 52 m since its release last November. Schömann’s credits at Rat Pack included The Crocodiles family film franchise and 3D adventure Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods directed by Christian Ditter. ![]()
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