What draws the masses
In its first weekend in theatres, Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen [+see also:
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film profile] (lit. “Germany: A Summer Fairytale”) by Sönke Wortmann – released last Thursday through Kinowelt Filmverleih – garnered 920,000 admissions, such an impressive performance, in fact, that the film is expected to exceed the one-million mark by next week, which would make it the most successful release ever for the distributor.
Wortmann – who already expressed his interest for football with The Miracle of Bern – this time around has made a documentary that follows the daily life of the German national football team throughout the World Cup in Berlin until the team’s defeat in the semi-finals this summer.
Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen was produced by Cologne-based Little Shark Entertainment.
Another German film that continues to bewitch audiences is Tom Tykwer’s Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [+see also:
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film profile]. Although the feature – produced and distributed by Constantin – has slipped to second place after three weeks at the top of the box office, it has clocked up 2.2m admissions, 450,000 this weekend alone.
(Translated from French)
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