11/01/2013 - The AG Kino-Gilde presents the German arthouse hits of the year 2012: The Intouchables, The Artist and three local productions

The French surprise hit The Intouchables [+see also:
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film profile], which attracted 8.89 million cinemagoers in Germany last year, also topped the arthouse charts. The comedy was running for 52 weeks in the AG Kino-Gilde cinemas where 1.65 million fans want to see is.  The second best film for the arthouse cinemas was the Academy award-winning silent movie The Artist [+see also:
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interview: Michel Hazanavicius
film profile], which has been playing for 49 weeks and sold more than 340 000 tickets.

With a 42-week theatrical release and more than 276,000 attendees in the German arthouse cinemas, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Woody Allen
film profile] (18 weeks, 240,560 moviegoers), The Iron Lady [+see also:
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making of
film profile] (46 weeks, 233 938 moviegoers) and Barbara [+see also:
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interview: Christian Petzold
film profile]  (43 weeks, 233 872 moviegoers), the German contender for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards 2013.

Other German arthouse success films included Die Wand [+see also:
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interview: Michael Haneke
film profile] (16 weeks, 163 645 moviegoers) that won this year's European Film Awards for best film, director, actress and actor. With The Intouchables, The Artist and All Together, the arthouse quality programme has been clearly dominated by French films in 2012.