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Detlev Buck gets out into the country with Wuff, now in post-production

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- The prolific actor-director is preparing a film shot in the middle of the countryside, revolving around dogs and men

Detlev Buck gets out into the country with Wuff, now in post-production
Director Detlev Buck (centre, kneeling), surrounded by his team (© MDR/Mirjam Winzer)

While Gorillas, a gritty urban tale focusing on the ghettos – an Olga Film production starring Samuel Schneider (Exit Marrakech [+see also:
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), rising star Ella Rumpf (Raw [+see also:
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Tiger Girl [+see also:
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) and Jannis Niewöhner (4Kings [+see also:
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Jonathan [+see also:
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), filmed last March and eyeing a German theatrical release in March 2018, courtesy of Constantin – is in post-production, actor-director Detlev Buck (Tough Enough [+see also:
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Woman in Love) has just wrapped his second shoot of the year as a director. This time it’s the romantic comedy Wuff [+see also:
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, which is set in the lush surroundings of the forests of Thuringia, as well as in Berlin and Weimar. The shoot, which lasted almost two months, took place in September and October. 

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After having filmed horses in the Bibi & Tina series of children’s films, it’s now the relationship between men and dogs – particularly the beneficial symbiosis between the two in crisis situations – that the prolific and versatile filmmaker is interested in exploring. The ensemble film follows journalist Ella (Emily Cox), forest ranger Daniel (Kostja UllmannA Most Wanted Man [+see also:
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), former professional footballer Oli (Frederick LauVictoria [+see also:
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), dog trainer Silke (Marie Burchard) and housewife Michelle (Johanna WokalekLa Papesse Jeanne [+see also:
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The Baader Meinhof Complex [+see also:
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), and portrays the way in which their lives are affected by these four-legged friends.

Wuff [+see also:
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, produced by DCM Pictures, has received support from the MDM (€400,000), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (€1 million) and FFF Bayern (€250,000) regional funds, as well as from the FFA (€500,000). DCM Film Distribution is planning to release the film on German screens on 25 October 2018. 

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(Translated from French)

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