Von Borries shoots Vier Tage im Mai
Award-winning director Achim Von Borries (England!) started shooting his new film, Vier Tage im Mai, at the end of July.
Von Borries explained that the idea emerged at the Berlinale two years ago, when actor-producer Alexey Guskov (who plays the orchestra conductor in Radu Mihaileanu’s The Concert [+see also:
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The film stars Guskov and young actor Pavel Wenzel, alongside Grigoriy Dobrygin (Silver Bear for Best Actor at this year’s Berlinale for How I Ended This Summer).
Vier Tage im Mai is co-produced by X Filme Creative Pool and Russian company ZAO Studia F.A.F. Shooting will take place between Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania until mid-September.
X Verleih will release the film next year.
(Translated from French)
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