11/05/2017 - The films on the company’s slate include a family drama and movies revolving around a heist and a confession

With the German box-office hit Four Against the Bank [+see also:
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film profile] by Academy Award-nominated Hollywood director Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, The NeverEnding Story, Outbreak), Berlin-based sales agent Picture Tree International (PTI) is all set to present a star-studded action-comedy at the Cannes Film Market.

The cast includes Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds [+see also:
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interview: Bernd Eichinger
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interview: Oliver Hirschbiegel
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In addition, the world sales agent is presenting a prequel based on a novel by Austrian writer Marlen Haushofer. After the success of the arthouse title The Wall [+see also:
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interview: Florian Henckel von Donners…
interview: Ulrich Muehe
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interview: Sven Taddicken
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interview: Maria Schrader
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Other new PTI Cannes titles include The Confession [+see also:
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