Principal photography wraps on Wolfgang Groos’ Cold Feet
- The shoot for the German-Austrian comedy has just ended in Munich; the German release is slated for January 2019, courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Germany’s Wolfgang Groos, a popular director who specialises in children’s and family films (The Crocodiles – All for One [+see also:
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The screenplay for Cold Feet, penned by Christof Ritter, will certainly not leave German audiences indifferent, given that they propelled Untouchable [+see also:
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The shoot, which kicked off on 15 January, took place in both Austria and Bavaria. Cold Feet is a production by major Munich-based outfit Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion together with Vienna’s Lotus Film (which produced the last documentary by the late Michael Glawogger, Untitled [+see also:
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Cold Feet has received backing from the FFA (to the tune of €447,050), the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), the German Ministry of Culture, the FFF Bayern Bavarian Film and Television Fund (€250,000), the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (€350,000), the Vienna Film Fund (€250,000), FISA – Film Industry Support Austria, the Austrian Film Fund and Land Niederösterreich. German audiences will be able to watch the film in theatres as of 17 January 2019, courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
(Translated from French)
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