30/08/2006

Christoph Schlingensief, the enfant terrible of the German cultural scene and jack-of-all-trades filmmaker (having flirted with all professions on a film set, from writing and photography to production, sound, editing and acting – Silentium [+see also:
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The role of the British icon is played by Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen, who starred earlier this year in Tough Enough [+see also:
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film profile] by Detlev Buck, who gave Elvers her first onscreen role in the comedy Jailbirds.

According to Buck, the actress, who Berlin audiences can see in the role of Diana in a play by Schlingensief on September 13, has a similar aura to that of the princess.

In an interview with German daily Bild, Schlingensief disclosed that the first scenes (12 hours) of The Last Hours of Lady Diana had already been filmed at the Ritz Hotel in Paris. Shooting is to continue in secret in London, as that is where Diana actually spent her last days, according to the hypothesis that the director aims to propose in his film after researching the topic.

(Translated from French)