The much-lauded Swiss-born, Bavarian-raised TV and film director Hans Steinbichler (Hierankl – A Birthday to Remember, My Mother, My Bride and I, The Diary of Anne Frank [+leggi anche:
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Hannes, described as a story about friendship, loss and parting, adventure, and the love of life, revolves around two 19-year-old friends, Moritz (Leonard Scheicher, recently seen in the superb The Silent Revolution [+leggi anche:
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The film, also starring Lisa Vicari, Heiner Lauterbach, Hannelore Elsner, Jeanette Hain, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Roland Schreglmann and Klaus Steinbacher, is being produced by Nils Dünker for his company Lailaps Pictures, in co-production with StudioCanal (which is also managing the movie’s international sales) and ARD Degeto, with backing from the FFF Bayern and the Bavarian Bank Fund, as well as the German Federal Film Board FFA and the German Federal Film Fund DFFF.

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