German Newsletter

Esteemed clients, dear friends of ARRI,

Enclosed, please find the most recent edition of the ARRI Film & TV newsletter, this time to announce the theatrical release of Wunderkinder by director Marcus O. Rosenmüller. A story about the friendship of three musically gifted children during the hostile times of WWII told from the children's' point of view.  

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All the best,

Angela Reedwisch and Josef Reidinger

Opening in German theaters OcTOBER 6, 2011: WUNDERKINDER

Director: Marcus O. Rosenmüller Writer: Stephen Glantz, Rolf Schübel, Marcus O. Rosenmüller, Kris Karathomas DoP: Roman Nowocien Editor: Raimund Vienken Production Company: CCC-Filmkunst German Distributor: Kinowelt Filmverleih Awards: 41. Giffoni Film Festival: 2nd Prize, ECFA Award and CGS Award (Social-cultural Cineclubs for Young People), Filmfestival Jerusalem: Shalev Yad Vashem Chairman's Award, Script Award at Buster Copenhagen 2011   DI-Producer: Kenneth Stiller DI-Colorist: Bianca Pieroth Title Design: Lutz Lemke   ARRI Services: Lab, Digital Intermediate, Title Design, TV-Postproduction, Digital Cinema Mastering

Director Marcus O. Rosenmüller (Der tote Taucher im Wald) tells a universal story about friendship, trust and the power of music making it possible to overcome the most horrific odds. The screenplay was written by Stephen Glantz and Rolf Schübel and Marcus O. Rosenmüller and Kris Karathomas based on a story by Art Bernd. DoP Roman Nowocien was recognized for his work on Wunderkinder at the Jerusalem International Film Festival and the Giffoni Film Festival (Italy). Wunderkinder was produced by CCC Filmkunst (Producers: Dr. Alice and Artur Brauner) and ARD Degeto.

We are delighted that producer Dr. Alice Brauer from CCC Filmkunst entrusted ARRI Film & TV Services with the postproduction of her company's first feature film which including onset support for the film shot on the ALEXA in ProRes 4:4:4:4, the Digital Intermediate (DI Producer: Kenneth Stiller, DI Colorist: Bianca Pieroth), the title design (Lutz Lemke), the TV postproduction as well as generating the DCP and the release print for the digital and analogue release.

Left: Hanna (Mathilda Adamik) and Abrascha (Elin Kolev). Right: Hanna and her parents have to hide (Mathilda Adamik, Catherine Flemming, Kai Wiesinger) (f.l.t.r.)

Left: Abrascha (Elin Kolev), Hanna (Mathilda Adamik) and Larissa (Imogen Burell) (f.l.t.r.). Right: Schwartow (Konstantin Wecker) makes a diabolic plan. © 2011 Kinowelt

Cast: Kai Wiesinger (Comedian Harmonists), Gudrun Landgrebe (Rossini), Catherine Flemming (Teufelskicker), Konstantin Wecker (Grave Decisions), Gedeon Burkhard (Inglourious Basterds), Natalia Avelon (Eight Miles High) and many more. But the true stars are the children Imogen Burrell, Mathilda Adamik and Elin Kolev, a 14 year-old violinist considered a prodigy by the classical music world and revered by audiences and critics alike.

Poltawa, Ukraine, beginning of the 40s. With the invasion by the German Wehrmacht, the good relationship between the Germans and the Russian adults ends abruptly, not so with the children though who have been best friends for a few years already: the German Hanna Reich and two Jewish children, Abrascha Kaplan and Larissa Brodsky. All three friends share the love for classical music. Abrascha and Larissa are highly gifted musicians. Both children got known within the Soviet Union and the communist party planned already to send the children to the USA, but just before they are getting ready to leave for the trip, the political situation changes: the Nazis declare war to the Soviet Union. Being only between the age of 12 and 13, the children do not understand jet the madness and brutality of the adults and only see one way out of the disaster: to help each other and to win the hearts of the adults by using their musical ability.