EXCLUSIVE: Alex Pettyfer (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) and Karl Markovics (The Counterfeiters) have joined Clive Owen in historic thriller Kristallnacht.
Stefan Ruzowitzky, who teamed with Markovics on 2008 Oscar winner The Counterfeiters, is directing. Worldwide Movie Belief is promoting at this week’s American Movie Market in Las Vegas.
Set on the point of World Struggle II in Berlin, the true story unfolds in a metropolis become a powder keg after the assassination of a German attaché in Paris, which is wrongfully branded a “Jewish terrorist assault” by Nazi propaganda. Pettyfer performs Kai Lehmann, a younger and impressionable police officer, who, alongside his superior Lieutenant Krützfeld, performed by Owen, navigates the turbulent streets of Berlin as residents flip violently in opposition to the perceived “enemy inside,” descending on Jewish neighborhoods.
Kristallnacht interprets as Evening of Damaged Glass, a reference to the hundreds of outlets, companies and synagogues destroyed by the Nazis throughout the 2 nights in November 1938.
Markovics portrays Isaac Roth, a Jewish man caught up within the day’s terror as he’s wrongfully accused of homicide. As chaos engulfs Berlin over a harrowing twenty-four hours, Krützfeld and Lehmann are confronted with a profound ethical dilemma: uphold the system or take a stand for what is correct.
Michael Benaroya (Margin Name), Benaroya Photos CEO and Worldwide Movie Belief co-founder, is producing. Benaroya Photos and Dor Movie are co-financing the U.S.-Austrian co-production with principal images set to start in early 2025 in Austria.
Danny Krausz of Dor Movie, Marcelo Gandola, and Daniel Zuta are additionally producing. Ben Sachs, Seth Renshaw, and Gregory McLachlan are executive-producing for Benaroya Photos, and Florian Krügel for Dor Movie. Cinelaunch co-founder Chris Okay. Daniels additionally serves as an exec producer.
IFT is representing worldwide rights and gross sales President, Christian de Gallegos, is on the bottom in Las Vegas introducing the venture to patrons.
“It’s actually thrilling to have such an incredible solid proceed to come back collectively on this venture,” mentioned Benaroya. He added: “Alex and Karl are implausible actors, and we couldn’t be happier to have them, and Clive, on board to convey this vital and well timed true story to the display screen.”
Alex Pettyfer is repped by Giacomo Palazzo, Unbiased Expertise Group and James Eire at Darkish Goals Leisure.
