This week sees the release of For Justice: The Serge & Beate Klarsfeld Story, a graphic novel memoir of famous French Nazi hunters Serge Klarsfeld and Beate Klarsfeld. The memoir is created in partnership with the Klarsfelds themselves — and, ahead of release, The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive preview.
Known for their work identifying and hunting down German Nazis and French Vichy officials in the decades following the Second World War — with multiple war criminals identified and prosecuted as a result of their actions — the Klarsfelds have been recognized for their work by French authorities — Serge Klarsfeld received the ...
Known for their work identifying and hunting down German Nazis and French Vichy officials in the decades following the Second World War — with multiple war criminals identified and prosecuted as a result of their actions — the Klarsfelds have been recognized for their work by French authorities — Serge Klarsfeld received the ...
- 1/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
This week sees the release of For Justice: The Serge & Beate Klarsfeld Story, a graphic novel memoir of famous French Nazi hunters Serge Klarsfeld and Beate Klarsfeld. The memoir is created in partnership with the Klarsfelds themselves — and, ahead of release, The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive preview.
Known for their work identifying and hunting down German Nazis and French Vichy officials in the decades following the Second World War — with multiple war criminals identified and prosecuted as a result of their actions — the Klarsfelds have been recognized for their work by French authorities — Serge Klarsfeld received the ...
Known for their work identifying and hunting down German Nazis and French Vichy officials in the decades following the Second World War — with multiple war criminals identified and prosecuted as a result of their actions — the Klarsfelds have been recognized for their work by French authorities — Serge Klarsfeld received the ...
- 1/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s ever more timely The Meaning Of Hitler, a Doc NYC highlight, features Saul Friedländer and Francine Prose on Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph Of The Will, Martin Amis on political tactics and characterology, Klaus Theweleit on strangers, Deborah Lipstadt, Beate Klarsfeld, Serge Klarsfeld, Ute Frevert, and Yehuda Bauer. The filmmakers start in 2017 with a commuter train ride into New York City, and then on to a subway - Epperlein is seen reading books that mark the moment by the likes of Timothy Snyder, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Theweleit, and the one by Sebastian Haffner that gives the film its name.
A little avalanche of movie clips, from Mel Brooks’s [film id=10451]The...
A little avalanche of movie clips, from Mel Brooks’s [film id=10451]The...
- 11/22/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Francine Prose will join Roger Berkowitz, head of the Hannah Arendt Center, Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker for a conversation on Doc NYC Facebook Live this Monday at 2:00pm (Est) Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s kaleidoscopic investigation into the past and our future takes us on the road of history and the state of the world at this moment in time, featuring interviews with Saul Friedländer and Francine Prose on Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph Of The Will, Martin Amis on political tactics and characterology, Deborah Lipstadt, Beate Klarsfeld, Serge Klarsfeld, and 94-year-old Yehuda Bauer getting the last word. We enter with books by Timothy Snyder, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Klaus Theweleit, and the one by Sebastian Haffner that gives the film its name.
Clips from Mel Brooks’s The Producers to Bruno Ganz in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Downfall to Anthony Hopkins in George Schaefer’s...
Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s kaleidoscopic investigation into the past and our future takes us on the road of history and the state of the world at this moment in time, featuring interviews with Saul Friedländer and Francine Prose on Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph Of The Will, Martin Amis on political tactics and characterology, Deborah Lipstadt, Beate Klarsfeld, Serge Klarsfeld, and 94-year-old Yehuda Bauer getting the last word. We enter with books by Timothy Snyder, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Klaus Theweleit, and the one by Sebastian Haffner that gives the film its name.
Clips from Mel Brooks’s The Producers to Bruno Ganz in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Downfall to Anthony Hopkins in George Schaefer’s...
- 11/15/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Robert Yapkowitz and Rich Peete’s In My Own Time: A Portrait Of Karen Dalton executive producer Wim Wenders on Nick Cave and Karen Dalton: “Just like Nick, Karen’s music had a profound effect on me.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Victor Kossakovsky’s Gunda, co-written with Ainara Vera, executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix, co-produced by Anita Rehoff Larsen from Sant & Usant with Joslyn Barnes and Susan Rockefeller of Louverture Films and a Main Slate selection of the 58th New York Film Festival; Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s ever more timely The Meaning Of Hitler; Malia Scharf and Max Basch’s intimate portrait, Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide, produced with David Koh (featuring remembrances from Kenny of Keith Haring, Klaus Nomi, <a...
Victor Kossakovsky’s Gunda, co-written with Ainara Vera, executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix, co-produced by Anita Rehoff Larsen from Sant & Usant with Joslyn Barnes and Susan Rockefeller of Louverture Films and a Main Slate selection of the 58th New York Film Festival; Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s ever more timely The Meaning Of Hitler; Malia Scharf and Max Basch’s intimate portrait, Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide, produced with David Koh (featuring remembrances from Kenny of Keith Haring, Klaus Nomi, <a...
- 11/15/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Bleecker Street has picked up the U.S. rights to director Alexis Bloom’s animated documentary “The Klarsfelds,” which centers on real-life Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld.
“Alexis and the team are creating a provocative and thrilling account of two of the most legendary Nazi hunters,” Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen said in a statement announcing the deal. “We are excited to be bringing the Klarsfelds’ story to life through Alexis’ creative storytelling.”
The Klarsfelds, a husband and wife team of agents, will share their story through exclusive new interviews for the film, which is currently in pre-production and set to start animation later this year. A description of the project explains that the “animation will have the feel of a classic espionage thriller, but the film is deeply personal.”
“We’re writing a new chapter of history,” Bloom said. “And it’s wonderful to be given the opportunity...
“Alexis and the team are creating a provocative and thrilling account of two of the most legendary Nazi hunters,” Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen said in a statement announcing the deal. “We are excited to be bringing the Klarsfelds’ story to life through Alexis’ creative storytelling.”
The Klarsfelds, a husband and wife team of agents, will share their story through exclusive new interviews for the film, which is currently in pre-production and set to start animation later this year. A description of the project explains that the “animation will have the feel of a classic espionage thriller, but the film is deeply personal.”
“We’re writing a new chapter of history,” Bloom said. “And it’s wonderful to be given the opportunity...
- 9/14/2020
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Animation scheduled to start later this year.
Bleecker Street has acquired US rights to Alexis Bloom’s animated documentary The Klarsfelds produced by Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Fremantle.
Israeli investigative journalist Yossi Melman, and Oded Ailam, a former Mossad operative, round out the production team on the project, which is in pre-production and set to start animation later this year.
The Klarsfelds centres on renowned Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, a dedicated husband-and-wife team of agents who are still alive and living in Paris.
Their story will be told through exclusive interviews with the subjects and Mossad...
Bleecker Street has acquired US rights to Alexis Bloom’s animated documentary The Klarsfelds produced by Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Fremantle.
Israeli investigative journalist Yossi Melman, and Oded Ailam, a former Mossad operative, round out the production team on the project, which is in pre-production and set to start animation later this year.
The Klarsfelds centres on renowned Nazi hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, a dedicated husband-and-wife team of agents who are still alive and living in Paris.
Their story will be told through exclusive interviews with the subjects and Mossad...
- 9/14/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to “The Klarsfelds,” a new documentary film from director Alexis Bloom that focuses on the true history of a family of Nazi hunters.
Bloom is the director of the Roger Ailes documentary “Divide and Conquer” and a producer on the Wikileaks documentary “We Steal Secrets,” and her latest film “The Klarsfelds” is an animated documentary thriller about Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, two agents and activists who have worked throughout their lives to track former Nazis in order to document the events of the Holocaust.
Both agents are still alive and are living in Paris, and their story features interviews with the subjects and with other Mossad agents who have never shared their story before. Bloom will frame “The Klarsfeld” as an animated, espionage thriller while also focusing on the personal and surprising side of the Klarsfeld family’s relationship.
“Alexis and...
Bloom is the director of the Roger Ailes documentary “Divide and Conquer” and a producer on the Wikileaks documentary “We Steal Secrets,” and her latest film “The Klarsfelds” is an animated documentary thriller about Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, two agents and activists who have worked throughout their lives to track former Nazis in order to document the events of the Holocaust.
Both agents are still alive and are living in Paris, and their story features interviews with the subjects and with other Mossad agents who have never shared their story before. Bloom will frame “The Klarsfeld” as an animated, espionage thriller while also focusing on the personal and surprising side of the Klarsfeld family’s relationship.
“Alexis and...
- 9/14/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Bleecker Street has secured U.S. rights to Alexis Bloom’s The Klarsfelds, an animated feature documentary thriller about Nazi-hunters.
The docu follows the true history of Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, a dedicated husband and wife team of agents who are still alive and living in Paris. The film features exclusive new interviews with the subjects, and with Mossad agents who have never spoken before. The film is in pre-production and will start animation later this year.
Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Fremantle are producing. Israeli investigative journalist Yossi Melman, and Oded Ailam, a former Mossad operative, round out the production team.
“Alexis and the team are creating a provocative and thrilling account of two of the most legendary Nazi hunters,” said Andrew Karpen, CEO of Bleecker Street. “We are excited to be bringing the Klarsfelds’ story to life through Alexis’ creative storytelling.”
“We’re writing a new chapter of history,...
The docu follows the true history of Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, a dedicated husband and wife team of agents who are still alive and living in Paris. The film features exclusive new interviews with the subjects, and with Mossad agents who have never spoken before. The film is in pre-production and will start animation later this year.
Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Fremantle are producing. Israeli investigative journalist Yossi Melman, and Oded Ailam, a former Mossad operative, round out the production team.
“Alexis and the team are creating a provocative and thrilling account of two of the most legendary Nazi hunters,” said Andrew Karpen, CEO of Bleecker Street. “We are excited to be bringing the Klarsfelds’ story to life through Alexis’ creative storytelling.”
“We’re writing a new chapter of history,...
- 9/14/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Alexis Bloom is set to direct animated documentary The Klarsfelds, with Bleecker Street acquiring the U.S. rights.
The film, which is in pre-production and will start animation later this year, is about a well-known Nazi-hunting team, husband and wife Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, who are still alive and living in Paris.
Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Fremantle will produce, with Israeli investigative journalist Yossi Melman and Oded Ailam, a former Mossad operative.
The doc will feature exclusive new interviews with the subjects, as well as with Mossad agents that have never spoken before.
“We’re writing a new chapter of history. And ...
The film, which is in pre-production and will start animation later this year, is about a well-known Nazi-hunting team, husband and wife Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, who are still alive and living in Paris.
Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Fremantle will produce, with Israeli investigative journalist Yossi Melman and Oded Ailam, a former Mossad operative.
The doc will feature exclusive new interviews with the subjects, as well as with Mossad agents that have never spoken before.
“We’re writing a new chapter of history. And ...
- 9/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Alexis Bloom is set to direct animated documentary The Klarsfelds, with Bleecker Street acquiring the U.S. rights.
The film, which is in pre-production and will start animation later this year, is about a well-known Nazi-hunting team, husband and wife Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, who are still alive and living in Paris.
Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Fremantle will produce, with Israeli investigative journalist Yossi Melman and Oded Ailam, a former Mossad operative.
The doc will feature exclusive new interviews with the subjects, as well as with Mossad agents that have never spoken before.
“We’re writing a new chapter of history. And ...
The film, which is in pre-production and will start animation later this year, is about a well-known Nazi-hunting team, husband and wife Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, who are still alive and living in Paris.
Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Fremantle will produce, with Israeli investigative journalist Yossi Melman and Oded Ailam, a former Mossad operative.
The doc will feature exclusive new interviews with the subjects, as well as with Mossad agents that have never spoken before.
“We’re writing a new chapter of history. And ...
- 9/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Farrah Fawcett proved more than once that she was far more than a mega watt smile and an impressive mane of hair. She will of course be remembered for “Charlie’s Angels” even though she spent only one season as one of the trio of female detectives who took orders from a disembodied voice, but that first season of “Charlie’s Angels” made her an instantly recognizable phenomenon who sold millions of copies of her swimsuit poster. The actress wanted more and left the show to pursue a film career. The film that was supposed to make that a reality was called Somebody Killed her Husband and instead it nearly killed her budding career. Instead of slinking away she reinvented herself as a serious actress taking on the unglamorous and difficult role of a battered wife in “The Burning Bed”. If “Charlie’s Angels” made her an instant icon, “The Burning Bed” made her a respected actress...
- 6/25/2009
- by Robin Ruinsky
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Telluride Fim Festival
TELLURIDE -- The Last King of Scotland director Kevin Macdonald returns to his documentary roots with My Enemy's Enemy, a sobering history lesson detailing the disturbing record of complicity between notorious war criminals, specifically Klaus Barbie, and the West in the aftermath of WWII.
A pet project of Macdonald's, the France/U.K. co-production, which also screens at Toronto, makes a compelling case out of its resourcefully assembled if somewhat dryly presented archival footage and more recent interviews.
The end result could nevertheless ignite some considerable debate given The Weinstein Co. release's highly relevant perspective, and is a strong contender for the Best Documentary Oscar shortlist.
Macdonald, whose riveting 1991 film, One Day in September, dealing with the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy, took home a Best Documentary Oscar, finds no shortage of glaring hypocrisies when it comes to the troubling postwar relationship between the Barber of Lyon and American counterintelligence.
Although he was held accountable for the murder of celebrated French Resistance leader Jean Moulin, as well as for the deaths of 44 Jewish children in Izieu, France, the U.S. nevertheless found his Communist-hunting tactics to be quite useful during the Cold War.
They'd eventually part company and Barbie and his family would "disappear" to Bolivia (with the assistance of the Catholic Church), where he'd lay low for a while, eventually becoming a powerful businessman and enlisting the help of some of his old Nazi brethren in a bid to build a Fourth Reich in the Andes.
With its French-language narration and confluence of German, Spanish and English, the extensively subtitled film requires a little effort on the part of the viewer, but it's a potent payoff.
Among the many informed talking heads, both freshly interviewed and in news footage, are famed French Nazi-hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, and Jacques Verges, the lawyer representing Barbie after his eventual extradition to France, who compared some of Barbie's sanctioned activities to others later taking place in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
While there's much to digest here, Macdonald serves up some undeniably potent food for thought.
TELLURIDE -- The Last King of Scotland director Kevin Macdonald returns to his documentary roots with My Enemy's Enemy, a sobering history lesson detailing the disturbing record of complicity between notorious war criminals, specifically Klaus Barbie, and the West in the aftermath of WWII.
A pet project of Macdonald's, the France/U.K. co-production, which also screens at Toronto, makes a compelling case out of its resourcefully assembled if somewhat dryly presented archival footage and more recent interviews.
The end result could nevertheless ignite some considerable debate given The Weinstein Co. release's highly relevant perspective, and is a strong contender for the Best Documentary Oscar shortlist.
Macdonald, whose riveting 1991 film, One Day in September, dealing with the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy, took home a Best Documentary Oscar, finds no shortage of glaring hypocrisies when it comes to the troubling postwar relationship between the Barber of Lyon and American counterintelligence.
Although he was held accountable for the murder of celebrated French Resistance leader Jean Moulin, as well as for the deaths of 44 Jewish children in Izieu, France, the U.S. nevertheless found his Communist-hunting tactics to be quite useful during the Cold War.
They'd eventually part company and Barbie and his family would "disappear" to Bolivia (with the assistance of the Catholic Church), where he'd lay low for a while, eventually becoming a powerful businessman and enlisting the help of some of his old Nazi brethren in a bid to build a Fourth Reich in the Andes.
With its French-language narration and confluence of German, Spanish and English, the extensively subtitled film requires a little effort on the part of the viewer, but it's a potent payoff.
Among the many informed talking heads, both freshly interviewed and in news footage, are famed French Nazi-hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, and Jacques Verges, the lawyer representing Barbie after his eventual extradition to France, who compared some of Barbie's sanctioned activities to others later taking place in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
While there's much to digest here, Macdonald serves up some undeniably potent food for thought.
- 9/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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