Hirschbiegel puts on a brave ‘Face’

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A pair of Germany’s best film exports in director Oliver Hirschbiegel and actor Moritz Bleibtreu are reuniting on a new project backed by Miramax Germany. Variety reports that the pair who rocked the international scene with 2001’s Das Experiment are dipping into the thriller genre again with a fact-based tale on a Mafia hitman.

Angel Face is based on the novel by Andreas Ulrich called Das Engelsgesicht, Bleibtreu would wear the big shoes of Giorgio Basile, – the man they called “The Angel Face” in mafia circles and was for many years a feared contract killer for the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate. After his arrest in 1998, Basile became a state witness against the Italian mafia.

Filming begins early next year and should be ready for 2010. The picture will give Hirschbiegel a new lease on life – after his monster success in 2001 and his Hitler stuck in a bunker portrait Downfall, it is fair to say that his first Hollywood project in Warner Bros.’s The Invasion (Kidman/Craig) didn’t go to well. 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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