German+Film

__**German Film:**__ Raft Idea and Concept: Online Article about a movie being made by German Directors/Actresses/Actors/Animators.

**GERMAN MEDIA PRESS:**


 * Last week, the German Media Board announced that they will be filming a documentary about the Cold War. This would normally seem boring, but what makes it really special is that some of the most famous Germans in media will be working on the film. The film will be directed by Leni Riefenstahl and Co-Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. They will not only direct the movie but they will also be two of the five Narrators. Andreas Deja(German Animator), Diane Kruger(German Actress), and Gotz George will be the other narrators. In 1946 Gotz's father died in a Soviet Union Concentration Camp after being captured. He felt his knowledge of what happened during the war would deeply benefit the movie, and he accepted to Narrate it. Leni was able to be interviewed by German Media Press. Leni says "I remember when the Cold War was happening and remember how awful it was, letting the world know what happened is something I would greatly partake in, I am also very excited working with Wolfgang". Leni is one of the most respected filmmakers in the world, her movies had made headlines all around the world. Animator Andreas Deja will be one of the narrators for the movie. He currently works for Disney and has worked with very famous individuals such as Tim Burton where he shared a cubicle with him during the making of //The Black Cauldron//**//.// **Diane Kruger, also a narrator, was a former fashion model and worked with Nicholas Cage in //National Treasure// **. **Gotz(winner of the 1995 Bavarian Best Actor Award ) came from a family of actors/actresses. His moth ****er and father were both in the film making Business. Gotz is also know for his comical and action movies (in which he performed all of his own stunts ). Wolfgang Petersen(nominated for the Academy Award's Best Film Director in 1981 ) has directed films such as //The Perfect Storm, Air Force One, Troy// (which Diane Kruger also starred in ), and //Poseidon// which only made a low $22.1 million dollars in the opening weekend . Some of <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237);">his first productions were on German television shows . Leni Riefenstahl who will be not only directing the film but producing the film is a female German Director.<span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237);"> She is one of the most respected film directors in the world . She was <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237);">once friends with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels which <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237);">also made her famous worldwide . She <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237);">enjoys still photography as well ! The film will have a budget of $70 million dollars and will start being filmed in November of 2009.

Birth Dates: Andreas Deja Diane Kruger Gotz Geroge Leni Riefensrahl Wolfgang Petersen**

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 * ANDREAS DEJA:**
 * <span style="color: rgb(100, 18, 18); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Andreas Deja is a famous German Animator
 * <span style="color: rgb(100, 18, 18); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">He works for the Disney company
 * <span style="color: rgb(100, 18, 18); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In most of the films he works on he creates and animates Villains or Evil Characters
 * <span style="color: rgb(100, 18, 18); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Andreas worked on the film//The Black Cauldron// with Tim Burton
 * <span style="color: rgb(100, 18, 18); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">He studied graphic design at Folkwang-Schule in Essn Germany

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 * WOLFGANG PETERSEN:**
 * <span style="color: rgb(115, 54, 211); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wolfgang Petersen is a famous German film director
 * <span style="color: rgb(115, 54, 211); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">He has worked on films such as //The perfect storm, Troy, Poseidon,// and //Air Force One//.
 * <span style="color: rgb(115, 54, 211); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wolfgang was nominated for an Academy Award for best director in 1981
 * <span style="color: rgb(115, 54, 211); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">He directed plays in the 1960's
 * <span style="color: rgb(115, 54, 211); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wolfgang was born in March of 1941
 * <span style="color: rgb(115, 54, 211); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Some of his first productions were for German television shows

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 * LENI RIEFENSTAHL:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 91, 26);">Leni Riefenstahl is a female German Film Director
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 91, 26);">She was born in 1902 and died in 2003(lived to be 101 years old)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 91, 26);">Leni was friends with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 91, 26);">//Triumph if the will// was the movie that made her Internationally famous
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 91, 26);">Leni Riefenstahl also enjoyed still photography
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; color: rgb(26, 91, 26);">She is one of the most respected film makers of all time

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 * DIANE KRUGER:**
 * <span style="color: rgb(247, 214, 24); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Diane Kruger is a modern German actress
 * <span style="color: rgb(247, 214, 24); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">She has worked in movies such as //Troy// and //National Treasure//
 * <span style="color: rgb(247, 214, 24); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">She used to be a fashion model
 * <span style="color: rgb(247, 214, 24); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Wolfgang Petersen directed //Troy// in one of the films she acted in
 * <span style="color: rgb(247, 214, 24); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">She was number 50 in Maxim's 2005's //100 Hottest Women//
 * <span style="color: rgb(247, 214, 24); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Diane had small roles on seven French Films before her major acting career

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 * GOTZ GEORGE:**
 * <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Gotz Geroge is a German actor
 * <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Both his mother and father were actors/actresses
 * <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">His father was captured by the Soviet Union and died in one of their Concentration Camps
 * <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Gotz mainly acted in comical and action movies in the 60's
 * <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">He performs all his own stunts in the movies he does
 * <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">He was very popular on German Tv shows in the 80's
 * <span style="color: rgb(29, 94, 237); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Gotz won the 1995 Bavarian Best Actor Award

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