He is currently one of the Polish directors who enjoy the best recognition abroad. For “I’m going” the creator got an Oscar for the best non -English film. It was a tenth prize awarded by the Academy in the history of Polish cinematography. In turn, “Cold War” received a distinction for directing at the Cannes Film Festival, Oscars ended in two nominations – for directing and the best non -English film.
Paweł Pawlikowski is working on a new film. It screens the life of the Nobel Prize winner
Now Pawlikowski is working on another production. This time it will be Drama based on the book “Wizard” Colma Toibina. The work of “Fatherland” is described as a fictitious autobiography of Tomasz Mann, winner of the literary Nobel Prize, author of “Death in Venice”, “Magic Mountain” and “Dr. Faustus”. , photos for Pawlikowski’s new film can start this summer.
The project was recently received by a German grant in the amount of EUR 200,000, and the producer of the new work Pawlikowski will be Oscars laureate for “conclave” and “in the West unchanged”, Edaward Berger. The Polish director is also a co -creator of the script who wrote together with Henk Handloegten responsible for “Babylon Berlin”.
What will “Fatherland” be about?
The plot of the film will be centered around the childhood of Mann spent in Lubece, it will also show the writer’s marriage and life in Munich. The climax will be the moment of the hero’s opposition to the Nazi regime and subsequent emigration to the United States. In the novel, the author also tries to explore the complex personality of Mann and his internal conflicts. The writer has been torn between personal aspirations and responsibilities towards the family for years. He also struggled with the reconciliation of bourgeois education with artistic ambitions.
“Fatherland” will be the first full -length film by Pawlikowski since the “Cold War”. The director previously worked on the production entitled “The Island”. It was supposed to be a story about a tired steam that escapes to a desert island, where they meet a millionaire. Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix were to play the screen partners, but the project was suspended. Just before the start of the photos, the producers withdrew their financing for the film. Insurers found the project uncertain and refused to support because of the American guild of the scriptwriters starting at the time.
Source: Gazeta
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