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World Premiere at the Munich Filmfest 2025: I'm Not Stiller
The adaptation of Max Frisch's modern classic will hit cinemas on 30 October, with Albrecht Schuch and Paula Beer in the starring roles.Optioned
Thomas Strässle’s Prose Debut Flight Novella Set to Be Adapted for the Screen
Thomas Strässle’s gripping story of a big love and a daring escape from East Germany is set to be made into a motion picture.Optioned
Film Rights Sold for Leif Lindholm’s Between Two Seas
Lindholm’s moving novel about an unusual friendship and the hundred-year-old secret of a Danish coastal town is set to be made into a feature film.Optioned
Film Rights Optioned for Nora Bossong's Bestselling Novel Reichskanzlerplatz
With translation rights sold for multiple languages, Nora Bossong’s latest novel Reichskanzlerplatz is now to be adapted for the screen.Optioned
Lutz Seiler’s Bestseller Stern 111 to Be Adapted for Film
The rights to Lutz Seiler’s multi-award-winning novel Star 111 have been acquired by a German production studio.Optioned
New Film Project Based on Davenport 160 x 90 by Sybille Ruge
Sybille Ruge’s tough antiheroine Sonja Slanski is to become a film figure in an English-language adaptation.Optioned
New Film Project Based on Berlin Heat by Johannes Groschupf
The politically explosive thriller by Berlin-based author Johannes Groschupf is set to be turned into a feature film.Optioned
Valerie Fritsch's Lemon Optioned for Film Adaptation
Valerie Fritsch’s novel Lemon, published in March 2024 by Suhrkamp, has just been optioned for a feature film adaptation.Film rights video
World Premiere of Film Adaptation of Peter Weiss's The Investigation
On 4 July 2024, the world premiere of the feature film adaptation of Peter Weiss’s documentary play took place at Filmfest München.Film rights
From the Stage to the Screen
Konstantin Küspert's dystopian play das ende der menschheit has just been optioned for a film adaptation.Film rights
The New Thriller from Sybille Ruge to Be Presented in Cannes
9mm Cut will be presented to an international audience of producers at Cannes Film Festival.Film rights
World Premiere at the 2024 Berlinale
Treasure: Julia von Heinz has adapted Lily Brett’s bestselling novel Too Many Men for the screen.Optioned
A Different Perspective on Berlin in the 1920s
Magnus Hirschfeld and his Institute for Sexual Science at the centre of an English-language series adaptation of Rainer Herrn’s For Love and for Sorrow.Film rights
Four Suhrkamp Books to Hit the Screens in 2024
Too Many Men, I'm Not Stiller, The Investigation and The Sound of Family are all being adapted for the screen.Film rights
Shooting Starts on a Modern Classic: I'm Not Stiller by Max Frisch
Max Frischer's classic I'm Not Stiller is being adapted for the screen.Film rights
US movie adaptation of Ralf Rothmann's international bestseller in development
Ralf Rothmann, To Die in Spring.Film rights
Cinematic adaptation of the modern classic by Peter Weiss with a high-profile cast
Peter Weiss, The InvestigationFilm rights