Principal photography has begun on 1949, the next film from Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski.
The film will shoot in Poland, Germany, and Italy. It stars Sandra Hüller (Zone of Interest), August Diehl (A Hidden Life), Anna Madeley (Patrick Melrose), Devid Striesow (All Quiet On The Western Front), Theo Trebs (The White Ribbon), and Hanns Zischler (Munich, The Universal Theory).
The film’s official synopsis reads: Set at the height of the Cold War, 1949 centres on the relationship between the writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika (Sandra Hüller); actress, journalist and rally driver, as they embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a Germany in ruins – from US dominated Frankfurt to Soviet controlled Weimar.
The film is produced by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli of OUR Films, Ewa Puszczynsk of Extreme Emotions, Jeanne Tremsal and Edward Berger of Nine Hours, and Circle One’s Lorenzo Gangarossa.
The creative team includes cinematographer Lukasz Zal, costume designer Aleksandra Staszko, editor Piotr Wójcik, production designers Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński, and composer Marcin Marsecki.
Pawlikowski’s last feature was Cold War (2018), which debuted at Cannes and won the Best Director award. The film was also nominated for Best Foreign Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography at the Oscars. The filmmaker is perhaps best known for Idam, which won 5 European Film Awards and the 2015 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
