Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Fatih Akin’s coming-of-age drama Amrum following the recent world premiere in Cannes Premiere.
Akin and frequent collaborator Hark Bohm, whose credits include In The Fade and Goodbye Berlin, co-wrote the screenplay based on Bohm’s personal experiences growing up on Amrum Island.
Laura Tonke, Diane Kruger, and newcomer child actor Jasper Ole Billerbeck star in the story set in the final days of the Second World War in spring 1945 as a 12-year-old helps his mother feed the family. As peace approaches, the enemy is far closer than the youngster imagined.
Amrum marks Akin’s first collaboration with Kruger since In The Fade, which earned her the Cannes best actress prize in 2017. Akin served as producer alongside Herman Weigel.
Kino Lorber VP of acquisitions Karoliina Dwyer brokered the deal with Dirk Schuerhoff, CEO of Beta Cinema. The theatrical release will be followed by digital, educational, and home video release.
Amrum is a Bombero International and Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany production, in co-production with Rialto Film, with the support of FFA, DFFF, Moin Film Förderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, BKM, MBB, MFG and Bayerischer Filmpreis.
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