PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON NEW PERIOD SET MINI TV SERIES ON FRANZ KAFKA WITH JOEL BASMAN AND DAVID KROSS

 NEW FRANZ KAFKA SERIES 

COMING THIS EASTER TO ARD AND ORF

German national broadcaster ARD and the Austrian one ORF have teamed up on new Franz Kafka mini TV series titled simply KAFKA. The new six parter will start airing March 25th in the year that marks a hundred years since his death. Based on the three part Kafka biography by Reiner Stach, the series follows Kafka’s (Joel Basman) difficult relationship with his father (Nicholas Ofczarek) and his love affairs with Felice Bauer, Milena Jesenská (Liv Lisa Fries) and Dora Diamant, but also his close friendship with Max Brod (David Kross).

 

IN THE NEW MINI TV SERIES 

Kafka's vacation spot, already ravaged by tuberculosis, is transformed in his imagination into the dark and mythical village of his last and most famous novel, “The Castle”. But he also meets his last great love, Dora Diamant (Tamara Romera Ginés). The two lived in Berlin for a few months and spent Kafka's last days together in the Kierling sanatorium outside Vienna. Franz (Joel Basman) grew up as one of many children in a Jewish middle-class merchant family in Prague. He became enthusiastic about writing from an early age and wrote several texts. One of his best friends, Max Brod (David Kross), is his greatest admirer and encourages him to keep publishing his texts. He himself is a respected writer and full of energy and drive. He believes in Kafka's talent and drives him tirelessly. He is known for his many affairs and his warm-heartedness, which could hardly distinguish him from his shy friend.

 

1ST LOOK AT WINTER KING ARTHURIAN EPIC TV SERIES! 1ST IMAGES FROM PERIOD SET MOVIES THE CONVERT WITH GUY PEARCE, FRANZ KAFKA BIOPIC THE GLORY OF LIFE, WW2 ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES WITH LIEV SCHREIBER, JOSH HUTCHERSON

 FIRST THE WINTER KING  

IMAGES FROM NEW SERIES  

ITVX has released first images from their upcoming TV series adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles and I must admit they look cheap as hell and not very promising. THE WINTER KING will air later this year following Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast to legendary warrior and leader. It is set in the 5th century long before Britain was united. In a land ofwarring factions and tribes when the world was brutal and lives were often fleeting. Iain De Caestecker stars as a young Arthur, who begins as an exiled bastard before becoming the greatest hope for Britain. Stuart Campbell is Derfel who transforms from left-for-dead orphan to the truest of all warlords. Ellie James is Nimue a priestess saved by Merlin because she can see the gods - he gives her power, wisdom and learning. Eddie Marsan is Uther, High King of all Dumnonia, old and battle tested. He commands incredible authority, over almost all, bar Merlin. Nathaniel Martello-White is Merlin, a politician, powerful, enlightened, and absolute. Fearless in the face of a King’s wrath he follows his connectionto his Gods in all things. Daniel Ings is Owain one of Arthur’s closest childhood friends and like a son to High King Uther. Valene Kane is Morgan, Arthur’s half-sister and another bastard child of King Uther. She is asharp-tongued and independent minded pagan and student of Merlin. Simon Merrells is Gundleus, King of rival kingdom Siluria. Imposing and savage, Gundleus is prepared to slaughter whoever he needs to secure power. The series will air on MGM+ in USA.

 

  FIRST IMAGES FROM  

GUY PEARCE'S THE CONVERT

A bunch of first images from different period set movies for you today, starting with THE CONVERT, a historical drama from Oscar winner Lee Tamahori in which Guy Pearce plays  a lay preacher who arrives at a British settlement at New Zealand in 1830s. His violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes.

THE GLORY OF LIFE

There is also Franz Kafka biopic, a story of the famous Czech writer which is being offered to buyers at Cannes. The love story between Kafka (Sabin Tambrea) and Dora Diamant (Henriette Confurius) is set in 1923 on the Baltic Sea coast, a year before the author died from tuberculosis. The worldly wise Diamant, who was working in a Jewish community, took him to Berlin, and as Kafka’s health deteriorates rapidly, they traveled together to a sanatorium in Austria. The memory of their time together will shape Diamant for the rest of her life!

ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES MOVIE ADAPTATION

There are also first images from the movie adaptation of Hemingway's ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES with Liev Schreiber, Josh Hutcherson and Matilda de Angelis scheduled for Fall. Set in post WW2 Venice Italy, American Army Col. Richard Cantwell, haunted by the war, is a bona fide hero who faces news of his illness with stoic disregard. Determined to spend a weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to facilitate a visit to his old haunts in Venice. As Cantwell's plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a remarkable young woman begins to re kindle in him the hope of renewal.