Overview

• In new dpa interviews published August 21, Benedict Cumberbatch joked he was “slightly traumatised” by the production’s most heated scenes.
• Olivia Colman said she threw objects and hurled insults during takes, prompting check-ins to ensure their off-screen rapport remained intact.
• Both actors described the emotional blowups as a cleansing release, saying it felt good to let everything out during the dramatic sequences.
• The film follows Theo and Ivy, a couple whose once-stable family life falters when his career stumbles as hers accelerates.
• Die Rosenschlacht opens in cinemas on August 28 as a comedy-drama remake of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses.