Overview

• Volker Schlöndorff, known for his acclaimed literary adaptations, will direct a film based on Jenny Erpenbeck's 2008 novel 'Heimsuchung'.
• Filming will primarily take place near Studio Babelsberg in Brandenburg, where Schlöndorff served as managing director from 1992 to 1997.
• The cast includes prominent German actors Lars Eidinger, Martina Gedeck, and Ulrich Matthes.
• Schlöndorff, 85, has written the screenplay but is consulting closely with Erpenbeck, who won the International Booker Prize in 2024 for her novel 'Kairos'.
• The project is contingent on securing financing, with filming tentatively scheduled to begin in August 2025.