Press release from ned & co
2011 marks the 10th birthday of the AUDI FESTIVAL OF GERMAN FILMS and to celebrate, we’re thrilled to announce that Burghart Klaussner one of Germany’s most esteemed actors, will be in Australia to launch the Festival in Sydney and accompany screenings in Melbourne.
A household name in his native country Klaussner has appeared in more than 50 German feature films since 1983, with major roles in such international hits as GOODBYE LENIN!, THE EDUKATORS, REQUIEM, YELLA and THE READER, alongside Kate Winslett and David Gross, plus director Michael Haneke’s award-winning thriller, THE WHITE RIBBON. His performance as ‘the Pastor’ in Haneke’s masterpiece earned Klaussner the award for ‘Outstanding Individual Achievement: Actor’ at the 2010 German Film Awards – Germany’s equivalent to the Oscars.
Klaussner, who is fluent in English, stars in three films within this year’s Festival programme, namely REQUIEM (2006), THE SILENCE (2010) and GOETHE! (2010) and will introduce select Festival screenings of those features in Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane.
Klaussner’s visit adds yet more star power to this year’s Festival, which will also be graced by legendary director, Wim Wenders who will be in Sydney to introduce a screening of his latest film PINA at the Festival’s closing night event to be staged at Sydney Opera House on Sunday 17 April.
A brief summary of films within this year’s Festival programme is attached for your reference. The full Festival program is now available online at: www.goethe.de/australia.