TrustNordisk Lands Multiple Deals For Franz Kafka Biopic ‘The Glory Of Life’ Including North America And France
TrustNordisk has sold Georg Maas and Judith Kaufmann’s Franz Kafka biopic The Glory Of Life to several key markets, including North America and France.
Centered around Kafka and his great love Dora Diamant, the film had a closed market screening in Cannes and has now been sold to North America (Menemsha Films), France (Condor), Benelux (September Film), Spain (Divisa Red), Italy (Wanted Cinema), Turkey (Ozen Film), Former Yugoslavia (Cinemania Group), Taiwan (Swallow Wings) and Australia (Moving Story).
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Based on the bestselling novel by Michael Kumpfmüller, the film is directed by Georg Maas and Judith Kaufmann, and written by Georg Maas and Michael Gutmann. Synopsis reads: Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka’s life becomes his happiest. He has never before been able to allow himself to experience intimacy, he suffers from tuberculosis and is dependent on his overbearing family. But the worldly-wise Dora Diamant accepts him as he is. And he accepts her. The two meet in 1923 on the Baltic Sea coast, where he is convalescing and she is working in a Jewish Volksheim. Together they go to Berlin and, when Franz’s health deteriorates rapidly, to a sanatorium in Austria. Barely a year after they meet, he dies. The memory of their time together will shape Dora for the rest of her life.
Starring the lead is Henriette Confurius, best known for her performance in Transatlantic (2023), and Sabin Tambrea for his role in Ludwig II (2012). Producers are Helge Sasse and Solveig Fina for Tempest Film and Tommy Pridnig for Lotus Film with support from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MV Filmförderung, Filmstiftung NRW, FFA Filmförderungsanstalt, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Österreichisches Filminstitut, ÖFI+, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Filmfonds Wien. Local distribution by Majestic Film. International sales are handled by TrustNordisk.
‘We are all very thrilled about the global response to The Glory Of Life,” said Susan Wendt, Managing Director of TrustNordisk. “This widespread interest is a testament to the enduring fascination with Kafka’s extraordinary life and love story, and we find our selected distributors to be the ideal partners for the film’s international release.”
Neil Friedman, Founder and President of Menemsha Films, the distributor for North America, added: “Menemsha is always delighted to do business together with TrustNordisk and particularly now with “The Glory of Life”, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Kafka’s passing.”
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