This week, Max Richter has been recording his score for the upcoming German period drama Werk ohne Autor. The film is directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others, The Tourist) and stars Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Bee, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci, Bastian Trost and Lars Eidinger. The movie is inspired by the real life of German painter Gerhard Richter and follows an artist who flees from East Germany to West Germany but is still haunted by his experiences under both the Nazi and communist dictatorships. Von Donnersmarck is also producing the Pergamon Film and Wiedemann & Berg Film production with Jan Mojto (Borgia), Quirin Berg & Max Wiedemann (Who Am I, Welcome to Germany). Werk ohne Autor is expected to premiere at one of the major film festivals this year and is set for a theatrical release in Germany in October. No word yet on a domestic distribution deal.
As previously reported, Richter also has the historical drama Mary, Queen of Scots starring Saoirse Ronan & Margot Robbie and Yann Demange’s White Boy Rick starringMatthew McConaughey coming up.
