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Grand Bahama Island - On May 8th, The Bahamas
Weekly News Team was invited out to the set
of Der Seewolf We were invited to take
photos and video, and were fortunate to
interview the lead actor, Tom Kretschmann;
lead actor Florian Stetter; director
Christophe Schrewe; Film Commissioner Craig
Woods; Executive Producer, Karlheinz Ganzer;
Donna Mackey, Sr. Manager; Jonathan Jones,
Bahamian film trainee.
Other actors in Seewolf are: Vinzenz Kiefer,
Jaymes Butler, Gennadi Vengerov, Simon Licht,
Robinson Reichel, Stefan Gbureck, Martin
Eschenbach, Henning Baum, Mac Steinmeier,
Alexander Horbe, and Paul Fassnacht. The
screenplay was written by Holger Karsten
Schmidt.
SevenOne International distributes ProSieben
series "The Sea Wolf" with Thomas Kretschmann
(Munich, February 2008):
German actor Thomas Kretschmann, famous for
international blockbusters such as "King
Kong" or "The Pianist", will be playing the
lead role in ProSieben's new event series
"The Sea Wolf". As the ruthless Captain Wolf
Larsen, he will rescue the shipwrecked
Humphrey van Weyden (Florian Stetter). In the
middle of the ocean, a deadly quest for
survival ignites between the two men.
SevenOne International will be distributing
the high budget production.
Filming for the modern remake of one of Jack
London's most acclaimed novels will be
starting in March under Director Stephan
Wagner on the Bahamas and in Berlin. The
event movie is produced by Hofmann & Voges
Shipwrecked and lost, the intellectual
Humphrey van Weyden is rescued by Wolf
Larsen, captain of the seal-hunting vessel
"Ghost". Larsen, a brutal and ruthless man,
refrains from bringing van Weyden back to
shore. Gradually, the situation on board
deteriorates when a shipwrecked woman, Maud
Brewster (Petra Schmidt-Schaller) joins the
men on board. Feeling a strong attraction
towards Maud, the two men find themselves
fighting each other. Only one man will
survive.
Jens Richter, Managing Director of SevenOne
International was quoted in saying: "Once
again, ProSieben has come up with a gripping
adaptation of a world classic. After
'Treasure Island', Jack London's 'Sea Wolf'
makes captivating television, thanks to a
great cast."
Christian Balz, Head of German Fiction,
ProSieben: "With 'The Sea Wolf' we are
bringing to the screen one of Jack London's
most thrilling adventure novels. It is the
dynamics of power and self-assertion that
especially appeals to our younger audiences." Tags : der seewolf sea tom kretschmann craig woods florian stetter christophe schrewe donna mackey bahamas karlheinz ganzer |