Michael Kohlhaas Blu-ray
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Posted November 13, 2013 02:33 PM by Webmaster
German label Polyband Medien has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of director Arnaud des Pallières's Michael Kohlhaas (2013), starring Mads Mikkelsen, Bruno Ganz, Denis Lavant, Sergi Lopez, Mélusine Mayance, and Delphine Chuillot. The release will be available for purchase in Germany on March 28th.
Official synopsis (courtesy of Films du Losange): Adapted from the 1811 Heinrich von Kleist classic romantic novel. Michael Kohlhaas is set in a period where an impoverished aristocracy precariously still clings to feudal privileges passed down since the Middle Ages, while in the towns a new world is taking shape. The townspeople are educated, often wealthy, but politically almost powerless. Kohlhaas, a horse merchant, suffers an injustice at the hands of a young baron and demands his rights, but society lets him down. He reacts by suddenly, brutally declaring war on society. He chooses the path of violence, with a razor-sharp sense of justice as his only moral guideline.
Special Features:
Notes: In the U.S., Michael Kohlhaas will be distributed by Chicago-based Music Box Films. It will be Des Pallières' first film to have U.S. distribution. Mikkelsen, who won Best Actor Award at Cannes for The Hunt and starred in Denmark's official Oscar entry A Royal Affair, is joined by Bruno Ganz (Downfall), Dennis Lavant (Holy Motors), and Sergi López (Pan's Labyrinth). Von Kliest's book was previously adapted for film in 1969 by Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum), and inspired E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime.
Official synopsis (courtesy of Films du Losange): Adapted from the 1811 Heinrich von Kleist classic romantic novel. Michael Kohlhaas is set in a period where an impoverished aristocracy precariously still clings to feudal privileges passed down since the Middle Ages, while in the towns a new world is taking shape. The townspeople are educated, often wealthy, but politically almost powerless. Kohlhaas, a horse merchant, suffers an injustice at the hands of a young baron and demands his rights, but society lets him down. He reacts by suddenly, brutally declaring war on society. He chooses the path of violence, with a razor-sharp sense of justice as his only moral guideline.
Special Features:
- Interviews with Mads Mikkelsen and director Arnaud des Pallières
- Original Trailer
- Booklet
Notes: In the U.S., Michael Kohlhaas will be distributed by Chicago-based Music Box Films. It will be Des Pallières' first film to have U.S. distribution. Mikkelsen, who won Best Actor Award at Cannes for The Hunt and starred in Denmark's official Oscar entry A Royal Affair, is joined by Bruno Ganz (Downfall), Dennis Lavant (Holy Motors), and Sergi López (Pan's Labyrinth). Von Kliest's book was previously adapted for film in 1969 by Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum), and inspired E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime.