Max Riemelt

berlin-syndrome-excerptThe Sundance Film Festival is less than a week away, but films are already starting to sell in the days leading up to the highly anticipated Park City fest. The latest to be acquired is the Cate Shortland-directed psychological thriller Berlin Syndrome starring Teresa Palmer and Max Riemelt. Vertical Entertainment secured the North American theatrical rights, while Netflix nabbed the streaming rights.

Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 2.48.33 PMAn Australian photographer meets a charismatic local man while on holiday in Berlin. After a night of passion, she finds herself locked in his apartment and soon realizes he has no intentions of letting her go, ever.

Logline: Based on the true story of an Israeli basketball coach who agrees to coach the West German team in Frankfurt — the city where his father was taken away by the Gestapo. Once in Germany he falls in love with a Turkish immigrant.