August Diehl To Star In Biopic Of German Olympic Athlete Otto Peltzer, ‘The Distant Near’; BBFP Co-Production Selected For Film Bazaar
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Bombay Berlin Film Productions (BBFP) has revealed that August Diehl has been cast to play the role of German Olympic athlete Otto Peltzer in upcoming biopic The Distant Near.
Polish-UK filmmaker Rafael Kapelinski is set to direct the project, which has been selected for the Co-production Market of India’s Film Bazaar, currently taking place in Goa (November 20-24).
The screenplay is written by UK writer James Pout with support from the Nipkow program of Medienboard. Peltzer had an extraordinary life – an Olympic middle distance runner and former world record holder, he was persecuted by the Nazis for being gay and spent time in Mauthausen concentration camp.
On his release, he moved to India to avoid further persecution, later becoming a coach for the Indian athletics team and inspiring them to victory over a visiting German team.
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