Foreign Rights List — Spring 2017 Diogenesest• 1952 Chris Kraus Cold Blood Theatre Exhibitions Anniversary Friedrich Dürrenmatt Patricia Highsmith H.U. Steger Luis Murschetz and Tomi Ungerer th Nocturnal Conversation Ripley Under Ground Travelling to Tripiti F. K. Waechter 85 Birthday 28.11.2016 with a Scorned Man Teatr Studio im. Konzert Theater Bern Here I am at the Olaf Gul- Petros Markaris Theater und Orchester St. I. Witkiewicza, Warsaw bransson Museum, Tegernsee 80th Birthday 1.1.2017 Patrick Süskind from 12.2.2017 until 14.5.2017. Neubrandenburg/ The Talented Mr. Ripley Magdalen Nabb Neustrelitz The Double Bass (1947–2007) Theater der Jugend Wien Teatro Armonia, Friedrich Dürrenmatt th Play Strindberg 70 Birthday 16.1.2017 Santiago de Chile Permanent exhibition Friedrich Teatro Stabile del Friuli Anthony McCarten Rainer Brambach Theater Lüneburg Dürrenmatt – writer and artist Venezia Giulia (1917–1983) Death of a Superhero Münchner Volkstheater at the Centre Dürrenmatt Theater und 100th Birthday 22.1.2017 Romulus the Great Theater Krefeld und Neuchâtel. Philharmonie Essen Stadttheater Gießen Mönchengladbach Hartmut Lange Städtische Bühnen th Městská divadla pražská, Objectif 3000, France Paul Flora 80 Birthday 31.3.2017 Osnabrück Prague Atelier Théâtre Actuel, Permanent exhibition at the Claus-Ulrich Bielefeld Theater Konstanz The Physicists France Paul-Flora-Museum, Glurns 70th Birthday 31.7.2017 Staatstheater Mainz Higher State School (Austria). Sławomir Mrożek Donna Leon Rheinisches Landestheater of Drama, Krakow 75th Birthday 29.9.2017 Neuss Emigrants Fundacja Sceny im. F.K. Waechter Viktorija Tokarjewa Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern b.a.n.t. Theatre, Istanbul St. Wyspiańskiego, Krakow Permanent exhibition at carica- 80th Birthday 20.11.2017 Theater Aachen Theatre Bulgarian Army Chekhow Moscow Art tura museum Frankfurt. Schlossfestspiele Teatteri Vanha Juko, Lakti Theatre Hagenwil State Theatre, Istanbul Viktorija Tokarjewa Photos: Tomi Ungerer: © Gaëtan Bally/keystone; The Pledge Die Witwen Musical Petros Markaris: © Regine Mosimann; Magdalen Nabb: Theatre Teo, Daejeon © Dirk Vogel; Rainer Brambach: Archiv Diogenes Verlag; Mecklenburgisches Mara Hartmut Lange: © Hans-Christian Plambeck/laif; Claus-Ulrich Bielefeld: © Bastian Schweitzer / Diogenes Verlag; Donna Leon: Staatstheater sogar theater, Zurich © Regine Mosimann / Diogenes Verlag; Viktorija Tokarjewa: Ein Sommertag Friedrich Dürrenmatt © Isolde Ohlbaum; Konzert Theater Bern Teatrul Tineretului Tomi Ungerer The Visit The Visit Piatra Neamţ Moon Man Theatre 1010, nia Produções Artísticas Love on Crimea Schauspielhaus Graz Tokyo-Kitasenju Liepājas Teātris Divadlo Astorka Korzo ’90, Canal City Theatre, Fukuoka Vakhtangov State Academic Bratislava The Three Robbers Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Westfälisches Landestheater Theatre, Moscow Out at Sea Theatre Drama City, Osaka Konzert Theater Bern Gekidan Tsunobue, Tokyo Friedrich Karl Waechter Kompanie Lluis Graells Wir können Mezzanin Theater, Graz noch viel Tüpraş, İzmit Montserrat, Spain zusammen machen Patrick Viktorij a Süskind Tokarj ewa Friedrich Patricia Sławomir Mrożek Der Anthony Mara Highsmith Friedrich Auf hoher See Kon trab aß Dürrenmatt Dürrenmatt McCarten Der Besuch Der talentierte Striptease Superhero Die Physiker Zwei Einakter der alten Dame Mr. Ripley Komödie Tragische Komödie Roman · Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes TV Awards Cinema Martin Suter Patricia Highsmith Hansjörg Schneider Lukas Hartmann Director: Andy Goddard. Ingrid Noll With Allmen and the secret Neil Cross has boarded the TV The Swiss author received The movie adaptation of Script: Susan Boyd. Director Wei Zhao is fi lming of the Dragonfl ies, the fi rst adaptation of her Ripley book the ›Honorary Prize‹ of the his novel Dark Bliss will Cast: Haley Bennett, the movie adaptation of episode of his crime novel series. Script: Neil Cross. ›Crime Novel Festival come to the Swiss cinemas Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson. Hell Hath No Fury. series is coming to the small Production: Television 360, Burgdorf‹ in October 2016. in November 2016. Production: Killer Films. Script: Li Qiang, Production: screen. The premiere was Endemol Shine Studios. The prize is worth 5,000 chf. Director and Script: Stefan Distribution: Magnolia Cheerland. Scheduled release: at the ›Filmfest München‹ Executive Producer: Neil Haupt. Cast: Eleni Haupt, Pictures, Ascot Elite Enter- December 2016. in June 2016 and the release Cross, Guymon Casady and Erich Hackl Noé Ricklin, Elisa Plüss. tainment Group, Eagle Films. is scheduled for 2017. Ben Forkner (Television 360), In May the Association of the Production: Fontana Film, Beat Sterchi Director: Thomas Berger. and Philipp Keel (Diogenes Austrian Industry honoured Triluna Film AG. Distributi- Chris Kraus The movie rights of his novel Script: Martin Rauhaus. Verlag). him with the ›Anton Wild- on: Xenix Filmdistribution. His latest movie The Bloom Blösch have been optioned. Cast: Heino Ferch, Samuel gans 2015‹, which comes with of Yesterday will come Finzi. Production: ufa Tomi Ungerer a honorarium of 15,000 eur. to German and Austrian Friedrich Dürrenmatt fi ction. His children’s book Flix will cinemas this winter. The movie rights of his be adapted as cartoon tv se- Benedict Wells Director and Script: novella Mondfi nsternis have Leon de Winter ries. Optioned by Eye Present In June his novel On Chris Kraus. Cast: Adèle been optioned. Leon de Winter’s novel The Ltd and Pictor Productions the End of Loneliness was Haenel, Hannah Herzsprung, Right to Return will be turned Ltd, the project will be deve- awarded the ›European Jan Josef Liefers. Production: Yadé Kara into a series for the small loped in close collaboration Union Prize for Literature‹. Dor Film West and Four The movie rights of her novel screen. Production: Endemol. with Tomi Ungerer. The prize is worth 5,000 eur. Minutes Filmproduktion. Selam Berlin have been Distribution (world): Beta optioned. Hartmut Lange Cinema. In September 2016, Hartmut Lange took up his artist Photo: © TRILUNA FILM AG residency at the Villa Massimo in Rome. His stay is part of Patricia Highsmith A Kind of Murder is the movie the ›Rome Prize‹, awarded to adaptation of her novel The him in 2016 by the German Blunderer and was premiered Academy Rome. at the ›Tribeca Film Festival‹ in April 2016. First release dates are in November (Russia) Allmen and the secret of the Dragonfl ies: Johann Friedrich von Allmen (Heino Ferch) The Bloom of Yesterday: Zazie (Adèle Haenel) and Toto (Lars Eidinger). Photo: © ard Degeto/ufa Fiction/Hardy Brackmann and in December 2016 (usa). Photo: Edith Held © Four Minutes Filmproduktion Erich Hackl Drei tränenlose Geschichten Hansjörg Lukas Yadé Kara Leon Schneider Benedict Hartmann Selam Berlin Patricia Martin Suter Beat Sterchi Highsmith Allmen de Winter Hunkelers Wells Finsteres Das Recht auf Geheimnis Vom Ende Glück Blösch Der und Der neunte Fall Stümper die Libellen Rückkehr der Einsamkeit Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Please find more information at: www.diogenes.ch/rights The great new German novel by fi lmmaker Chris Kraus who proves himself Chris Kraus a great narrator and fi nds images of biblical force. Cold Blood Cold Blood tells the story of an entire epoch: An epos of two Baltic-German brothers in the maelstrom of the 20th century. a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning A novel that takes readers to the dark cham- the years 1905 to 1975 and taking us from Riga bers of history and shows how West Germany to Moscow, Berlin and Munich all the way to arose from the rubble of the Nazi regime. Tel Aviv. Two brothers from Riga climb the career ladder: first in Nazi Germany, then as spies The protagonists are Hubert, Konstantin and for the young West Germany. Along with and between them is the Jewess Ev, the lover Ev Solm – two Baltic-German brothers and of both of them by turns. A passionate their Jewish adopted sister. ménage à trois unfolds that takes the protago- nists to terrifying moral and political depths. Chris Kraus Das kalte Blut Their constant companion on their convoluted The story of the Solms is also the story of paths through life is a lie, disguised as a secret. twentieth-century Germany: the decline of an old world and the rise of a new one – under new auspices but with the same familiar pro- tagonists. »Chris Kraus is a highly passionate storyteller.« Roman· Diogenes Martina Koben/ Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Novel 1120 pages, April 2017 World rights are handled by Diogenes. chris kraus, born in Göttingen in 1963, is a film director, screenwriter and novelist. His films (including Scherbentanz, Poll) have won numerous awards, Four Minutes with Monica Bleibtreu and Hannah Herzsprung picking up the ›German Film Prize‹ for best feature film in 2007. His most recent film, the comedy The Bloom of Yesterday starring Lars Eidinger, will be in cinemas from autumn 2016. Cold Blood is Chris Kraus’s second novel. He lives in Berlin. © Maurice Haas Photo: Chris Kraus Excerpts from the novel Cold Blood The Bloom of Yesterday »The fact that we never managed to »Ev and I, we didn’t feel like we An almost romantic comedy on the brink of keep the lie out of our lives, even came from this world. Yes, we admi- the abyss. though Hub, Ev and I longed for the red heroes like Hub and desired him With a colour picture section and truth, I swear to you, that brought too (taking Ev’s perspective for a annotations by the director and screenplay depravity into our existence, follo- second), but we didn’t live with or writer Chris Kraus. wed by crime and eventually death. among other people like him or our In cinemas from January 2017. Featuring Lars It could well be that most Nazis had parents, we lived alongside them, on Eidinger, Adèle Haenel, Hannah Herzsprung, the same problem.« the very margins, and while they Jan Josef Liefers, Sigrid Marquardt, Rolf Hoppe thought the world fi rm and unaltera- and others. »I was deeply sincere. And I was ble, we saw that it was dangling from World premiere at the 29th Tokyo International deeply insincere.