Diane Kruger and Fatih Akin: Entry in the Golden Book of the City of Hamburg

02.11.2017 | Premiere "Into the fate"

Hamburg's First Mayor Olaf Scholz and Hamburg's Senator for Culture and Media, Dr Carsten Brosda, will receive actress Diane Kruger and Hamburg filmmaker Fatih Akin as guests of honour at City Hall on 21 November to sign the city's Golden Book. The premiere of "Into the Fate", which was largely filmed in Hamburg, will take place in the Hanseatic city on the same evening.

Diane Kruger ("The Infiltrator", "Inglourious Basterds", "The Bridge", "Troy") was awarded the Palme d'Or for Best Actress at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in 2017 for her leading role in Akin's thriller.Into the fate will represent Germany in the race for the 90th Oscar® for Best Non-English Language Film.Into the fate opens in German cinemas nationwide on 23 November 2017.

About the film: Into the fate is a thriller about a woman's love for her family beyond death. Into the fate of Katja, her life is shattered: Her husband and son die in a bomb attack and the police catch two suspects: a young neo-Nazi couple. Katja wants justice - there is no alternative for her.

Produced wasInto the fate by bombero international and Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany in co-production with Macassar Productions, Pathé and corazón international. The production was supported by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA).

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