Tykwer seems the ideal choice, having shown a grasp for contempo magic realism and highly metaphysical material in earlier pics like Expressionistic psychothriller “Deadly Maria” (1993) and Cate Blanchett starrer “Heaven” (2002), Tykwer’s most recent feature. (In the meantime, Suskind had co-written the superb ensembler “Rossini,” which Eichinger’s Constantin Film distribbed in 1997.) British writer-director Andrew Birkin worked first with Eichinger on the script, and they were then joined by Tykwer (“Run Lola Run”), who finally took over the helming reins.
Suskind, a reclusive Munich writer, refused to sell the screen rights for many years, finally yielding to Eichinger’s repeated requests in 2001. First test in an Anglophone territory will be Blighty on Dec. 14 in Germany, where it’s well on its way to hitting a hunky 3 million admissions in its first month, pic has already started its three-month rollout across most of the rest of Europe.
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