| Jan
17 |
"Welcome to Hindafing": The
satirical black comedy-drama "Welcome to Hindafing"
premieres January 22nd, 2019 in the US and Canada – only
on MHz Choice! Watch online, via Amazon, Android, iPhone,
iPad, Apple TV, Roku, XBOX & Xfinity.
You like the Coen Brothers? You like House of Cards? Then
you might very well fall head over heels in love with
"Welcome to Hindafing", a hilarious, Fargo-style look at
the dark underbelly of Western civilization,
Bavarian-style. Equal parts satire, drama and bawdy,
clever comedy, Welcome to Hindafing tells the story of the
rise and fall (mostly “fall”) of provincial mayor Alfons
Zischl, Jr. and the fictional town of Hindafing, a village
so deep in the Bavarian backwoods that it doesn’t even
have its own Autobahn exit (yet). Its soccer team aspires
to qualify for the ninth division next season, its
nightlife is dominated by a truck stop and a beer hall,
and its biggest employer is a faux-organic slaughterhouse.
Welcome, indeed.
Maximilian Brückner plays Mayor Alfons Zischl, an actor
MHz Choice subscribers will recognize from his recent
starring role as Martin Luther in "Reformation".
Videos: Hindafing
- First Look & Official U.S. Trailer. Source, with
information about the actors: MHzChoice-Blog |
| Jan
16 |
Photos
from the 'Bad Taste Birthday-Party' of Maximilian Brückner
for his 40th birthday at the "Hirzinger, Hotel Gasthof zur
Post" in Riedering. Photos by Lucas and by Franz-Xaver Brückner |
| Jan
16 |
Bella
Brückner, Clemens Schick and Maximilian Brückner model for
"Tracht & Country" and "Trachten Brückner". Photos by
Mathias Leidgschwendner: Photo 1 and Photo 2 |
| Jan
8 |
"Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo": – joijohannsson: #arcticcircle or
Ivalo is getting fantastic reviews and people are
screaming for season 2. All episodes of the 10-part
crime series IVALO are available @elisaoyj. Soon on
German TV. Source: Joi Johannsson on Instagram, 8.1.19
– ivalosarja:
#IVALO kiri kahdessa viikossa #ElisaViihde Aition viime
vuoden katsotuimmaksi! 💥😍 Six new set stills
featuring Iina Kuustonen, Maximilian Brückner, Clemens
Schick and Mikko Leppilampi. Source: Ivalo on Instagram. More photos on Facebook, 8.1.19 |
| Jan
7 |
"Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo": – Ivalo-sarjan päätösjakso jättää
avoimeksi nämä 8 kuumottavaa kysymystä - pakko saada
jatkoa! (The final episode of the Ivalo series leaves
these 8 hot issues open - a must-have!) Source: Menaiset, 4.1.19
– Elisa Viihteen alkuperäissarja Ivalon (Arctic Circle)
kaikki jaksot ovat nyt katsottavissa Elisa Viihteen
Aitiossa (All episodes of Elisa Entertainment's series
Ivalo (Arctic Circle) can now be watched) Source: Kanavavahti, 4.1.19 |
| Jan
6 |
➡️
Maxi will turn 40 years young on Jan 10, 2019. If you want
to send him greetings and best wishes - here are the
addresses to send postal mail to:
Maximilian
Brückner
c/o Agentur Lambsdorff
Infanteriestr. 19 Haus 5
80797 Munich / Germany |
or: |
Maximilian Brückner
c/o Münchner Volkstheater
Brienner Str. 50
80333 Munich / Germany |
Or online thru these websites: https://www.instagram.com/bruecknermaximilian
and https://agentur-lambsdorff.de/schauspieler/maximilian-brueckner/fanmail |
| Jan
4 |
"Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo": Ep. 8 "Taudinkantajat", Ep. 9
"Murmansk", and final Ep. 10 "Venla" of the 10-part crime
series "Ivalo" with Maximilian Brückner, Iina Kuustonen,
Pihla Viiitala, Clemens Schick, Joi Johannsson, directed
by Hannu Salonen, are now also available for viewing - if
you are from Finland @ https://elisaviihde.fi/ivalo.
Episodes 1-7 are still available. First Finnish viewers
already asked for a 2nd season - here. |
| Jan
3, 2019 |
"Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo" - title sequence: Video by Sami Haartemo, who did all
design work, editing and vfx |
| Dec
31, 2018 |
Today,
"Ivalo" released some new set photos, including one of Maxi with reindeer: Facebook album |
| Dec
29 |
New
Year's Eve video from Maxi with his tuba, with support
from his daughter on the flute: Meet my new partner.
See you next year. #blablabla Video. Unfortunately the sound is
not original. |
| Dec
28 |
"Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo": Ep. 4 "Silmä silmästä", Ep. 5
"Jumalan terve", Ep. 6 "Ensimmäinen uhri" and Ep. 7
"Saalistaja" of the 10-part crime series "Ivalo are now
also available for viewing - if you are from Finland @ https://elisaviihde.fi/ivalo
Eps. 8-10 will follow on Jan 4, 2019 |
| Dec
23 |
Maxi's
Christmas greetings on Instagram: Haaapppppyyy
Chrrristmaaaas #blablabla. Photo |
| Dec
22 |
"Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo":Ivalosta on levinnyt vaarallinen
virus. Osallistu pelastusohjelmaan koodilla 1V470A
osoitteessa @ https://ivalo.varoitukset.fi/
A dangerous virus has spread from the Arctic Circle.
Participate in the rescue program by using the code 1V470a
- Video from Thomas Lorenz (Maximilian Brückner) in his
best *Panic*-English @ https://ivalo.varoitukset.fi/ |
| Dec
21 |
"Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo" airing on Finnish streaming
channel Elisa
Viihde: Ep 1-3: from Fr 12/21/2018, Ep 4-7: from Fr
12/28/2018, Ep 8-10: from Fr 1/4/2019
– Vuoden ylivoimaisesti paras kotimainen tv-sarja alkaa
vasta nyt - Iina Kuustonen elämänsä roolissa ja 5 muuta
syytä katsoa Ivaloa. Source: Menaiset, 12/20/18 (with photos)
– Kamera käy Lapissa - suomalainen tv-draama puskee mukaan
eurooppalaiseen kilpailuun. Source: Kauppalehti, 12/20/18 |
| Dec
18 |
"Nachtschicht - Cash & Carry":
Lead actor Armin Rohde is also an accomplished
photographer. He took these great images of Maximilian
Brückner in costume at the set of the 16th film of the TV
series "Night Shift" for German TV Network ZDF: 4 pictures. Source: Instagram |
| Dec
16 |
Millainen
on Suomen suurin rikossarja? Lue Apu-lehden kattava juttu
Ivalosta: "Ivalo" on kaikkien aikojen kallein suomalainen
televisiosarja. Apu, 11.12.18
Premiering on Finnish Elisa Viihde on 21. Dec. 2018 and
airing on the YLE channels in 2020. |
| Dec
15 |
"Welcome
to Hindafing" - Official
U.S. Trailer
A complex, Fargo-style story about the mayor of a small
Bavarian village. "Welcome to Hindafing" stars Maximilian
Brückner whom MHz Choice viewers will recognize from his
recent starring role as Martin Luther in "Reformation".
"Hindafing" will be available on streaming service MHz
Choice in the US & Canada on 22 Jan. Source: MHz
Choice-YouTube, 14.12.2018 |
| Dec
14 |
"Arctic
Circle" / Ivalo" - Interviews with director Hannu Salonen
and actresses Iina Kuustonen and Pihla Viitala (in
Finnish):
- Iina Kuustonen muutti perheineen kolmeksi kuukaudeksi
Lappiin: ”Lasten ja töiden yhdistäminen on
järjestelykysymys”. Ilta-Sanomat
- Hannu Salonen and Iina Kuustonen in Finnish 'Radio
Rock': Podcasts,
12.12.18
- Iina Kuustonen muutti kolmeksi kuukaudeksi perheen
kanssa Lappiin: ”Mulla oli viisi kerrosta vaatteita”. Iltalehti, 12.12.18
- Pihla Viitala nähdään Ivalo-sarjan pääosassa. Iltalehti, 11.12.18 |
| Dec
12 |
Interviews
for "Arctic Circle" at its premiere in Helsinki:
Ivalo-jännityssarjan kutsuvierasensi-illassa riitti riemua
ja kansainvälistä väriä. Helsingissä juhlistettiin
Ivalo-sarjan kutsuvierasensi-iltaa maanantaina. Mesta.net
tapasi sarjan tähdet punaisella matolla. Kansainvälisen
jännityssarjan (englanninkieliseltä nimeltään Artic
Circle) maailman ensi-ilta on Elisa Viihteessä 21.
joulukuuta. Full article (in Finnish) with pictures: Mesta, 11.12.18 |
| Dec
11 |
More
photos from yesterday's premiere of "Arctic Circle" /
"Ivalo": Picture 4 by Tomerjoki, Picture 5 by Bavaria Fiction, Picture 6 by Laura
Kuulasmaa/ElisaViihde, Picture 7 by ElisaOyj, Picture 8 + Picture 9 by Janne Kataja, Picture 10 by Nanna Drummond, Picture 11 by Essi Perälä, and an Album with 40+ pictures by "Ivalo" |
| Dec
10 |
First
photos from the premiere screening of "Arctic Circle" /
"Ivalo" in the Kinopalatsi Kaisaniemi in Helsinki earlier
today. Maxi wears the well known blue suit and is standing
almost in the middle of the group: Picture 1 by Melissa, Picture 2 by Lotti, Picture 3 by Elina |
| Dec
9 |
Previously
unseen bits from the 10-part Finnish-German TV-series
"Arctic Circle", taken from an interview with actress Iina
Kuustonen and production designer Antti Nikkinen about
filming in the challenging arctic conditions of Finland: Video |
| Dec
8 |
Maximilian
Brückner on Instagram (during filming for an episode
of German TV-series "Nachtschicht" in Hamburg): "What
a nice and cool guy Mortel. #blablabla"
Mortel is a German-Congolese rapper, and founder and
co-owner of Racaille Music Group. |
| Nov
28 |
"Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo": Yesterday director Hannu Salonen
finished the final mix of the series, exactly one year
after the cameras rolled for the 1st time on Nov 27, 2017:
"Arctic Circle / Ivalo has been mixed! Finalized! Two
years of my life spent on this project. Can’t almost
believe it!" Source: Instagram
Premiere is on Monday, Dec 10, 2018 at 6pm in the
Kinopalatsi, Kaisaniemenkatu 2 in Helsinki, Finland.
People living in Finland, of 18 years and above can win
tickets to this premiere @ Ivalo on Facebook |
| Nov
27 |
"Das
schönste Paar" / "The Most Beautiful Couple" finally
has a German opening date: It will be released on March
21, 2019 through Koryphäen Film. |
| Nov
22 |
Director
Hannu Salonen: "Seems like an eternity ago - but it’s
not. It’ll be again on my retina every day the next 7
days. And then: a sudden stop. It’ll be fulfilled! Done!
Attending the last mixing session of ARCTIC CIRCLE."
Source: Instagram, 11/21/18 |
| Nov
20 |
"Reformation"
("Zwischen
Himmel und Hölle") is released today on DVD (Region
1 NTSC) in the US and Canada. German with English
subtitles, 1 Disc. through MHzChoice. Also streaming on MHz Choice channel on Amazon US. In
the UK available on DVD (Region 2 PAL) through Network. |
| Nov
14 |
19th Arras Film Festival 2018: "Can
we really forget the bad things people have done to us?"
German director Sven Taddicken talks about his dramatic
thriller "The Most Beautiful Couple", unveiled at TIFF in
Toronto, Canada and screened at Arras, France.
Interview: Fabien Lemercier in Cineuropa, 13.11.18 (Translated from
French) |
| Nov
8 |
First
Finnish trailer (in Engl./Finnish) for 10-part
Finnish-German TV series "Ivalo" / "Arctic Circle".
International trailer will follow. Series coming to
Finnish streaming service Elisa Viihde on 21.12.18 |
| Nov
7 |
"Arctic
Circle" / "Ivalo": Katso uuden kotimaisen
Ivalo-jännityssarjan traileri - pääosassa Iina Kuustonen
poliisina: ”Treenasin vuoden ajan kestävyyttä”. Uuden
draamasarjan joukkoon valitun Ivalon ensimmäiset jaksot
tulevat katsottaviksi Elisa Viihteen Aitioon 21.12.2018.
Lähde: Iltalehti, 7.11.18 |
| Nov
6 |
This evening, Maximilian Brückner and director Sven
Taddicken handed out prize awards up to 14,000 Euros to
movie theatre owners at the presentation of the 28th NRW
Cinema Programmme Awards at the Gloria Theater in Cologne,
presenting their film "The Most Beautiful Couple" to them
at the same time. Photos. More photos. Another photo. Even more photos |
| Oct
30 |
What’s
streaming in the U.S.A. starting today, Oct. 30:
"Reformation" ("Zwischen Himmel und Hölle") on MHz Choice and on the MHz Choice channel on Amazon US.
This two-part German mini-series dramatizes the Protestant
Reformation, led by Martin Luther (Maximilian Brückner)
roughly 500 years ago after he was excommunicated by the
pope and deemed an outlaw for his revolutionary views. A
lavish historical drama presenting the story of the
university monk from Wittenberg who put the 'protest' into
Protestant and rocked the religious establishment of his
time.
Source: The New York Times, Oct. 30, 2018.
It will be released on DVD in the USA & Canada on Nov
20, 2018 thru MHzChoice. |
| Oct
25 |
Selfie from Maximilian Brückner: What’s
up?! #blablabla |
| Oct
24 |
"Das
schönste Paar" / "The Most Beautiful Couple" from Beta
Cinema at the AFM 2018 (American Film Market), Oct 31 -
Nov 7, 2018 • Santa Monica, CA, USA. Screening: ArcLight
Cinema 2 (Santa Monica Place, 395 3rd Street Promenade
#330), Nov. 3 - 11:30 am. More Infos |
| Oct
23 |
"Arctic
Circle": Director Hannu Salonen: Forwarding a picture
taken by @germanshowrunner in Cannes at MIPCOM. Soon
IVALO will be launched Instagram, 10/23/18 |
| Oct
22 |
"The
Most Beautiful Couple" / "Das schönste Paar": Another
great and honest review from TIFF 2018. "Is it easier to
blame ourselves, the victims, when something bad happens?
Because if we can just do something different, make
different choices than the victim, we can keep ourselves
safe?" Full review by Jay on AWM |
| Oct
20 |
60th
Nordic Filmdays in Lübeck (30.10. - 4.11.2018) at
CineStar Filmpalast Stadthalle, Mühlenbrücke 11, 23552
Lübeck
"The Most Beautiful Couple"/"Das
schönste Paar" on Thu, 1.11. at 10:15pm at CineStar
7. More infos in catalogue
"Der Mordanschlag"/"Attempted Murder"
on Fri, 2.11. at 7pm (both parts with intermission) at
CineStar 7. More infos in catalogue |
| Oct
18 |
Maxi
has just posted a new clip taken at his farm: Meet my
new friend #blablabla @ Instagram |
| Oct
16 |
Two
more new pictures of Maxi, again taken by photographer
Mathias Leidgschwendner in Munich:
Photo
1 (fully dressed) + photo 2 (with boots ...), which Maxi
comments as follows: Take it with a grain of salt.
#blablabla |
| Oct
11 |
"Arctic
Circle" (Orig.: "Ivalo") at next week’s Mipcom in
Cannes: Finnish SVOD platform Elisa Viihde’s two big bets
are Bullets and Arctic Circle.
Arctic Circle is a ten-part crime drama starring Iina
Kuustonen (Off The Map) and War Horse’s Maximilian
Brückner that centers around a weaponized sexual virus
that threatens a remote arctic town. Inspector Nina
Kautsalo, played by Kuustonen and virologist Thomas
Lorenz, played by Brückner, must hunt down the killer
spreading the virus and uncover the conspiracy behind its
cure. The show, which is produced by Yellow Film & TV
and Germany’s Bavaria Television, will launch in December
with Lagardère Studios Distribution handling international
sales at Mipcom.
Finland’s Film Commission will be hosting 'Finnish Weird:
TV Drama and Cocktail' in Cannes in the Verrière
Californie at the Palais des Festivals on October 16 at
5:30pm. Source: Deadline, 11.10.18
MIPCOM
- The World's Entertainment Content Market: 15-18 October
2018, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France |
| Oct
10 |
The
Bavarian TV series "Hindafing" with Maximilian Brückner
in the lead as Alfons Zischl gets a 2nd season, again with
six episodes, with the same crew and cast, with funding by
FFF Bayern. Source |
| Oct
9 |
Another
new picture of Maximilian Brückner,
again from photographer Mathias Leidgschwendner. Maxi's
comment: #blablabla |
| Oct
8 |
French
premiere: "The Most Beautiful Couple" in
Compétition Européenne, nominated for the 'Golden Atlas'
(Atlas d’Or): 19e Arras Film Festival, 2 - 11
Novembre 2018. Au Casino d'Arras et au cinéma Cinémovia, 3
Rue Emile Legrelle, 62000 Arras, France. Screenings: Fri
11/9, at 9:30pm with director Sven Taddicken, and Sat
11/10, at 9:30am
Contact: Tel. +33 (0)3 21 59 56 30, Email:
info(at)arrasfilmfestival.com
The 19th edition of the Arras Film Festival dedicated to
European cinema will take place from 2-11 November, and
will boast a barrage of premiere screenings and films as
yet unreleased in France. More |
| Oct
7 |
Video
(of a funny fake commercial) from Maximilian
Brueckner as the 'Boandlkramer' in his dressing room prior
to going on stage: "Death grey. Nothing else!
Sponsored by crematoria #blablabla" Turn sound on! |
| Oct
5 |
Press booklet for "The Most
Beautiful Couple" at TIFF 2018 |
| Oct
4 |
"Reformation"
(Zwischen
Himmel und Hölle) - this lavish two-part historical
drama was produced to mark the 500th anniversary of the
Reformation. It stars Maximilian Brückner (Line of
Separation, Tatort) as Martin Luther, a monk from
Wittenberg who became the visionary religious reformer of
his time and ultimately changed the world.
The miniseries tracks Luther’s growing anger at the
corruption and hypocrisy of the Catholic Church in the
early 16th century - including his “there is a false
church and a real church” speech and the infamous pinning
of his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg. Despite
Luther’s subsequent ex-communication from the Church, his
protests led to a new world order in religion:
Protestantism.
Co-starring Johannes Klaußner (Homicide Unit Istanbul),
Jan Krauter (Deutschland 86), and Joachim Król
(Commissario Brunetti), Reformation premieres in the US on
Tuesday, October 30, exclusively on MHz Choice and the MHz Choice
channel on Amazon US. Source. It will be released on DVD in the US on Nov 20, 2018 on
Amazon.
Official
US trailer |
| Oct
4 |
From
director Hannu Salonen on Instagram: "Just
starting the mix of the eps 1-5 of ARCTIC CIRCLE."
Meguru Film Sound, Helsinki |
| Oct
3 |
"The
Most Beautiful Couple" won the 'Hamburger Producers
Award for German Film Productions' at the 26th Filmfest Hamburg, worth 25.000
Euros. Producers Jamila Wenske and Sol Bondy accepted the
award. Source |
| Oct
2 |
New picture of Maximilian Brückner
from photographer Mathias Leidgschwendner |
