COLONIA Trailer, Images and Posters

Today we have a new official trailer, nine images and four posters for the drama "Colonia". Directed by Florian Gallenberger, Academy Award winner for his short film "Quiero ser (I want to be...)", the film stars Emma Watson and Daniel Bruhl as a young couple who become entangled in the 1973 Chilean military coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power. When Daniel (Bruhl) is abducted by the secret police, Lena (Watson) tracks him to an isolated religious community called Colonia Dignidad and decides to infiltrate the cult. The film also stars Michael Nyqvist, Richenda Carey, Vicky Krieps, Julian Ovenden, August Zirner and Martin Wuttke.

"Colonia" will be available in U.S. theaters and on VOD starting April 15th.

Check out the trailer, images and posters after the jump.

Emma Watson and Daniel Bruhl Star in COLONIA

Emma Watson ("Harry Potter") and Daniel Bruhl ("Rush") will star in director Florian Gallenberger's film "Colonia". The film's story takes place in 1973 and Watson stars as a young woman who joins a cult in order to save her husband (Bruhl), who had been kidnapped by Pinochet's secret police during the Chilean military coup. The film will begin shooting before the end of the year in Luxem­bourg, Munich, Berlin and South America. Here is the official press release:

"Majestic announced today that principal photography is about to begin on thriller COLONIA, from Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Florian Gallenberger (JOHN RABE). The film stars Emma Watson (HARRY POTTER, NOAH, THE BLING RING) in her first lead role since Harry Potter and Golden Globe® nominee Daniel Brühl (RUSH, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, THE FIFTH ESTATE). The film will shoot in Luxem­bourg, Munich, Berlin and South America, until the end of the year.

COLONIA tells the story of Lena and Daniel, a young couple, who become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973. Daniel is abducted by Pinochet’s secret police and Lena tracks him to a sealed off area in the South of the country, called Colonia Dignidad. The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission run by lay preacher Paul Schäfer but, in fact, is a place nobody ever escaped from. Lena decides to join the cult in order to find Daniel.

Gallenberger is directing COLONIA from a script he and Torsten Wenzel wrote, inspired by true events. Benjamin Herrmann is producing the feature through his Majestic banner (DESERT FLOWER, JOHN RABE, TOUR DE FORCE). Nicolas Steil will serve as co-delegate producer through Iris Productions (SUNSET SONG).

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes cinematographer Kolja Brandt (Hector and the Search for Happiness, North Face), production designer Bernd Lepel (Down­fall, The Baader Meinhof Complex), costume designer Nicole Fischnaller (A Most Wanted Man, The Counterfeiters), makeup designers Waldemar Pokromski (The White Ribbon, The Pianist) and Claudine Moureaud (MERCHANT OF VENICE), sound recordist Carlo Thoss (THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING) and editor Hansjörg Weissbrich (Night Train to Lisbon).

Commenting on the creative team behind the project producer Benjamin Herrmann said: “With Florian’s visionary directing style, and two of the most diverse and gifted young actors working today leading our cast, COLONIA is set to become a powerful and important dramatic production.”"

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