Triumphant launch of the cine plus Co-production DIE GROSSE STILLE (Into Great Silence) by Philip Gröning

INTO GREAT SILENCE stormed straight to the top of the box office ratings with 876 visitors per copy* on the very first weekend after its launch. After its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and numerous exuberant reviews, the general public is now showing its enthusiasm, too.

INTO GREAT SILENCE is a radical cinema event: no music, no interviews, no commentary, no additional material. The film is a very severe, virtually silent meditation on monastery life in its purest form. It describes a life determined by a vow of silence and seclusion – and it tells the story of people who have unequivocally devoted their lives to God. A journey into silence.

INTO GREAT SILENCE was shot predominantly using HDCAM. "We are particularly pleased about the success of INTO GREAT SILENCE because the film is further proof of the high quality of the innovative HDCAM technology. Besides the picture quality, the special filming conditions in the monastery were the decisive factor in the choice of this acquisition format," said Jörg Schulze, executive producer at cine plus. Frank Evers, managing director of the cine plus Group and co-producer added: "We would like to congratulate Philip Gröning on this most extraordinary film. We are happy to have been involved in yet another successful cinema documentary film after RHYTHM IS IT (BOOMTOWNMedia)".

INTO GREAT SILENCE is a production of Philip Gröning Filmproduktion in co-production with Bavaria Film, Ventura Film SA, cine plus, Bayerischer Rundfunk and ZDF in cooperation with Arte. It was sponsored by the Film Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia and the FFA and is distributed by X-Films.

*according to VdF/Nielsen EDI, Media Control (in: www.mediabiz.de, 17 November 2005)

 

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The cine plus Group is one of the leading full-service media service providers in Germany. The company, which has its headquarters in Berlin, covers all fields and phases of audiovisual production. It specializes in particular on the use of innovative technologies both for high-end film and TV production and for the production of serial formats. Furthermore, cine plus is involved in the field of digital cinematography as a co-producer of feature-film and documentary-film projects.
 

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