The 67th Berlin International Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Etienne Comar\u2019s jazz biopic \u201cDjango.\u201d
Comar\u2019s directorial debut will also participate in the Berlinale\u2019s official competition. The French film follows Django Reinhardt, the famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943. Within moments, this superb guitarist was able to reach people\u2019s hearts with his instrument, the official description reads. Yet his family was harassed and hounded by the Nazis.
\u201cDjango Reinhardt was one of the most brilliant pioneers of European jazz and the father of Gypsy Swing. \u2018Django \u2018 grippingly portrays one chapter in the musician\u2019s eventful life and is a poignant tale of survival,\u201dsaid Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick. \u201cConstant danger, flight and the atrocities committed against his family could not make him stop playing.\u201d
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Reda Kateb plays Reinhardt; C\u00e9cile de France, Alex Brendem\u00fchl and Ulrich Brandhoff co-star in the film. Comar and Alexis Salatko wrote the screenplay. Reinhardt\u2019s music was re-recorded for the film by the famous Dutch jazz band Rosenberg Trio.
The film is produced by Fid\u00e9lit\u00e9, Arches Films and Path\u00e9. Path\u00e9 International will be handling international sales.
Berlinale kicks off with \u201cDjango\u201d on February 9.
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