Danny Houston to Play Israeli Basketball Coach
Danny HustonPic: chud.comDanny Huston has signed on to play the lead role in Playoff, a German-Israeli drama based on the true story of an Israeli basketball coach and Holocaust survivor who starts coaching the West German national team.
The film will be directed by Israeli director Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree,The Syrian Bride) and written by Gidon Maron and David Akerman, who based the screenplay on the life of coach Ralph Klein. Shooting is set to begin in Frankfurt on June 29.
According to Screen Daily, producer Jens Meurer announced at Cannes that he was “very pleased to be working on Eran Riklis’ first real international film, which is shooting in Germany. Eran’s films are very human, but often funny and feel good and it will have widespread appeal.”
Riklis added, “From the start we said we wouldn’t limit ourselves to an Israeli Jewish actor, I felt that this character needed a small touch of international. With Danny I found something interesting. He had that extra ingredient that made him right for this role.”
The Israeli- and German-funded film will also star Amira Kasar, Max Riemelt and Hanns Zischler.
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