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<\/p>\n13\/10\/2025 – The actor-turned-director\u2019s second feature will focus on tennis legend Gottfried von Cramm, who defied the Nazi regime while hiding a dangerous personal secret<\/p>\n
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Director Daniel Br\u00fchl (\u00a9 Martin Kraft)<\/p>\n
German-Spanish actor-director Daniel Br\u00fchl is returning behind the camera with Break, a biopic chronicling the life of German tennis champion Baron Gottfried von Cramm, whose rise to stardom in the 1930s placed him directly in the crosshairs of the Nazi regime. Austrian actor Felix Kammerer, best known for his award-winning performance in All Quiet on the Western Front<\/a>\u00a0[+see also: (The article continues below – Commercial information)<\/p>\n Break follows von Cramm\u2019s remarkable sporting career from 1933-1945. A two-time French Open winner and world number one in 1937, he was also a three-time Wimbledon finalist and a global sports icon. His noble heritage and success on the court placed him squarely in the sights of the Nazi regime, which saw him as an ideal propaganda figure. Von Cramm, however, refused to join the party and was eventually arrested in 1938 for his homosexuality. The film also delves into a dangerous love triangle that added life-or-death stakes to his performances at Wimbledon and in the Davis Cup. At the 1937 Davis Cup Final in Wimbledon, von Cramm faced US star Don Budge in a match that, both literally and symbolically, became a fight for survival. As the Gestapo made clear to him, his safety depended on his victories.<\/p>\n The screenplay, written by Oscar-nominated scribe Hossein Amini (Drive, The Wings of the Dove), is based on Marshall Jon Fisher\u2019s 2009 book A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played. Narrated in both German and English, the film aims to bring von Cramm\u2019s story to a modern audience. Br\u00fchl has described the project as \u201ccompelling and highly relevant, especially in times of rising nationalism\u201d, calling von Cramm \u201ca hero for our times\u201d.<\/p>\n Break marks Br\u00fchl\u2019s sophomore feature as a director, following Next Door<\/a>\u00a0[+see also: The project is currently in its final stage of development, with filming expected to begin in 2026. Break is being produced by Malte Grunert for Berlin-based Amusement Park<\/a>, alongside Simon and Stephen Cornwell, of London- and LA-based The Ink Factory<\/a>, KJ Entertainment, FMI Film Manufacturers, and Marc Platt and Adam Siegel, of Marc Platt Productions. Edward Berger serves as executive producer through his company Nine Hours<\/a>, while Fifth Season<\/a> will handle the US distribution.<\/p>\n (The article continues below – Commercial information)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"13\/10\/2025 – The actor-turned-director\u2019s second feature will focus on tennis legend Gottfried von Cramm, who defied the Nazi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-212162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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film\u00a0profile<\/a>], a drama exploring the social tensions of gentrification in Berlin. The movie will reunite him with Kammerer, with whom he previously collaborated on All Quiet on the Western Front, which picked up four Academy Awards in 2023, including Best International Feature Film, and on Ron Howard\u2019s upcoming project Eden. The production also brings back other key members of the All Quiet\u2026 creative team, including producer Malte Grunert and director-producer Edward Berger. To prepare for the physically demanding role, Kammerer has been undergoing a rigorous training programme since this autumn, which will evolve into an eight-month intensive tennis training phase beginning in January.<\/p>\n