BETA CINEMA CLOSES MAJOR INTERNATIONAL DEALS FOR LOCARNO DRAMA 'I IS ANOTHER' STARRING CLAES BANG AND VALERIE PACHNER

Beta Cinema has closed a raft of major international deals for I IS ANOTHER, Felix Randau’s stylish historical drama starring Claes Bang (The Square, The Great Arch) and Valerie Pachner (A Hidden Life, Four Minus Three), following its World Premiere on Locarno’s Piazza Grande. Based on true events, the film turns the extraordinary story of Felix Kersten, massage therapist to SS leader Heinrich Himmler, into a tense battle over truth, memory and self-invention.
 
All rights have been sold to France (ARP Selection), Spain (Youplanet Pictures), Scandinavia (Angel Films), Hungary (Vertigo Media), Bulgaria (Beta Film), Israel (Red Cape), India (Big Tree Entertainment) and to Australia & New Zealand (Palace Films). Port-au-Prince Pictures (The Secret Agent, System Crasher) is set to release the film in Germany in early 2027.
 
With a compelling actors’ duel between Claes Bang and Valerie Pachner at its core, the tense psychological drama explores the manipulation of memory and the ambiguity of truth. While Kersten is said to have helped thousands of concentration camp prisoners gain their freedom during the Nazi era and is travelling to Oslo in the hope of winning the Nobel Peace Prize, committed journalist Hedda considers him an impostor and is determined to unmask him during an interview aboard the night train.
 
Following a celebrated World Premiere on the Piazza Grande at Locarno this summer, critics have praised both leading actors for their remarkable performances and director Felix Randau for his elegant mise-en-scène and gripping exploration of the historical context, deftly connecting the story to the questions of truth and manipulation that resonate in today’s ‘post-truth’ society.
 
ARP Selection is currently introducing the film to French audiences at the Augenblick Film Festival, ahead of its nationwide theatrical release in 2027.
 
I IS ANOTHER is written and directed by Felix Randau (Iceman, Northern Star) and produced by ostlicht filmproduktion (The Auschwitz Report) in co-production with Veit Heiduschkas Wega Film (The White Ribbon, Amour). Sebastian Thaler (Transatlantic, 7500) serves as director of photography. The cast also includes Susanne Wuest (Sound of Falling, Goodnight Mommy), Timocin Ziegler (Learning to Die), Martin Müller (The Universal Theory) next to Pachner and Bang.
 
Beta Cinema will host a market screening of I IS ANOTHER at the American Film Market, on Nov 11 at 9am at the AMC Century City 3.