Paul Verhoeven is full of new ideas
Today in Cannes one of the most prestigious European film shows starts. Twenty films will join the fight for the Palme d'Or , including the thriller Paul Verhoeven She. In an interview with Screen Daily , the eminent director shared his future creative plans.The next project of Verhoeven may be a military drama about the heroes of the French Resistance movement during World War II, on the script of which the filmmaker is working together with prominent historians. "Gestapo officer Klaus Barbie and one of the leaders of the French guerrillas Jean Moulin will play an important role in the plot of this film," said Paul . Barbie became head of the Gestapo branch in Lyon in 1942. According to historians, the SS Hauptsturmfuhrer was guilty of the deaths of 14 thousand inhabitants of France, many of whom he personally tortured. For special cruelty towards prisoners, he earned the nickname Butcher of Lyons . In 1943, Barbie subordinates managed to arrest one of the leaders of the Resistance - Jean Moulin . The freedom fighter endured numerous tortures until his death, but he never gave the Germans a single secret of the underground organization.  According to Verhoeven , in the near future he expects to make another attempt to film the biblical drama about Jesus Christ. The adaptation of his own book " Jesus of Nazareth " could have gone into work in 2012, but then the director was unable to provide it with adequate funding. The prolific director is also preparing a yet unnamed medieval drama and television series based on Guy de Maupassant's novel " Dear Friend ". The Topic of Article: Paul Verhoeven is full of new ideas. |
