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Sebastian Fitzek's bestsellers are not uncommon.
Film adaptations of the books, on the other hand, don't happen that often.
Fans will be able to stream “The Way Home” at the end of 2024.
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His books end up at the top of the bestseller lists and remain persistent.
At the Frankfurt Book Fair, fans queued for over three hours for an autograph and a photo.
Sebastian Fitzek knows how to inspire the masses with his books.
His debut “The Therapy” (2006) has been available as a miniseries on Amazon Prime since the end of October.
Now it is known: another series is being worked on.
The book “The Way Home” (2020) will be made into a film.
Film adaptation of “The Way Home” – filmed in Berlin and the surrounding area
“The Way Home” (2020) by Sebastian Fitzek (2nd from left) is currently being filmed in Berlin and the surrounding area.
© Prime Video/Jim Rocket
The project is a collaboration between Sebastian Fitzek, the production company Ziegler Film and Prime Video Germany.
Filming is currently underway in the Berlin area, reports the
DWDL
portal .
The main roles are already known:
Luise Heyer (including Generation Incapable of Relationships, Tatort) as Klara
Sabin Tambrea (including Babylon Berlin, Ku'damm 63) as Jules
Friedrich Mücke (including Tatort, Father's Joy)
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It's Saturday, just after 10 p.m.
Jules Tannberg is on the accompanying telephone.
A voluntary telephone service for women who get scared on their way home late at night and want a telephone companion whose calming voice can guide them home safely through the Berlin night - or call for help in an emergency.
There has never been a truly life-threatening situation.
Until today, when Jules talks to Klara.
The young woman is terrified.
She believes she is being followed by a man who has attacked her before and who painted a date in blood on her bedroom wall: the anniversary of Klara's death!
And that day begins in less than two hours...
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The “success team” is taking care of the film adaptation
Sebastian Fitzek is pleased that “the successful team that has already produced a number 1 series hit with 'Die Therapie'” is also putting together the next adaptation, the
Börsenblatt
informs .
Philip Pratt, Head of German Originals at Prime Video, tells the portal: "With Sebastian Fitzek's 'The Way Home', our adaptation of the most successful Fitzek novel to date will follow in 2024 as a high-class German original movie." The
Rheinische Post
reports that Sebastian Fitzek is around 180 was featured in the Spiegel bestseller list for weeks.
“The Way Home” was in the top ten for 19 weeks.
Sebastian Fitzek “The Way Home”
2020, Droemer Knaur, ISBN: 978-3-426-51946-2
Price: 11.99 euros (paperback), 400 pages
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