24/06/2022 - Maximilian Erlenwein has shot the action-adventure movie with actresses Sophie Lowe and Louisa Krause, who play two sisters trapped down in the depths of the sea

l-r: Actress Louisa Krause, director Maximilian Erlenwein and actress Sophie Lowe (© Augenschein Filmproduktion/Georges Pauly)

The Dive is the first English-language film by German director Maximilian Erlenwein. He recently directed several episodes of the Netflix series Skylines (see the news), which mixes the worlds of hip-hop music and organised crime, and has so far shot two other thrillers – namely, Gravity [+see also:
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For his current project, however, Erlenwein is working with an international cast, which includes UK-born Australian actress Sophie Lowe (Above Suspicion, Blow the Man Down) and US thesp Louisa Krause (Dark Waters, Port Authority [+see also:
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For The Dive, Erlenwein has adapted the plot of the thriller Breaking Surface [+see also:
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The shoot for the film took place from August to October 2021. Most of it happened in Malta, as well as in the German regions of North-Rhine Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein. It is a production by Augenschein, based in Cologne and Hamburg, which was recently responsible for titles such as 7500 [+see also:
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film profile] by Patrick Vollrath and Stowaway by Joe Penna (see the news). Once again, the main funding bodies throwing their weight behind the movie are the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein and MFG Film.

The release date has not yet been confirmed. However, the distribution will be handled by Augenschein in collaboration with London-based Protagonist Pictures.

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