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Vorlage:The Man on the Other Side The Man on the Other Side is a 2019 British-German-Singaporean spy thriller directed, written and edited by Marcus Lim and produced by Thomas Hillenbrand and Marcus Lim.^[1] Mari Bensel stars as a secretary working in a West German ministry, captured and contained in a shack by the Stasi. She is soon ordered by the East German secret police agency to interrogate and obtain information from an English abductee (James Carney) while figuring out her lover Dieter’s (Nils Schulz) role in all of this.^[2]

The Man on the Other Side premiered on May 16th 2019 at the International Inca Imperial Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Best Narrative Feature in the section International Competition of Feature Films. ^[3] Later the year it won several film festival prices around the globe, starting with Best Feature Film at the Montevideo World Film Festival on July 13th.^{[4] [5]} The film was theatrical released in Singapore on January 3rd 2021 for two month only, but according to the attendance figures the movie might stay longer in Singaporean cinemas.^[6]

Somewhere in Germany, 1974

It is 1974. Germany is separated. East and West. In the paranoia of the Cold War, it can be dangerous to know too much.

But time is running out for Sophie Zimmermann. She is being hunted and the only way to survive is to find out the identity of The Man On The Other Side! Sophie Zimmermann works for the Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn. A meek, bespectacled woman in her mid-20s, for six months she has been feeding top secret government documents to her boyfriend Dieter. Unknown to her, Dieter is a Stasi agent working deep undercover in West Germany.

As she is pulled deeper and deeper into this web of lies, Sophie believes that Dieter is selling this information for money. Once they have DM 1.000.000, they will run away together, or so that’s the plan. On the day of the escape, however, she is captured…

In the style of classic 70s spy thrillers like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Ipcress File and Day Of The Jackal…

The Man on the Other Side transports you back to a world of double crosses, of dark deeds in grey Eastern European cities, and of danger lurking behind every kiss.

• Mari Bensel as Sophie Zimmermann
• Nils Schulz as Dieter Schäfer
• James Carney as Englishman
• Jörg Malchow as Staatssekretär

The Man on the Other Side was jointly produced by Militancy Films and Doghouse Filmproductions. Militancy Films is Marcus Lim’s own boutique production house since his junior college days. Doghouse Filmproductions is founded by Thomas Hillenbrand, who is the co-producer of the film. Thomas Hillenbrand and Marcus Lim did their Masters Producing Film and Television together at Royal Holloway, University of London.^[7] Therefore being student friends, they decided in January 2016 to shoot a movie together. The filming took place in Germany, mainly in Thomas Hillenbrand's hometown Altena.^[8]

The film was theatrical released in Singapore on January 3rd 2021 for two month only, but according to the attendance figures the movie might stay longer in Singaporean cinemas.^[9] In early 2021 distributor Capital Motion Picture Group acquired the exclusive rights for North America and the United Kingdom. SVOD specialist Tribes Media has also been licensed for streaming in Latin America, Benelux and Spain.^[10]

1. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8000096/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt
2. ↑ https://www.sinema.sg/2021/02/01/film-review-the-man-on-the-other-side/
3. ↑ https://festivalficii.wixsite.com/incafestival/feature-films2019
4. ↑ https://montecine2015.wixsite.com/montecine/v-edicion
5. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8000096/awards/?ref_=tt_awd
6. ↑ https://themanontheotherside.com/wp/
7. ↑ https://www.sinema.sg/2021/01/25/interview-marcus-lim/
8. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8000096/?ref_=ttawd_awd_tt
9. ↑ https://themanontheotherside.com/wp/
10. ↑ https://variety.com/2021/film/asia/capital-motion-picture-snares-the-man-on-the-other-side-for-north-america-u-k-exclusive-1234887260/