The great Maximilian Schell plays his last role in the film Die R\u00e4uber. The film is a German-Luxembourg-Belgian co-production and is shown as a premiere in Saarbr\u00fccken. The film adaptation of Friedrich Schiller\u00b4s work of the same name was directed by Frank Hoffman and Pol Cruchten.
\nBesides special guest Margarethe von Trotta also the actors Hannelore Hoger and Devid Striesow will be involved, both as members of the main jury. `Problematic working environments, migration and sexual emancipation` are the big themes of the 36th Max Oph\u00fcls Prize, as Erik Schrader, head of cultural affairs, put it.<\/p>\n
`This year, there will almost exclusively be shown premieres`, Bandel announced one and a half week before festival start. Of the 65 films in competition, 44 are shown for the very first time. 14 films are German premieres. According to Bandel, one central topic in the category Langfilm are helpless and weak parents unable to fulfil their role-model function.<\/p>\n