 Actress Kristin Scott Thomas stars in opening film Man to Man |
A historical epic starring Britain's Kristin Scott Thomas and Joseph Fiennes will open next year's Berlin Film Festival on 10 February. Man to Man follows a group of anthropologists studying the link between man and ape in 19th Century South Africa.
Oscar-winning French director Regis Wargnier co-wrote the screenplay with novelist William Boyd.
The Anglo-French production also stars Hugh Bonneville and Iain Glen.
Man to Man will be among the films competing for the festival's top prize, the Golden Bear.
Organisers gave no further details of films showing at the annual 10-day festival in Germany, now in its 55th year.
Gegen die Wand (Head On), the story of a young Turkish-German woman who marries a man she does not love to escape her conservative Muslim family, scooped 2004's Golden Bear award.
It was the first German film to win in Berlin since 1986.
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