Emile Hirsch Set To Star in The WWII-Set Holocaust Drama BAU, ARTIST AT WAR
Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Inbar Lavi (Fauda) are set to star in a WWII-set Holocaust drama Bau, Artist at War, which is now in production.
The film is based on the true story of Joseph and Rebecca Bau. Their wedding in the Plaszow concentration camp was depicted in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List. The story will follow “Joseph’s journey as an artist and prisoner in the Plaszow camp and his fight for justice years later.”
It’s set against the “backdrop of horror and suffering, the two inmates fall in love and marry in a secret ceremony in the women’s barracks. Years later, Joseph and Rebecca face the demons of their past, bringing their Nazi oppressors to justice.”
It’s explained that “Using his skills to forge IDs, Joseph manages to stay alive while helping hundreds of prisoners escape from the camp, with his creativity and humor providing hope in a place of hopelessness. Rebecca, also a Resistance worker, serves as a spy in Kommandant Goeth’s (Josh Blacker) office. After the liquidation of the Plaszow camp, Rebecca is sent to Auschwitz, while Joseph is sent to Oskar Schindler’s (Edward Foy) factory in Brunnlitz.”
The film will also offer insight on the other persecuted groups in the concentration camps and “offers an inclusive representation of the Holocaust by featuring characters of Afro-Germanic and LGBTQ+ backgrounds, both in speaking roles as well as throughout background extras.”
The movie is directed by Sean McNamara (The King’s Daughter, On a Wing and a Prayer) and it’s currently in production.
Source: Variety