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Andy Serkis To Play Himmler Opposite Woody Harrelson In ‘The Man With The Miraculous Hands’; SND Boards For Cannes Market Launch
Andy Serkis To Play Himmler Opposite Woody Harrelson In ‘The Man With The Miraculous Hands’; SND Boards For Cannes Market Launch
Andy Serkis has joined of the cast of Oren Moverman’s WW2 psychological thriller The Man with the Miraculous Hands in the role of leading Nazi Heinrich Himmler opposite Woody Harrelson, as France’s SND boards the project for a Cannes market launch. Moverman wrote and will direct the 1939-set movie taking its cue from the true story of Felix Kersten (Harrelson), a renowned, apolitical medical masseuse, who became the personal doctor of the chronically ill Heinrich Himmler (Serkis), Hitler’s second-in-command who was the head of the SS and is regarded as the chief architect of the Holocaust. As war rages all over Europe, and Himmler’s health declines while his authority grows, Kersten finds himself in a unique position to influence decision making on the highest level inside the Third Reich.
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