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by Nathaniel R
Christian Friedel's "musical" debut in THE WHITE LOTUS may have been a non-starter scene but the actor (of ZONE OF INTEREST and BABYLON BERLIN fame) hosted the 75th Lola Awards with song and dance.
While this news is a month or so old, there are so few movie awards in the summer we feel we owe it to Germany to report on the Lola Awards since we reported on Norway's Amanda Awards last week. The Lola (aka the German Film Award) has been awarded since 1951. The biggest trophy hauls ever have gone to The Devil Strikes At Night (1958) -- which Juan Carlos and I discussed on his podcast The One Inch Barrier a few years ago -- and Michael Haneke's black and white period drama The White Ribbon (2010) which both earned 10 trophies (both also competed for at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Feature). The runner up to these biggest winners ever was the excellent dramedy Good Bye Lenin! (2003) which made an international star out of Daniel Brühl back in the day and collected 8 Lolas though it was sadly snubbed at the Oscars for Best Foreign Film.
This year functioned as an unofficial reunion for the cast of the great TV series Babylon Berlin and two minor Oscar players from last season won key awards...
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