Kruger & Boon Cast as Nazi Hunters in Netflix's 'Projet K'
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- Diane Kruger and Dany Boon are cast as Beate and Serge Klarsfeld in Netflix France's 'Projet K,' portraying the real-life husband-and-wife Nazi hunters who spent years tracking down war criminals after WWII.
- Tim Roth plays Klaus Barbie, the former head of the Gestapo in Lyon known as the 'Butcher of Lyon,' who was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Jews.
- Yvan Attal directs 'Projet K' from a screenplay he co-wrote with Laurent Turner, with cameras now rolling across Paris, Lyon, Bolivia, and Belgium.
- The Klarsfelds' pursuit of Barbie lasted a decade, waged 'against every power that tried to stop them,' per the film's synopsis — a hunt that began when a German woman and a French Jew fell in love.
- Kruger previously starred in 'Inglourious Basterds' as a film version of a Nazi hunter; Boon's credits include 'Welcome to the Sticks.'
- 'Projet K' joins Netflix's French slate that includes 'Call My Agent: The Movie' (bowing September), 'Quasimodo,' and sequels to 'Under Paris' and 'Ad Vitam,' per Deadline's exclusive.
Why it matters: Netflix is loading up its French-language slate with prestige historical drama and international star power, pairing Kruger — who already played a Nazi hunter in Inglourious Basterds — with Roth as a real-world war criminal. The casting signals the streamer's continued bid to convert weighty European history into global originals alongside its lighter Gallic fare like Call My Agent.
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