Markus Schleinzer Signs With Cinetic After 'Rose' Silver Bear
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- Markus Schleinzer signed with Cinetic for management, weeks after 'Rose' won the Silver Bear at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival in competition
- Sandra Hüller won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance for 'Rose,' a black-and-white period piece set during the Thirty Years' War about a woman who disguises herself as a male soldier to enter a secluded Protestant village
- MUBI acquired 'Rose' out of the Berlinale for multiple territories including North America and plans a US theatrical release after a November qualifying run
- Schleinzer spent years as a casting director alongside Michael Haneke, Jessica Hausner, and Ulrich Seidl, and was responsible for casting and directing child actors' performances on the Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated 'The White Ribbon'
- 'Rose' is Schleinzer's third feature following 'Michael,' which debuted in Cannes competition, and 'Angelo,' which played in competition at San Sebastián and Toronto
- Schleinzer is developing 'Klaus,' a coming-of-age musical about German singer Klaus Nomi — a 1970s East Village art-scene fixture known for theatrical performances who died of AIDS in 1983 — starring Christian Friedel and co-written with Alexander Brom
Why it matters: Cinetic lands a buzzy auteur whose 'Rose' ranked among the most positively reviewed competition films across Cannes and Berlinale, while MUBI's out-of-festival acquisition signals a US theatrical push for an art-house period piece, positioning Schleinzer's first major English-language project — the Klaus Nomi musical with Christian Friedel — as his highest-profile pivot yet.
