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"Someone like you... can't touch people like us." Prime Video has revealed the official trailer for a romance series called Maxton Hall - The World Between Us, adapted from the book series known as Save Me originally (written by Mona Kasten). This is a German streaming series that is set for a worldwide release on Prime Video this May, if anyone wants to watch some steamy university courtship. Quick-witted scholarship student Ruby unwittingly witnesses a secret at Maxton Hall. Arrogant millionaire heir James is determined to silence her, but their clash ignites an unexpected spark... "Our favorite subject: their chemistry." Starring Harriet Herbig-Matten as Ruby and ​​​​​​​Damian Hardung as James. With an ensemble cast also including Sonja Weißer, Fedja Van Huêt, Clelia Sarto, Runa Greiner, Martin Neuhaus, Julia-Maria Köhler, Andrea Guo, Justus Riesner, Eli Riccardi, Ben Felipe, Esmael Agostinho, Govinda Cholleti, Frederic Balonier, Eidin Jalali, Thomas Douglas, Cynthia Micas, Hyun Wanner,...

“Maxton Hall” is a new drama series, based on the book “Save Me” by Mona Kasten, directed by Martin Schreier and Tarek Roehlinger, starring Damian Hardung, Harriet Herbig-Matten, Sonja Weißer, Fedja Van Huêt, Clelia Sarto, Runa Greiner, Martin Neuhaus, Julia-Maria Köhler, Andrea Guo, Justus Riesner, Eli Riccardi, Ben Felipe, Esmael Agostinho, Govinda Cholleti, Frederic Balonier, Eidin Jalali, Thomas Douglas, Cynthia Micas, Hyun Wanner and Gustav Schmidt, streaming May 9, 2024 on Prime Video:

“….when ‘Ruby’ unwittingly witnesses an explosive secret at ‘Maxton Hall’ private school, the arrogant millionaire heir ‘James Beaufort’ has to deal with the quick-witted scholarship student for better or worse:

“He is determined to silence Ruby. But their passionate exchange of words unexpectedly ignites a spark ... “

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Alexandra Sagurna, Hyun Wanner, and Nadine Dubois in Alison Kuhn’s Fluffy Tales: “We wanted a production design (by Lucia Eifler) that was a little bit abstract but not as abstract that it would seem like a Wes Anderson movie …” Photo: Antonia Pepita Giesler

I encountered Alison Kuhn’s powerful documentary The Case You in 2021 during the 15th edition of German Currents, co-produced by the American Cinematheque and Goethe-Institut in Los Angeles. Six women testify about the abuse they experienced in auditions.

Alison Kuhn with Anne-Katrin Titze on The Case You and Fluffy Tales: “This structural problem that we’re aiming at, is not one of gender, but it’s one of power positions.”

Alison’s narrative short Fluffy Tales, starring Alexandra Sagurna with Hyun Wanner, Nadine Dubois, Lorenz Krieger, and Anne Thoemmes, produced by Sarah Dreyer and Laura Zeuch, for Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf explores the same misuse of power.