Cinema Prize: the crowd favorite is the winner

           The German Film Prize in 2011 brought a surprise: the film "Vincent will Meer" and the actor Florian David Fitz were the winners of the most prestigious and, with 2.8 million euros, the most gifted German film awards. In the 61st edition of the award on April 8 in Berlin, the coveted "Golden Lola" the best film was awarded to director Ralf Huettner Roadmovie. The tragicomedy revolves around Vincent, who suffers from Tourette's syndrome, runs away from a clinic along with two other psychiatric patients and wants to go to the beach in Italy. The movie had great success in German cinemas in 2010, enthusing about a million viewers - the second among German productions last year.

           The double triumph of the film then came through the actor Florian David Fitz: the Munich of 36 years was awarded to Lola the best leading actor. Fitz, who also authored the screenplay for "Vincent will Meer," with his dramatic performance surpassed the performance of fellow co-listed August Diehl ("Wer wenn nicht wir") and Alexander Fehling ("Goethe"). Other winners at the German Film Prize, awarded a total of 16 categories, were Tom Tykwer (the best direction with the film "Drei"), Sophie Rois (the best lead actress in the movie "Drei") and Wim Wenders ( the best documentary film "Pina").

            The winner Florian David Fitz is a young German actor, until now little known. Since 2000, he performed in several productions of films and television series in Germany. In the role of the arrogant doctor Marc Meier, in the serie "Doctor's Diary", he became known to a wider audience. In 2006, he received the prestigious Grimme Award for his performance in TV movie "Meine Verrückt türkische Hochzeit." In November 2010, was awarded the media's "Bambi" in the category of "national actor." The recent distinction of his work with the German Film Prize for 2011 means a peak in his career. Fitz is considered a modest person, with little interest in the glitz and glamor of the movie world. He is now working on his next project: writing and directing, shooting the best-selling novel by David Safi, "Jesus liebt mich - Jesus loves me."

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