WILLIAM TELL SELLS ACROSS EUROPE FOR BETA CINEMAS CANDINAVIA, SPAIN, ITALY, BENELUX LEAD SLEW OF TERRITORIES

Beta Cinema arrives in Cannes with a slew of sales on its eagerly anticipated

resistance epic WILLIAM TELL. Currently in post production, Nick Hamm’s timely adaptation for the

big screen of Friedrich Schiller’s play stars Claes Bang (The Square, Dracula), Golshifteh Farahani

(Paterson, Extraction), Connor Swindells (Barbie, Sex Education, Emma), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little

Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz) and Academy-Award winner Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, Schindler’s

List, Iron Man), alongside a top-notch ensemble cast including Ellie Bamber (Moss & Freud, Nocturnal

Animals), Rafe Spall (Life of Pi, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Big Short), Emily Beecham (The

Interpreter, Little Joe) and Academy-Award nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Game of

Thrones, The Age of Innocence, The Wife).

Further cast include: Solly McLeod (Tom Jones, The Dead Don’t Hurt), Amar Chadha-Patel (The

Decameron, Willow, The Creator), Sam Keeley (Raw, The English Game), Jake Dunn (The Ballad of

Renegade Nell) and Tobias Jowett.

Going into the Cannes market, Beta Cinema have closed deals with SF Studios (Sweden, Denmark,

Norway, Finland, Iceland), Beta Fiction (Spain), Eagle Pictures (Italy), Dutch Filmworks (Benelux), Pris

Audiovisuais (Portugal), Monolith Films (Poland), Cinemart (Czech Republic), Blitz (Former

Yugoslavia), ADS (Hungary and Romania), Beta Film (Bulgaria), TFG (Greece), Ukraine (Top Film) and

The Plot Pictures (Middle East & Turkey).

The screenplay is written by Nick Hamm, adapted from Friedrich Schiller's world-renowned classical

play. The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century amidst the waning days of the Holy Roman Empire

where Europe's nations fiercely vie for supremacy and the ambitious Austrians, desiring more land,

encroach upon Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation.

Amidst this backdrop, William Tell, a formerly peaceful hunter, finds himself forced to take action as

his family and homeland come under dire threat from the oppressive Austrian King and his ruthless

warlords. Leading his fellow countrymen, Tell embarks on a courageous rebellion, seeking to defend

their liberty and stand against the tyrannical forces that seek to subjugate them.

Nick Hamm is a BAFTA award winning director who began his career as resident director for the

Royal Shakespeare Company. He has directed highly successful feature films for Miramax, Film 4,

Pathé and Lionsgate. His track records include Driven, which was selected as the closing film at the

Venice Film Festival , Netflix’s White Lines and The Journey which premiered at the Venice and

Toronto Film Festivals. Piers Tempest (The Wife, Emily) and Marie-Christine Jaeger-Firmenich (Gigi &

Nate) produce.

Executive Producers include Jon Hamm, David Nichols and Francesco Marras. William Tell is a

Freeturn / Tempo production in association with Beta Cinema, WME Independent, Primefocus

studios, Grøenlandia, Cineroma and the IDM Film commission.

Beta Cinema will continue selling WILLIAM TELL at the Marché du Film in Cannes alongside WME

Independent who represent domestic rights.