During a break in shooting yesterday on castle Blankenburg, where they are just doing scenes for the new medieval mystery thriller “Black Death” (Schwarzer Tod) . From left: leading actors Eddie Redmayne und Kimberley Nixon, Produzent Jens Meurer, Hollywood-Star Sean Bean, Produzent Phil Robertson, Regisseur Christopher Smith und Produzent Robert Bernstein. Foto: Jens Mueller

Blankenburg ( jmo/ dpa ). Castle Blankenburg is the location for the international feature film production ” Black Death ” ( deutsch : Schwarzer Tod ). Until the start of June filming goes on for the medieval thriller, that playes in the Times of the plague, in the Harz, especially also in Wernigerode, Quedlinburg, in the Bodetal and at the “Teufelsmauer” in Weddersleben, with the Hollywood-Stars Sean Bean (” Lord of the Rings”) und Eddie Redmayne (” Elizabeth “).

” There is no better place in Europe than Sachsen-Anhalt to shoot a medieval film” says producer Jens Meurer. One reason is the many castles and another the special financial support of the filming work. Meurer got for ‘Black Death’ a “small seven digit sum” of developement funds from the Investment bank of Sachsen-Anhalt, the “Mitteldeutsche Medienforderung” and the “Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg”. The Blankenburg will not be seen in the end in the film, only the castle walls, that are covered during the filming in mud and straw und where it smells of manure and smoke. Black Death ” is supposed to come into cinemas worldwide at the beginning of 2010.