Trio Will Be "Alone In Berlin"

Emma Thompson, Daniel Brühl and Mark Rylance are all set to star in Vincent Perez's adaptation of author Hans Fallada's classic novel "Alone in Berlin" says THR.

The story follows an ordinary couple living in Berlin trying to stay out of trouble under Nazi rule. Soon, their only child is killed fighting at the front. Their loss propels them into an extraordinary act of resistance - dropping anonymous postcards all over the city attacking Adolf Hitler's regime. Their campaign comes to the attention of a Gestapo inspector and a murderous game of cat-and-mouse begins, but it's a game that give the couple's drab lives and marriage a sense of purpose.

Perez and Achim von Borries penned the adapted script.

Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott,Marco Pacchioni and James Schamus will produce.

Filming begins in the winter in Germany.