Girl You Know It’s True Movie Details:
| Country | Germany South Africa United States France |
| Language | English German |
| Genre | Biography, Drama, Music |
| Release date | December 21, 2023 (Germany) August 9, 2024 (United States) |
| Running time | 2hr 4min |
| Starring | Elan Ben Ali Tijan Njie Matthias Schweighöfer Graham Rogers |
| Directed by | Simon Verhoeven |
| Screenplay by | Simon Verhoeven |
| Produced by | Simon Verhoeven Quirin Berg Max Wiedemann Kirstin Winkler |
| Cinematography by | Jo Heim |
| Edited by | Elena Schmidt Felix Schmerbeck Alexander Berner |
| Music by | Segun Akinola |
| Production Company | Leonine Productions Wiedemann & Berg Film Sentana Film SevenPictures Mediawan Voltage Pictures |
| Distributor | Leonine Studios (Germany) Vertical (North America) |
Girl You Know It’s True Movie Cast & Characters:
- Elan Ben Ali as Fabrice Morvan
- Tijan Njie as Rob Pilatus
- Matthias Schweighöfer as Frank Farian
- Graham Rogers as Todd Headlee
- Bella Dayne as Milli
- Tijan Marei as Carmen Pilatus
- Samuel S. Franklin as John Davis
- Mitsou Jung as Melly
- Penelope Frego as Stefania
- Roxanne Rittmann as Emily
- Nico Ehrenteit as Michael
Storyline:
Dancers Pilatus and Morvan rose to fame in the late 1980s, became stars with No.1 hits, and won a Grammy. The duo never sang a word in their songs and the truth was revealed, they started as one of the biggest scandals in music history.
About Girl You Know It’s True Movie:
Girl You Know It’s True is a biographical film about the controversial late-1980s/early-1990s music duo Milli Vanilli that caused one of the most infamous scandals in international pop music. Between 2021 and 2022, German-Austrian filmmaker Simon Verhoeven wrote, directed, and co-produced the biopic, produced by Wiedemann & Berg Film, with Leonine as the theatrical distributor, and released in cinemas in late 2023. The movie stars Tijan Njie and Elan Ben Ali as the lip-synching stage artists Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan respectively, and Matthias Schweighöfer as the instigating music producer/manager Frank Farian.
Filming took place in Munich, Berlin, Cape Town, and Los Angeles in 2021 and 2022 with filming continuing until the end of the year. Filming was confirmed to have wrapped in December 2022, and in February 2023 Voltage Pictures was announced to have acquired worldwide sales (excluding Germany). They were taking the film to the European Film Market.
The film was released towards the end of 2023. Its North American premiere took place at the 2024 Berlin & Beyond Film Festival in San Francisco with Morvan in attendance. In June 2024, Vertical acquired North American distribution rights to the film, planning a day-and-date release on August 9, 2024.
