| The Hessen Affair | |
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| Directed by | Paul Breuls |
| Screenplay by | Nicholas Meyer Ronald Roose |
| Produced by | Paul Breuls Catherine Vandeleene |
| Starring | Billy Zane Lyne Renee Michael Bowen Noah Segan |
| Cinematography | Kees Van Oostrum |
| Edited by | Les Healey |
| Music by | Stephen Warbeck |
Production company | Corsan |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment Cinematic Vision Eagle Films |
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Running time | 113 min |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
The Hessen Affair is a 2009 Belgianfilm noir-style thriller movie, partly filmed inManitoba,Canada, scripted byNicholas Meyer and directed by Paul Breuls and starringBilly Zane,Lyne Renee,Noah Segan, andMichael Bowen.[1][2] The movie was released on DVD asThe Hessen Conspiracy.[3]
Immediately afterWorld War II, two American officers (played by Bill Zane and Lyne Renee) are stationed inFrankfurt, Germany, killing time in the fancyKronberg Castle. They discover there a cache of priceless jewels, formerly owned bySophie, Princess Christoph of Hesse and the former German Imperial royal family. But when the two lovers try to smuggle the treasure back in the US and sell it, their plans become quickly complicated by military investigators and violent criminals. Now, if they are able to remain faithful to each other, they may become incredibly rich.[4][5][6]
The film is based on the theft of the jewels ofHessen-Kassel family in 1946.