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It’s been around six years since Christoph Waltz (68) for “Alita: Battle Angel” ventured into – as he himself put it in the interview – new territory. Now everyone who can’t make it to the cinema at the beginning of 2019 will have the opportunity to see the elaborate manga film adaptation. After “Alita Battle Angel” celebrated its free TV premiere on December 15, 2023, the film has recently been available for streaming on Netflix and is enjoying great popularity there. We spoke to Christoph Waltz about the film in 2019. You can see what surprising tones the Oscar winner struck back then here:

“Alita: Battle Angel” interview: Christoph Waltz, does manga convey a questionable image of women?

In Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained played Christoph Waltz Really tough dogs. For the sci-fi blockbuster”Alita: Battle Angel“, which celebrated its cinema premiere in Germany on February 14, 2019, the then 63-year-old called up the contrast and showed a softer side. In the Manga adaptation of Gunnm – a post-apocalyptic vision of the future by comic artist Yukito Kashiro – he finds as Dr. Dyson Ido the torso of a female cyborg (Rosa Salazar), giving her a name, a body and a new home.

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Anyone who now accepts Christoph Waltz Experiencing such a fatherly role could be boring, that’s wrong. Soft side or not, also as Dr. Dyson Ido surprises Waltz with one or two fight scenes – even if he couldn’t even dream of taking on his film “daughter”…

TV film online –Editor Anna Peters met the two-time Oscar winner in Berlin on the occasion of the film’s release a few years ago interview. In the video (above) he reveals why he is starring in a comic book adaptation and confronts it Question whether manga and their film adaptations convey a questionable image of women.

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“Alita: Battle Angel”: Content – ​​This is what the manga film adaptation is about

In the year 2563, three centuries after the devastating “Great War”, the Earth lies in ruins and its social structures have collapsed. Among the once twelve majestic celestial cities, only Zalem remains, the last bastion of wealth. The city of Iron City beneath Zalem is inhabited by people from all over the world who have found refuge there, surrounded by the remains of Zalem’s dump.

Dr. Dyson Ido, a scientist, accidentally discovers the upper body of the cyborg creature, which he later names “Alita”. With meticulous care he assembles the individual parts into an artificial woman. Her memory is erased, and only her human brain remains untouched by machine parts. Dr. Ido becomes her foster father while Alita tries to unravel her past and find her purpose. She gets deeper and deeper into a world that could be her downfall. Will there be a happy ending for Dr. Give Ido and Alita?

You can currently find it on Netflix. “Alita: Battle Angel” is also available to stream on Disney+! By the way, the film has a solid 7.3 star rating on IMDb.