Benedict Cumberbatch To Receive Award At Zurich Film Festival

2025-07-26 05:49:42

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) British actor Benedict Cumberbatch will receive the 'Golden Eye' award at the Zurich Film Festival. This content was published on July 24, 2025 - 11:21 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

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The organisers praised his charisma and intelligence and highlighted his role in the drama The Thing With Feathers, which he produced himself. In it, Cumberbatch plays a father of two sons after the death of his wife.“Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the most versatile character actors of his generation,” said festival director Christian Jungen.

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Cumberbatch became famous thanks to the British TV series Sherlock, which reinvents the stories of the master detective in a modern context. In the Hobbit trilogy, he voiced the character of the dragon Smaug that also incorporated some of his movements and facial expressions.

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The Zurich Film Festival runs from September 25 to October 5. Cumberbatch is to receive the award in person on September 29.

Adapted from German by DeepL/ac

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