Image Bank

Press Kit

Press Releases

Press Reviews

Radio Content

Media

Educational Material My Ocean Challenge

Educational Material

Subscribe to our My Ocean Challenge Newsletter

Scientific Mission Statement

Malizia Mangrove Park

Resources

Instagram

Facebook

LinkedIn

Twitter

TikTok

YouTube

Podcast

Follow The Team

Imprint

Privacy Policy

Privacy

Cookies

Contact

Legal

Boris Herrmann

We compete on the highest level in the toughest races, inspire action & create awareness and highlight solutions to the climate crisis.

Home

German producer and actor Ben Blaskovic creates a film of extreme sailor Boris Herrmann's Vendée Globe adventure based on the bestselling book "Alone Between Sky and Sea".

 is the first German to have competed in the 

, the most famous and toughest race in the world. After a fantastic race, he finished in a barely dreamed-of 

, written with Andreas Wolfers, he describes his experiences and emotions, the battle with nature and the struggle with himself during the 80 days alone on the sea. Like many readers of the 

best-selling German sports book in the past ten years

 was fascinated by the adventures of the extreme sailor. He devoured the book within three days and knew immediately that he wanted to film this story and bring it to the big screen. This dream is now becoming a reality: Ben Blaskovic will be filming Boris Herrmann's biopic.

 explains: "I have been a passionate sailor myself since childhood, which is why I am particularly pleased to be able to film Boris Herrmann's heroic journey during the Vendée Globe as a fictional feature film. Andreas Wolfers has created a wonderful basis for this, which the outstanding screenwriter Gernot Griksch has turned into an exciting script. The result is a film that makes Boris' outer and, above all, inner journey tangible even for non-sailors and will give viewers - amid all the negative 'noise' in the world - a lasting, positive and strong message to take with them."

"I am really looking forward to this project!", says 

. "I'm more used to documentaries about our team, but I'm very excited to relive my first Vendée Globe race as a feature film. Ben and I finally met in person in Cape Town, at the start of Leg 3 of The Ocean Race, which I am currently competing in with our Team Malizia. It was a perfect opportunity for Ben to witness the emotions our team goes through before a race start, as this leg takes us through the Southern Ocean on an almost identical route as the Vendée Globe. During the stopover, Ben even sailed in the In-Port Race on our 

 race yacht and got to experience what it's like to sail against the best sailors of the IMOCA class.”

 adds: "Boris and I described his adventurous race around the world as precisely and authentically as possible. Our motto for the book was to make the story as visual as possible in the mind, like they play a film in their own minds. How great that it will soon be turned into a real-life film!"

Boris Herrmann and Ben Blaskovic

Boris Herrmann (left) and Ben Blaskovic (second from the right) during the In-Port Race in Cape Town