Fiennes to star in Szabo Alliance pic
Fiennes will play roles in three successive generations in the saga of a Jewish family that rises from humble origins to positions of wealth and power within the crumbling Austro-Hungarian empire.
Szabo, who wrote the script along with Israel Horovitz, has been working on the project for five years. The Hungarian director's credits include "Mephisto" (1981), which won a foreign-language film Academy Award, "Colonel Redl" (1984) and 'Hanussen."
Fiennes was Oscar-nominated for 1993's "Schindler's List" and last year's "The English Patient." His other roles include "Quiz Show" and the upcoming "Oscar and Lucinda."
