Hyped movie `` Fifty Shades of Grey '' premiered Wednesday at Berlin Film Festival . The film is based on the novel by E.L. James and stars Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey, a wealthy American businessman who falls in love with Anastasia Steele, played by Dakota Johnson. Filmmakers denied critics ' assertion that film glamorized sexual violence . Director Sam Taylor-Johnson : ` They had come from Germany , of course , but as far afield as the United States . ` I feel like I empower this woman ''
Hyped movie `` Fifty Shades of Grey '' premiered Wednesday at Berlin Film Festival . The film is based on the novel by E.L. James and stars Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey, a wealthy American businessman who falls in love with Anastasia Steele, played by Dakota Johnson. Filmmakers denied critics ' assertion that film glamorized sexual violence . Director Sam Taylor-Johnson : ` ` I feel like I empower this woman ''