'Star Wars' actress Daisy Ridley, who narrates the VR experience as Benz, the wife of the "father of the modern car," Carl Benz, is also an executive producer on the film.

The short film also aligns with Mercedes-Benz's "She's Mercedes" initiative, which the brand launched in 2015 to support women within the company. The automaker aims to increase women in leadership ...

Daisy Ridley narrates the Meta Quest VR experience 'Trailblazer,' which is contending for an Outstanding Emerging Media ...

"The First Driver" is a short film about Bertha Benz, who in 1888 challenged the common opinion of what was possible and drove more than 60 miles across Germany on an impromptu road trip to ...

Daisy Ridley to Star in VR Experience ‘Trailblazer’ and Executive Produce Expanded Feature Film (Exclusive) Ridley will play Bertha Benz, the wife of Motorwagen inventor Karl Benz, who ...

Daisy Ridley has signed to star in and executive produce Emmy-nominated filmmaker Eloise Singer’s VR experience Trailblazer bringing to light the untold story of German automobile pioneer Bertha ...

All Quiet on the Western Front co-writer Lesley Paterson will pen the script for a feature film based on a VR experience about the life of Bertha Benz, the wife of the “father of the modern car ...

Daisy Ridley has signed to star in and executive produce Emmy-nominated filmmaker Eloise Singer’s VR experience Trailblazer bringing to light the untold story of German automobile pioneer Bertha ...

A great historical film about the origins of the automobile: Bertha Benz wrote herself into the history of technology with the first, daring ride in a horseless carriage and gave her husband Carl ...

Her husband, Carl Benz, was the German car engineer who created what would one day become Mercedes-Benz. According to that very same car company , Bertha, born in 1849, married Carl when she was 23.