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German Films ALL FILMS ARE SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED* ALL FILMS BEGIN AT 7PM (1900) 10 MAERZ EINE FRAU IN BERLIN/A WOMAN IN BERLIN 2008 Based upon an anonymously published best- selling diary -- Max Faeberboeck's film relates the horrors German women endured as the Red Army advanced ending WWII. Nina Hoss portrays a propaganda photojournalist who attempts to hid from the occupying Red Army in 1945 Berlin. She is discovered, abused and finally begins a relationship with a Russian officer who serves as her protector. 20 MAERZ FRITZ LANG FILMFEST DER MUEDE TOD/Destiny (THE TIRED DEAD )1921 lang's beautifully shot expressionist fantasy tells the story of a woman who is granted three chances to save her boyfriend if she can rove that true love always triumphs over death. here human lives are represented by candles. film stars Lil Dagover Walter Janssen and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. METROPOLIS 1926 restored version of Lang's sci-fi masterpiece which is still the standard by which all others are judged. features dazzling special effects and features the original 1926 score by Gottfried Huppertz and stars Gustav Froelich, Brigitte Helm Alfred Abel and Rudolf Klein-Rogge SPIONE/SPIES 1928 This is the grandfather to all spy films. Lang wrote this screenplay with his wife Theta von Harbou. A madman tries to destroy the stock market! Spies and beautiful women are everywhere! 24 MAERZ BAADER MEINHOF KOMPLEX 2008 The screenplay by Germany's by award-winning producer Bernd Eichinger tells the story of the Rote Armee Fraktion -- a violent post-WWII left wing group which terrorized West German for nearly three bloody decades. in the late 1960s -- RAF followers declared war against what they called a "morally bankrupted" country -- but would later were commit actions far worse. Film is directed by Uli Edel and stars Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Heino Ferch and Bruno Ganz. 14 APRIL MEIN FUEHRER 2004 A German comedy about the last days of Adolph Hitler? Dani Levy who directed the hilarious comedy All On Zucker! (Alles auf Zuckerman) takes us to 1944 Berlin where the Fuehrer is having a bad day just before a scheduled New Year's day speech. Film stars Helge Schneider,Sylvester Groth and Adriana Altaras. 28 APRI NAPOLA - ELITE FUER DEN FUEHRER/BEFORE THE FALL 2004 In 1942 a young boxer (Max Riemelt) accepts a Faustian offer to be trained at an elite NAZI (NPEA) school to get away from his working class town. Dennis Gansel's film shows the viewer day to day life that includes hazing, cruelty and death. 12 MAI HEISSE SOMMER/HOT SUMMER 1968 An East German socialist musical? DEFA's "Heisse Sommer" tells the story of a group very well dressed, surprisingly obedient young people -- who are out to have whatever fun is legally allowed in their country and maybe sing along the way! 26 MAI ABSCHEID-BRECHTS LETZER SOMMER/THE FAREWELL 2000 Jan Schuette's fascinating film takes the viewer into a single day in the life of famed playwright and poet famed Bertolt Brecht who is surrounded by his arguing family, wife and mistress. Film stars Josef Bierbichler, Monica Bleibtreu and Jeanette Hain. Haus Events |
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