Synopsis:

A bit unusual story under the influence of Jean.Luc Godard about friendship between a pimp, Franz, and a criminal, Bruno. Even though the friendship might not be the best idea because of the pressure of a certain syndicate of criminals, Bruno and Franz even share Franz’s girlfriend, Johanna. But, Bruno soon becomes over superfluous… 

black and white, 88 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 05.02.2002 AT 17:00

Tuesday 05.02.2002 AT 17:00

Synopsis:

A Greek emigrant, Jorgos, enters the lifeless days of young people from the suburb of Munich. He represents a communist threat. When he starts dating a girl they beat him up, but it seems that in this early Fassbinder movie women have different views and easily accept something new. 

black and white, 88 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 05.02.2002 AT 19:00

Tuesday 05.02.2002 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

After getting out of prison, Franz Walsh returns to the old friends. The former girlfriend, Johanna, killer, Günter, and the new mistress, Margaret, are waiting for him. Günter killed his brother, Marian, and the two women that he hangs around with are planning something horrible, one out of love, the other out of jealousy. 

black and white, 91 min.

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 05.02.2002 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Mister R. is a typical example of a normal person, even though his boss would like him to move one step ahead from this technical pedantry towards solving problems. Mrs. R. begins to climb up the social scale and has expensive tastes. What was there to make him commit the cruel crime he eventually committed?  

color, 88 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 12.02.2002 AT 17:00

Synopsis:

Hans Epp is a fruit seller. After one fight with his wife because of the fruit delivery to ex-lover Ingrid, Hans goes to a bar and gets drunk. One day he becomes violent towards his wife that draws him deeper into despair. It seems that the only person who understands him is his sister Anna. Soon Hans has a heart-attack and too weak to run the business he finds a replacement in a young and trustworthy Anzell – he only doesn’t know that his wife had an affair with Anzell.

color, 88 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 12.02.2002 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

Petra von Kant, successful fashion creator, falls in love with Karin and promises her a career of a model. Soon Petra becomes jealous and possessive, but Karin easily gets out of her influence whenever she wants. It seems that Karin will return to her husband who suddenly returned from Australia. Petra’s secretary Marlene opposes Petra’s relationship with Karin and leaves Petra – maybe to be a slave to someone else, as Fassbinder himself says.

color, 124 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 12.02.2002 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

A story about forbidden love between a widow in her sixties, Emma, and worker Ali – from Morocco, twenty years younger than she. When the outer pressure calms down and when they are left alone, there arouses a new inner pressure bringing a new threat to their relationship. There is a question if Ali can adjust to the environment and life with Emma… 

color, 92'

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 19.02.2002 AT 17:00

Synopsis:

An adaptation of the classic from the 19th century by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest is a 17-year-old forced to marry a baron 20 years older than she. Cheerful and happy by nature, Effi sinks into despair. In times of baron’s absence she is confronted by major Crampas… 

digital, b/w, 140 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 19.02.2002 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

Angela is an intelligent daughter of divorced parents who forgot about each other. She uses crutches, but that doesn’t keep her from coming up with a plan of how to join her parents together. She invites them, with their lovers, to a family mansion in the countryside. Her parents believe that the other is on a business trip, and they are surprised to find out that the other came but still decide to stay. The next evening, Angela imposes on them a game of truth – Chinese roulette…

color, 86 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 19.02.2002 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

The last part of the Fassbinder’s post-war trilogy (the first two are The Marriage of Maria Braun and Lola) is an amalgam of a few stories from real life. Veronika Voss is an actress who was supposedly Gobles’ lover. Now when the things stop going well for her, she becomes addicted to morpheme and the doctor’s only concern is to take all the money from her. The only person willing to help is a sports journalist Robert Krohn, even at the cost of losing a girlfriend.

digital, b/w, 104 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 26.02.2002 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Maria Braun waits for the news of her husband who was sent to war. When she gets tired of being a passive wife, she starts working in an illegal bar for American soldiers. Soon she hears of her husband’s death; then she goes to the bar and asks a soldier to dance with her. But, as often happens in the confusion of war, her husband is not dead but imprisoned. His return makes things more complicated, but Maria Braun still has her ways of avoiding the role that the others want to impose on her. On...

digital, color, 120 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 02.03.2002 AT 15:00

Synopsis:

A love story of a woman that sings for Nazis and a Jewish composer. Wilkie helps Robert transport the Jews to a safer territory. She becomes popular with a song, Lili Marleen, and even Hitler expresses a desire to see her. Despite all, Wilkie doesn’t forget Robert. 

digital, color, 120 min

PROJECTION:

Saturday 02.03.2002 AT 17:00