Cycle
From 07.11. To 09.11.2006.
Program of Louise Brooks’ films
Related texts
Films in cycle
Pandora’s Box
(Die Büchse der Pandora, 1929)
Directed by: Georg Pabst
PHOTOGRAPHY: Günther Krampf
Synopsis:
This is a tragic story about Lulu, a dancer and prostitute who kills her rich lover Dr. Schön after he refuses to marry her. Afterwards, she runs away to Paris with the doctor’s son, Alwa. She stays with her father Schigolch, but soon her selfishness distances her from other people and she ends up walking the streets alone.
b/w, silent, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 08.11.2006 AT 21:00
Tuesday 07.11.2006 AT 19:00
Diary of a Lost Girl
(Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen, 1929)
Directed by: Georg Pabst
PHOTOGRAPHY: Sepp Allgeier, Fritz Arno Wagner
Synopsis:
Thymiane is a naďve young girl without much luck on her side. After her father’s employee rapes her, she becomes pregnant. She refuses to marry her rapist and the authorities take away her child and send her to a reform school. Soon she manages to run away from the school with Count Osdorff’s help. She learns that her child is dead and she ends up in a brothel…
b/w, silent, 104 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 09.11.2006 AT 19:00
Tuesday 07.11.2006 AT 21:00
It's My Life
(Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux, 1962)
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
PHOTOGRAPHY: Raoul Coutard
Synopsis:
Anna Karina plays a woman who leaves her husband and child in order to become an actress. However, her dream does not come true and she becomes a prostitute. This film is divided into twelve chapters and is a direct hommage to Carl Theodor Dreyer. The main chatacter, Nana, is an hommage to a famous silent era actress Louise Brooks.