Cycle
From 20.04. To 04.05.2002.
Njemački film sedamdesetih
Films in cycle
Morals of Ruth Halbfass
(Die Moral der Ruth Halbfass, 1972.)
Directed by: Volker Schlöndorff
Synopsis:
Ruth Halbfass is the wife of a wealthy factory owner. The husband, blinded with the luxury of his house with a swimming pool, does not notice that his wife is cheating on him with their daughter’s art teacher. Even though the daughter is aware of her mother’s adultery she is in a phase when such things do not bother her. Soon the art teacher hires murderers to help him get rid of the problematic husband; however that is only the beginning of strange events that will lead to a surprising ending.
color, 89 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 20.04.2002 AT 15:00
Alice in the Cities
(Alice in den Städten, 1974)
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Synopsis:
Phil is a German photographer wandering across the American East coast searching for a story. In some hotel he meets a girl named Alice and her mother. When the mother disappears, the road movie begins, in which Wenders outlines the relationship between a grown-up man and a child.
PROJECTION:
Saturday 20.04.2002 AT 17:00
Every Man for Himself and God Against All
(Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle, West Germany, 1974)
Directed by: Werner Herzog
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Synopsis:
This is a true story of a young man in his twenties who in the 19th century suddenly arrived in a small town. Everything about him points to the fact that, before his release, he was kept locked in a cellar: he cannot speak, read or write. Half of the townsmen see him as a threat, while the other half want to help him. He tries to find out his true identity…
color, 110'
PROJECTION:
Saturday 27.04.2002 AT 15:00
Lost Honor of Katherina Blum
(Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum, West Germany, 1975)
Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jost Vacano
Synopsis:
Katharina Blum works in a lawyer’s office. One day she comes home with a man and spends the night with him. Next morning he is gone and the police are after her. Katharina does not say anything to the police because she does not even know anything about the man. But, the gossip newspaper publishes an article in which she is accused of being a collaborator of a dangerous anarchist…
color, 106'
PROJECTION:
Saturday 27.04.2002 AT 17:00
The All-Around Reduced Personality: Outtakes
(1977)
Directed by: Helke Sander
PHOTOGRAPHY: Katia Forbert, Hille Sagel
Synopsis:
Account of life in West Berlin in the 70’s. Edda is a young woman working as a free-lance photographer and tries to make ends meet.
black and white, 98 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 04.05.2002 AT 15:00
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
(Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages, 1977)
Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta
PHOTOGRAPHY: Franz Rath
Synopsis:
Christa Klages is a young divorced mother who decides to rob a bank with two assistants, to be able to finance her alternative center. Shortly after she finds out that her center cannot accept that money, but the story does not end here. A young woman, who was a hostage in the bank, starts following Christa. Soon the only solution is to leave the country.