Tuesday 10 November 2009

German Film Festival Free Screenings

BERLIN ‘ 36 [15, 100]
Friday 27th November
Followed by a Q & A with the Director Kasper Heidelbach [30 mins]
Berlin, '36. The Americans are threatening to boycott the Olympic Games if no Jewish athletes are included in the German team. For this reason Gretel
Bergmann, the current High-Jump champion and a Jew, is sent to the Germanteam training camp. Here athletes train and compete for a seat on the German Olympic team. But in the eyes of the Nazis, Gretel must not win under any circumstances...

EFFI BRIEST [15,118]
Thursday 3rd December
Followed by a Q & A with the Director Hermine Huntgeburth [30 mins]
Published in 1895, Theodor Fontane's marvellous tale of love and adultery was to mark his breakthrough as a novelist. This new screen adaptation reinterprets this classic work for a modern audience, depicting a young woman's bid for emancipation…

Screenings at: Curzon Soho, London at 10.30am
Both films introduced by a Goethe Institut Education Advisor [10 mins]
Suitable for: GCSE, A Level History, Citizenship, German, Critical Thinking, General Studies.

To book for your free tickets click Film Education

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