Don’t miss the New German Cinema series presented by The Garden Cinema (London) from 14 September to 15 November 2022 in partnership with the German Screen Studies Network. The series explores West German cinema of the 1960s and 1970s along the example of eight key films realised between 1972 and 1979.
The programme features films by Wim Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Margarethe von Trotta and Volker Schlöndorff, all of them young filmmakers at the time trying to break away from the previous generation. Expert introductions and post film discussions invite audiences to further reflect on how these films negotiate the physical and psychological struggles of postwar Germany as well as the consequences of the so-called ‘Wirtschaftswunder’.
Wednesday 14 September
ALICE IN THE CITIES
Germany, 1974, Wim Wenders, 113m.
Introduced by Alice Guilluy (MetFilm School) and followed by an informal discussion in The Garden Cinema bar.
Thursday 22 September
ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL
Germany, 1974, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 93m.
Introduced by Elena Gorfinkel (King’s College London) and followed by an informal film discussion in the Garden Cinema bar.
Thursday 29 September
THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
Germany, 1972, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 125m.
Introduced by Stephanie Bird (UCL) and followed by an informal discussion in The Garden Cinema bar.
Thursday 6 October
THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER
Germany, 1974, Werner Herzog, 109m.
Introduced by Martin Brady (King’s College London) and followed by an informal film discussion in The Garden Cinema bar.
Thursday 13 October
KINGS OF THE ROAD
Germany , 1976, Wim Wenders, 176m.
Introduced by Joanne Leal (Birkbeck).
Thursday October 20
AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD
Germany, 1972, Werner Herzog, 93m.
Introduced by Lúcia Nagib (University of Reading) and followed by an informal film discussion in The Garden Cinema bar.
Thursday 27 October
THE LOST HONOUR OF KATHARINA BLUM
Germany, 1975, Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta, 106m.
Introduced by Erica Carter (King’s College London) and followed by an informal discussion in The Garden Cinema bar.
Wednesday 2 November
THE TIN DRUM
Germany, 1979, Volker Schlöndorff, 163m.
Introduced by Mario Slugan (Queen Mary).
All screenings take place in
The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker Street London WC2B 5PQ
For additional information regarding films and trailers view the full programme here.
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