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Film Screening of Somewhere in Berlin (Irgendwo in Berlin) by Gerhard Lamprecht

Larkin Lecture Theatre C, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX

Irgendwo in Berlin by Gerhard Lamprecht Synopsis: After World War Two, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventurous, dangerous playground. Especially for Gustav, it helps pass the time, as he longs for his father's return from a POW camp. One day a stranger arrives, looking helpless and hopeless... Gerhard Lamprecht built his reputation during the 1920s and '30s with films like Emil and the ... Read more

Translating the Archive

Translating the Archive: The Letters of Lotte Eisner In April 2019, German Studies students at the University of Hull were invited to a one-day event funded by the Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education and the German Screen Studies Network. The event, ‘Translating the Archive: The Letters of Lotte Eisner’, was organised by Dr. Elizabeth Ward and Julia Eisner. Over the course of the day, students analysed archival correspondence between ... Read more

History lessons: Brecht, Straub-Huillet and the British context

NFT3, BFI Southbank

The Films of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet The work of Bertolt Brecht has played a key role in the development of radical cinema, including the oeuvre of Straub and Huillet. The BFI Southbank welcomes academics Martin Brady, Ian Christie, Nicolas Helm-Grovas and Laura Mulvey for a roundtable discussion hosted by Erica Carter. “History Lessons” explores how Brecht's texts and concepts influenced both Straub & Huillet’s films and British cinema ... Read more