DHAKA: On the occasion of 25 years of German Unification, Goethe-Institut will arrange a three-day screening of German films at its auditorium in city’s Dhanmondi area.
The screening will begin on September 21 and continue till September 23.
Three movies will be screened during the festival, to be open everyday at 6:00pm.
The organizers in a press release said ‘they touch on the topic of separation between the former German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the life in those two very different worlds – the people and their dreams’.
All films will be shown in German with English subtitles, the release added.
‘Barbara’ on September 21
The organizers will screen ‘Barbara’, directed by Christian Petzold on the inaugural day.
This 105-minute film, which was made in 2012, shows a young female doctor Barbara Wolff submitting an application for an exit visa from the GDR and as a punishment for this she gets transferred from the capital to a small pediatric child hospital in the countryside.
Jörg, her lover in West Germany, works on the preparation for their escape via the Baltic Sea. Barbara works in the hospital under the leadership of her new boss André, who confuses her.
‘Sonnenallee’ on September 22
‘Sonnenallee’ (Sun Alley), directed by Leander Haußmann will be screened on September 22. Director Haußmann’s this cinematic debut captured the prevailing mood of the era.
This 101-minute film, made in 1999, follows the antics of young people living in the GDR in the 1970s.
In the story, 17-year-old Micha lives with his family on Sonnenallee, a street divided between East and West Berlin. He dreams of becoming a famous pop star in a time when the young generation from the East was longing for the forbidden pop music from the West.
His love towards the unattainable Miriam is another problem in his pulsating life.
‘Sonnenallee’ is not only a comedy about life in East Berlin in the 1970s but also underlines problems of the time.
‘Das Leben Der Anderen’ on September 23
‘Das Leben Der Anderen’ (The Lives of Others), directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, is an intense thriller in East Berlin. It will be screened on the concluding day.
This 132-minute movie, made in 2006, begins five years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and traces the gradual disillusionment of State Security Captain Gerd Wiesler, who works for the Stasi Secret Police.
The story, dated in November in 1984, shows Georg Dreyman and his long-time companion Christa-Maria Sieland are intellectual stars in East Germany, although they secretly are not always in line with the East German politics.
The Minister of Culture becomes very interested in the activities of the couple, so agent Wiesler is instructed to observe them. His fascination for their lives grows more every day.
BDST: 1901 HRS, SEP 18, 2014
