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STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE (Vor der Morgenröte) STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE (Vor der Morgenröte) Sunday, February 5, 2017, 7:00PM @ CINEMA21 Director: Maria Schrader Discussion with writer-director Maria Schrader following the screening. Schrader’s film episodically tells the story of the Austrian Jewish writer Stefan Zweig and his life while in exile from 1936 to 1942. THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Auf der anderen Seite) THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Auf der anderen Seite) WED. FED. 8, 2017 - 7:00 PM Directed by: Fatih Akin, Cast: Baki Davrak,Gürsoy Gemec, Cengiz Daner and Hanna Schygulla Fatih Akin, the critically-acclaimed director of HEAD-ON, weaves overlapping tales of friendship and sexuality into a powerful narrative of universal love. Six characters are drawn together by circumstances-an old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together. "Thursday Night Talks (TNT)" with Movie Makeup Artist, Christina Kortum "Thursday Night Talks (TNT)" with Movie Makeup Artist, Christina Kortum ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2016 Top-rated films judged by jury at our International Film and Video Festival
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Screenplay: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg
Austria, Germany, France, 2016, 106 min. ,German, English, Spanish with English subtitles.
Starring: Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz, Matthias Brandt, Charly Hübner
Best known in the US for his novellas The Royal Game, and Letter from an Unknown Woman, that was later adapted into a film directed by Max Ophüls, starring Joan Fontaine.
Stefan Zweig (next to Thomas Mann) was the most-translated German-speaking writer of his time, but having been driven into emigration at the peak of his worldwide fame, Zweig falls into despair at the sight of Europe’s downfall, which he had anticipated early on.
Germany/ Turkey
116 min / In German,Turkish and English, with English Subtitles
