German Film Night

Come enjoy a German film, with English sub-titles, at the German Free School (507 E. 10th St., Austin) on the fourth Friday of the month (except Jun, Jul, Aug & Dec). Doors open at 7:00 pm, and the film starts at 7:30 pm. Admission is free. Free popcorn, pretzels and pre-film Gemütlichkeit are on tap. Feel welcome to bring your beverages of choice. Seating is limited, so please RSVP to reserve a spot.

Upcoming Films

Friday, January 22nd at 7:30pm
‘Rosenstrasse’ (PG), 2003.
When Ruth’s husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house – Ruth’s cousin – with a picture of Ruth, aged 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped Ruth escape. Hannah, Ruth’s daughter engaged to a gentile, goes to Berlin to find the woman, Lena Fisher, now 90. Posing as a journalist investigating intermarriage, Hannah interviews Lena, who tells the story of a week in 1943 when the Jewish husbands of Aryan women were detained in a building on Rosenstrasse. The women gather daily for words of their husbands. The film goes back and forth to tell Ruth and Lena’s story. How will it affect Hannah?