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, March 26 at 7:30 pm.
“Buddenbrooks”, (not rated, 2006), based on the first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann.
As the 19th century gives way to a new era, four generations of a German merchant family cope with the changing times and their own conventions. Destiny ties the rise and fall of the Buddenbrookses’ fortunes to their conflicts between family loyalty and the drive for individual success.
Friday, April 23 at 7:30 pm
“Effi Briest”, (not rated, 1974), based on the 1894 novel by Theodor Fontane.
Effi Briest is a socially ambitious 17-year-old girl who accepts a proposal of marriage from Baron Geert von Instetten, a much older diplomat. Unfortunately, neither the Baron’s family nor anyone in the secluded town she now calls home accept Effi as an equal. Starved for companionship, Effi begins an innocent friendship with a well-known womanizer that may jeopardize her position as the Baron’s wife.
Past Films
Friday, February 26 at 7:30 pm
‘Der Untergang’ (Downfall), (rated R), 2004.
In April of 1945 Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Forces from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Hitler still proclaims that Germany will achieve victory with orders to fight to the last man. Der Untergang explores the final days of the Reich, where senior leaders began defecting in order to save themselves, while others pledge to die with Hitler.
