Fall 2008: Filming Fascism

This semester's series was organized to coordinate with GERST 6030: The Literature of Fascism and Anti-Fascism. Course description here for those interested.

* September 2: Der heilige Berg (The Holy Mountain) Dir. Arnold Fanck; Starring: Leni Riefenstahl; Germany (1926)

* September 23: Hitler Junge Quex (Hitler Youth Quex) Dir. H. Steinhoff; Starring: Heinrich George; Germany (1933)

* October 7: Jud Süss (Jew Süss) Dir. Veit Harlan; Starring: Ferdinand Marian & Kristina Söderbaum; Germany (1940)

* October 21: La Habañera; Dir. Detlef Sierck (Douglas Sirk); Starring: Zarah Leander & Ferdinand Marian; Germany (1937)

* November 11: To Be or Not to Be; Dir. Ernst Lubitsch; Starring: Carole Lombard & Jack Benny; USA (1942)

* December 2: Der Untergang (The Downfall) Dir. O. Hirschbiegel; Starring: Bruno Ganz; Germany (2004)

Spring 2008: German Literature on Film

February 5, 2008, "Der junge Törless" dir. Volker Schlöndorff

February 26, 2008, "Pioniere in Ingolstadt" dir. Fassbinder

March 11, 2008, "Momo" dir. Johannes Schaaf

April 2, 2008, "Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum" dir. Schlöndorff

April 15, 2008, "Das Schloß" dir. Michael Haneke

April 29, 2008, "Falsche Bewegung" dir. Wim Wenders