Udo Kier turns 70

On 14 October one of Germany’s few truly international film stars celebrates his seventieth birthday. Udo Kier’s striking face and piercing blue eyes have featured in over 200 films, ranging from art-house to exploitation films as well as big Hollywood productions, in which he has relished a number of villainous roles. With such a body (…)

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FASSBINDER CONNECTIONS Pier Paolo Pasolini retrospective

From 13 September to 17 October, Berlin’s Arsenal cinema is screening a comprehensive retrospective of the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini. The retrospective is being accompanied by an exhibition in the Martin Gropius Bau which will run until 5 January 2015 and focuses on the Italian director’s relationship with Rome. The exhibition and retrospective also (…)

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Elisabeth Trissenaar will Perform at the Berliner Ensemble

It is with great pleasure that we bring to the attention of our followers that the wonderful and incomparable Elisabeth Trissenaar will soon perform twice at the Berliner Ensemble: On October 2, she will read Kafka; the flutist Annelie Kronbügel will accompany this program. On November 1 there will be another performance of Heiner Müller’s (…)

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Gottfried John: an obituary

Gottfried’s autobiographical novel, Bekenntnisse eines Unerzogenen (Confessions of an Ill-bred Individual), tells the story of a young man born during the Second War World who is taken away from his mother and grows up in children’s homes. His mother later kidnaps him and takes him to Paris, where they are able to live together for (…)

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The RWFF wishes everyone a relaxing summer

We wish all our friends, fans and business partners a relaxing summer as we ‘sign out’ officially until September 5, 2014. We already have a number of exciting projects and events in the pipelines for the coming season. Starting in the fall, we will be able to share more details with you and will keep (…)

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