Free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. Kino usually takes place the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of every month at 7:30 pm.
Tuesday, September 10, 7:30 pm
Billy Wilder Speaks
Billy, Wie Haben Sie’s Gemacht? (2006). You’ve probably heard of legendary Direktor Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Stalag 17, The 7 Year Itch, Witness for the Prosecution, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment), but did you know his career actually began with Germany’s UFA Studios? Now, you can hear the Austrian-born Wilder as he talks of his six-decades in film to Volker Schöndorff! This all began as a possible “How To” guide for young filmmakers that never happened. So, as per their agreement after his death, Schlöndoff edited these tapes making an interesting feature where Wilder tells stories in English or German, whichever is more convenient for him at the time. Film will be screened in English/German, & subtitled in English.
Tuesday, September 24, 7:30 pm
Die Puppe
The Doll (1919). Wilder’s favorite director was Ernst Lubitsch, so we thought it appropriate to show one of Lubitsch’s best German films, Die Puppe/The Doll(1919), where a Baron’s nephew wants to please his Onkel, but not take a wife, so he finds what he thinks is an amazing mechanical doll (Ossi Oswalda) to fool everyone! Wilder kept a plaque on his desk to help with screenwriter’s writing-block, it read: What Would Lubitsch Do? Film will be screened in German, & subtitled in English.
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