Film Screening
Gundermann

Goethe Outdoor Screenings

Wed, 08/23/2023
8:00 PM Goethe-Institut Boston

Screenings will take place at 8 pm in the Goethe Backyard, off the Back Alley (third courtyard from Clarendon Street). All films in German with English subtitles. Feel free to bring friends, snacks and BYOB. No RSVP required.

Biopic about East-German singer-songwriter Gerhard Gundermann (1955–1998). During the day, he worked as a digger operator in a coal mine. Yet after his shift, he successfully performed as a singer who reached the masses. In his songs, he pondered existential questions of life and death, but also didn't shy away from addressing current political and social issues. His very personal lyrics and authentic performances made him a cultural icon in the German Democratic Republic of the Eighties.

Germany 2018
Director: Andreas Dresen
DVD, 127 min