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Wunderbar. A celebration of German film © Kanopy

​From “Beloved Sisters” to “A Coffee in Berlin” and “Young Goethe in Love,” from “The Blue Angel” to “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”–We celebrated German-American friendship for one year with our partner Kanopy by bringing 48 German films to your screens. Under “Critically Viewed,” German and American film journalists introduce you to their favorite films. Goethe-Instituts and Goethe Pop Ups in the US also took part in the celebration by showing films, organizing film festivals, and inviting German filmmakers to speak.

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Still image from "Nosferatu", directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, 1922 Still image (detail) Courtesy of Kino Lorber

Nosferatu
 Almost-lost history

FW Murnau’s 1922 silent film is not only one of the most canonical films of German Expressionist cinema, it also established one of modern horror film’s most enduring archetypes: the vampire.
Still image from "A Coffee in Berlin", by Jan Ole Gerster, 2012 Courtesy of Music Box Films

A Coffee in Berlin
 A Long Day’s Journey into Night

Jan Ole Gerster’s A Coffee in Berlin takes the audience on a young man’s search for meaning – and an ever elusive cup of plain, black brew.
Still image from "Metropolis", directed by Fritz Lang, 1927 Still image (detail) Courtesy of Kino Lorber

Metropolis
 Very Old is New Again

“I have created a machine in the image of man, that never tires or makes a mistake” – Metropolis’ Master Inventor, C. A. Rotwang, on his most recent invention, a Robot.

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Washington - German Film Series
 Wunderbar Films: German Cinema 101

You're invited to Goethe-Washington's year-long series of once-monthly film screenings that explore four distinct eras of German film history. 

Chicago - Queer Film Series
 Queer as German Folk

Celebrating 25 years of Edition Salzberger, the ground-breaking queer film distributor, through the weekly screening of diverse works in queer German cinematic history.

Boston - German Film Series
 New Films from Germany 2019

The latest German arthouse films presented in one of Boston’s most beautiful independent theatres. Once a month it’s German film time at Coolidge, always with English subtitles.

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