Birkbeck Cinema and Goethe-Institut London
Sat 30 March + Mon 1 April
Film Screenings and Discussions
GÜNTER PETER STRASCHEK
The Essay Film Festival and the Goethe-Institut London are pleased to present the first UK overview of the work of the Austrian film director and historian Günter Peter Straschek (1942–2009) in a two-part programme. Part One will present his radical short films made between 1966 and 1970 combined with two works by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet. Straschek’s seminal five-part series FILM EMIGRATION FROM NAZI GERMANY (1975) made for German television will form the second part of this overview and will be shown on 1 April at the Birkbeck Cinema and the Goethe-Institut.
With the kind support oft he Austrian Cultural Forum, London.
Sat, 30 March, 12:00 PM, Birkbeck Cinema
Part 1: 'A last chance to sow my wild oats' – Straschek at the DFFB - Early Films
Günter Peter Straschek’s first short films are inseparable from the early history of the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) and its politicisation. Together with 33 other students, including Harun Farocki, Hartmut Bitomsky, Holger Meins, Gerry Schum and Helke Sander, Straschek (1942-2009) belonged to the first generation of students at the newly founded academy. His stay at DFFB was short, the dispute over his film Ein Western für den SDS (A Western for the SDS) resulted in his definitive expulsion in February 1968 and the mysterious disappearance of the film print. “At any rate,” Straschek said in retrospect, “the whole rigmarole was for me less a ‘coming to consciousness’ than the belated climax of a carefree youth that was now drawing to a close, a last chance to sow my wild oats.”
The session will open with a talk by film historian Volker Pantenburg entitled "A last chance to sow my wild oats – Günter Peter Straschek at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB)", in which he will discuss Straschek's early films and shed light on the film school context.
Joining the post-screening discussion will be Julia Friedrich, curator of the exhibition "Günter Peter Straschek: Emigration-Film-Politics" (Museum Ludwig, Cologne 2018.
Free Event. Booking Essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gunter-peter-straschek-early-films-tickets-56381646021
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Monday, 1 April, Birkeck Cinema and Goethe-Institut
Günter Peter Straschek: Early Films & Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Part 1-3, Birkbeck Cinema, 11am-5pm
Part 4-5, Goethe-Institut London, 7pm-10pm
The second programme in the first UK retrospective dedicated to the Austrian film director and historian Günter Peter Straschek (1942–2009) will for the first time in the UK present his ground-breaking five-part film-historical series Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland (1975) about film personnel working in the German cinema industry who were forced into exile during the Nazi period.
Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Film Emigration from Nazi Germany is one of the most fascinating examples of ‘film history on film’ ever produced. Straschek devoted years of his life researching the topic and accumulating both film and non-film materials. Apart from some radio features and articles, however, this 290-minute TV programme remains the only published trace of Straschek’s lifelong work on the emigration of film personnel. He had intended to publish a three-volume book, encompassing all available data about 3,000 emigrants originating from the centre and peripheries of film production, but the book never materialised.
The day-session at Birbeck include presenations by film historian Volker Pantenburg (Straschek and retelling film history on television) and an illustrated lecture by Julia Friedrich on curating Günter Peter Straschek. Emigration–Film–Politics (March-July 2018, Museum Ludwig, Cologne).
Free Event. Booking Essential: https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.cfm?event_id=21498368&fuseaction=events.detail&
Please find the complete schedule further below or here:
https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.cfm?event_id=21498368&fuseaction=events.detail&
SCHEDULE
Schedule at Birkbeck, University of London :
11am. Welcome and introduction, Dr. Janet McCabe (Birkbeck, University of London)
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, Teil 1, „Wer klug war, ging schnell raus“ / (‘Who Was Smart Got Out Quick’), 11 November 1975.
12:10-12:30 : 20min comfort break
12:30. Straschek and retelling film history on television, with Prof. Volker Pantenburg, Berlin
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, Teil 2, „Wir waren aufgescheucht und vogelfrei “ / (‘We were startled and outlawed’), 18 November 1975.
13:45-14:15 : 30min comfort break
14:15-14:45. Illustrated lecture, with Dr Julia Friedrich on curating Günter Peter Straschek. Emigration–Film–Politics (March-July 2018, Museum Ludwig, Cologne)
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, Teil 3, „Aus Europa draußen und in einer gewissen Sicherheit“ / (‘Out of Europe and to a certain safety’), 25 November 1975.
15:45-16:15 : tea break (refreshments in foyer)
16: 15-17: 00. Response from Dr. Michael Temple (Birkbeck, Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image (BIMI)), making film history using audio-visual material and archives, and in conversation with Julia Friedrich.
Schedule at the Goethe-Institut:
19:00. Introduction, Maren Hobein for the Goethe-Institut.
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, Teil 4, „Unter Palmen und blauem Himmel“ / (‘Under palm trees and blue sky), 2 December 1975.
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, Teil 5, „Man wußte ja nie, wem man die Hand geben konnte“ / (‘You never knew who you could shake hands with’), 9 December 1975.
21:15 Response from Julia Friedrich and Q&A.
Film Details:
Filmemigration aus Nazi-Deutschland, Film Emigration from Nazi Germany, Dir. Günter Peter Straschek, West Germany, 1975, digital (originally 16mm), 290 min. (5 X 58 min.), German with English subtitles.
Parts 1–3
Venue: Birkbeck Cinema
43 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PD
Parts 4–5
Venue: Goethe-Institut London
50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road
London SW7 2PH
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