KINO The German Film Magazine

Berlin '36: A gripping historical drama about a true story...Film of the Month – Berlin 36Berlin 1936: The United States threatens to boycott the Olympic Games if host Germany does not include any Jewish athletes in its national team. Bowing under pressure, the Nazi government opens a spot for the Jewish girl Gretl, an extraordinary high jumper. But to prevent her from winning, and making nonsense of the Nazis’ ideology of Aryan superiority, Berlin picks an unknown “woman” to compete against her. An unbelievable real-life historic drama from director Kaspar Heidelbach. Our film of the month.Series: Milestones – 60 years of German CinemaFor the fourth edition in our series we return to the 1980s – where comedy ruled German movies theaters. Light, mostly shallow entertainment for the masses. But it was a serious anti-war drama that would outlast them all to become a modern-day classic: Wolfgang Peterson’s DAS BOOT from 1981.10 Years of First StepsOver the past decade, the First Steps award, given annually to Germany’s best student films, has established itself as the country’s most important prize for up-and-coming talent. KINO looks at three of this year’s winners and traces the success of 10 years of First Steps.SHORTCUTS· WHISKY WITH VODKA – The new film from Andreas Dresen · Locarno Film Festival – Festival winner SHE, A CHINESE from Xialou Guo and Detlef Buck’s latest SAME, SAME BUT DIFFERENT · HORST SCHLÄMMER – ISCH KANDIERE – Beloved German comedian runs for Chancellor in this new comedy.

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