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German Historical Institute Washington, D.C.
Lecture Series – Spring 2004
History in Film – Film in History
This series of five lectures will explore the interrelation between history and film. Distinguished scholars of film will share their views on the ways in which history is presented in film and on what film can tell us about the past. Each speaker will focus on one film, which will be shown directly following the lecture.
Johannes von Moltke
University of Michigan
Heimat, Heritage, and the Histories of German Cinema
Followed by the screening of: Jewboy Levi (Viehjud Levi)
Germany, 1998, 97 min., English subtitles
Monday, March 22, 5:30-8:45 p.m.
Thomas Saunders
University of Victoria, BC
Hollywood’s Great War and Weimar Germany
Followed by the screening of: What Price Glory?
USA, 1926, 120 min., silent with live music
Monday, April 5, 5:30-8:45 p.m.
Piers Armstrong
Dartmouth College
Cannibalizing History: Recastings of the European-Indigenous Encounter in Brazil
Followed by the Screening of: Hans Staden
Brazil, 1999, 92 min, English subtitles
Monday, April 19, 5:30-8:45 p.m.
Christoph Strupp
German Historical Institute Washington, D.C.
How the West Was Sold: Karl May's America and the German Cinema
Followed by the screening of: Apache Gold (Winnetou I)
Germany, 1963, 91 min., English version
Monday, May 3, 5:30-8:45 p.m.
Sabine Hake
University of Pittsburgh
At the Movies: Film Audiences in the “Third Reich”
Followed by the screening of: Request Concert (Wunschkonzert)
Germany, 1940, 100 min., English subtitles
Monday, May 17, 5:30-8:45 p.m.
This Lecture Series is co-organized and co-sponsored by the GHI and the Goethe-Institut Washington, D.C.
For further information see also: www.goethe.de/uk/was
Please note:
All lectures will take place on Mondays. All lectures will be held at the
Goethe-Institut Washington, 812 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3718
Lectures begin at 5:30 p.m. – Refreshments will be served at 6:15 p.m. –
Screenings will start at 6:45 p.m.
Metro: Red, Yellow or Green line to Gallery Place/Chinatown (use 7th and H Street Exit)
RSVP (acceptances only)
Phone, Fax, or E-mail: nbroadwater@washington.goethe.org
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