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unusual facts about German cinema



City West

Large cinemas like the Ufa-Palast am Zoo opened, then the main locations of German film, accompanied by a lively variety and Kabarett scene, while in 1928 Max Reinhardt took over the Kurfürstendamm theatres in the rooms of the former Berlin Secession.


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Bucerius Institute for Research of Contemporary German History and Society

In 2007, the Institute was part in the organization of a DEFA/GDR film festival relating to the topic "German Cinema from behind the Iron Curtain" and, in 2008, hosted a musical drama with the title "The Myth and the Real Life of Marlene Dietrich".

Guys and Balls

While this genre is far more established in the United States with movies such as Hard Ball (2001) or The Mighty Ducks (1992) in which an underdog team is posed to somehow find the spirit to win an important game against a far superior opponent, these kinds of movies are relatively rare in German cinema.

Ida Wüst

During her career, Ida Wüst appeared opposite some of the most notable stars of the German cinema, such as: Heinz Rühmann, Hans Albers, Peter Lorre, Paul Henckels, Käthe Dorsch, Hans Moser, Käthe Haack, Paul Kemp, Theo Lingen and many more.

International Filmfest Emden

This section showcases the very best in new German cinema and features, in the 2006 programme, films such as director Zsolt Bács' Esperanza (with Anna Thalbach, Boris Aljinovic and Proschat Madani), and Torsten C. Fischer's Die Liebeswunsch (with Barbara Auer, Tobias Moretti and Linda de Mol).

Maria Orska

Her first movie Dämon und Mensch (1915) was produced by Jules Greenbaum, one of the pioniers of the German cinema, who discovered cinema during his 20 years long stay in Chicago and migrated back to Germany in 1895.

Ruhe

Ruhe was featured in the 2009 German cinema movie Zweiohrküken and was included on the Official Sound Track of Zweiohrküken.