Heavy rain in southwestern Germany wiped out day 10. Severe train disruptions made for an interesting and eventful journey from Saarbrücken to Trier (travel day T10, next).
Here is another and personal highlight from travel day 9 in Völklingen (Saarbrücken).
What used to be an industrial facility has acres of space, and that’s prime real estate for arts & culture displays. During my visit to Völklingen Ironworks on travel day 9, there was an additional concurrent exhibition on the history of German film, with huge film posters and banners, as well as multiple screens showing clips from selected German films. Visual gravity pulled me to some of my favourite films, including “Metropolis” and “Lola rennt” (Run Lola Run).
German Film: 1895 to the present – on exhibition from 15 Oct 2023 to 18 Aug 2024.
“Engelein” (Little Angel), 1914.
“Nosferatu: Eine Symphonie des Grauens” (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror), 1922.
“Der Blaue Engel” (The Blue Angel), 1930.
“Metropolis”, 1927. This film by Fritz Lang was the first film inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register.
Replica of “Maschinen-Maria” (artificial Maria), original concept by Walter Schulze-Mittendorff.
“Olympia”, 1938: propaganda film for the NS by Leni Riefenstahl.
“Die Sünderin” (The Sinner), 1951.
“Der Geteilte Himmel” (Divided Heaven), 1964, based on Christa Wolf’s 1963 novel.
“Die Blechtrommel” (The Tin Drum), 1979, based on Günter Grass’ 1959 novel.
“Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo” (Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.), 1981, based on Christiane F. autobiography.
“Coming Out,” 1989. Wiki: … the last East German film released to the public prior to German reunification; one of the last films made by DEFA, the East German state film studio, and the only gay-themed feature film by the studio.
“Aus dem Nichts” (In the Fade), 2017. Fatih Akin’s films are not for the faint of heart, but strike at the heart of interpersonal relationships, as well as domestic issues between the Turkish-German and German communities.
“Run Lola Run”, 1998. I saw this film on a big screen in Toronto, and those visuals of Berlin grabbed my eyeballs. 3 years later, I move to Heidelberg; 3.5 years later, I visit Berlin for the first time. Since 2002, my visit count to the German capital city is safely in double-digits.
The moment where I might have fallen in love with Franka Potente.
Run, Lola; run.
“Im Westen Nichts Neues” (All Quiet on the Western Front), 1st German-language film version in 2022, based on Erich Maria Remarques’ 1929 novel.
“Mädchen in Uniform”, 1931; remade in 1958 with Romy Schneider & Lilli Palmer.Wiki: due to the film’s overt and openly lesbian themes, the film remains an international cult classic.
Reproduction of stage set for classroom by Géza von Radvanyi, for the 1958 remake of “Mädchen in Uniform”; film poster at upper right.
Big symbol, big company, big neon: UFA, for Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft (Universal Film public limited company) founded in 1917, and responsible for some of the biggest and well-known films from Germany. The logo above was in use from 1917 to 1991.
Massive central platform with multiple screens with clips from various German films.
I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 16 May 2024. I received neither sponsor nor support from any organization. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
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