In Memoriam Alexander Kluge: "Abschied von gestern"

In honor of the recently deceased Alexander Kluge, there will be a lecture on his feature film debut "Farewell to Yesterday" from 1966 - award-winning in Venice; German premiere in Mannheim! - a lecture by Prof. Dr. Peter Scheinpflug. Including supporting film by Alexander Kluge.

FAREWELL TO YESTERDAY

DEU 1966. D: Alexander Kluge. D: Alexandra Kluge, Hans Korte, Werner Kreindl, Eva Maria Meineke, Alfred Edel, Fritz Bauer. 88 min. FSK: 16

Anita G., a Jew, comes from the GDR and tries to make her way in West Germany. But she fails again and again - she is sentenced to probation for stealing a sweater, moves to another city, becomes a representative for a record company and lover of her boss, tries to start studying, has a liaison with a ministerial councillor... Failure and escape characterize her confrontation with a society between "zero hour" and the "economic miracle".
Alexander Kluge, co-initiator of the Oberhausen Manifesto of 1962, bases his feature film debut on a real judicial case from 1959: ABSCHIED VON GESTERN is considered a milestone for modern German cinema - and is still absolutely worth seeing today in its unconventional freshness between documentary approaches and absurd everyday moments and in its sharp observation of the post-war period. The film was awarded the Silver Lion in Venice. The German premiere took place in September 1966 at the Mannheim Film Week.

Alexander Kluge died on March 25 at the age of 94.

Supporting film: Song of Medea - Director: Alexander Kluge - 3 min: AI-supported connection between Anita G. and Medea

Introductory lecture: Prof. Dr. Peter Scheinpflug, followed by a film discussion