Open-air cinema in the Städel Garden shows heroes of history
Once again this year, open-air cinema fans can look forward to the popular summer cinema in the Städel Garden. From 13 to 16 July, the green roof of the Städel extension will provide the unique open-air backdrop for a selected and varied film programme. In keeping with the parallel special exhibition "Georg Baselitz. The Heroes" (30 June to 23 October 2016), the fourth edition of the summer cinema is dedicated to films that tell stories of extraordinary heroes. With free admission, the documentary "Georg Baselitz" (2013) by Evelyn Schels, Giulio Ricciarelli's "In the Labyrinth of Silence" (2014) and "Searching for Sugar Man" (2012) by director Malik Bendjelloul will be screened after dark on the first three evenings. On Saturday, July 16, there will also be a screening for young viewers in the Metzler Hall: The film "Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten" (2014) will be shown there already in the afternoon at 3:00 pm. On the last evening, 16 July, the audience can once again decide for themselves which film will be shown. The choices are Sönke Wortmann's "Das Wunder von Bern" (2003), Carol Reed's classic "Der dritte Mann" (1949) and "Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer" (2015) by Lars Kraume. Votes can be cast from 27 June to 11 July inclusive via ballot paper on site at the Städel Museum or at Http://facebook.com/staedelmuseum.de
Admission to the Summer Cinema in the Städel Garden is free on all days. Admission is from 7pm on each of the evenings, with the film starting at dusk each night. Please bring your own blankets and seating (no chairs). Cold drinks as well as savoury and sweet food will be provided before and during the film screenings. DJ Biffy (Discocaine) will create a relaxed summer atmosphere even before the film starts. In case of bad weather, the screenings will take place in the Metzler Hall of the Städel Museum.
The summer cinema is part of an initiative with which the Städel Museum is opening up its freely accessible garden space for changing installations, performances and events on contemporary art. In the course of the new presentation of the sculpture collection in the Städel Garden in 2013 and the series "In the Städel Garden", the Städel's outdoor space has in the recent past repeatedly become the location for performative and installative works, for example by Adrian Williams ("Watering Hole", 2013), Adolf Luther ("Architecture as Light and Reflection", 2013), Erwin Wurm ("One Minute Sculptures", 2014) or Franz Erhard Walther ("Screaming Pedestals and Stands", 2014). This year, Belgian artist David Claerbout will present a new work in the Städel Garden from 28 September to 6 November 2016.
Summer Cinema in the Städel GardenProgrammeWednesday, 13. July, admission 7.00, film starts at dusk
Georg Baselitz D 2013, Director: Evelyn Schels, 105 minutes, German version, FSK 0 For director Evelyn Schels, painter and sculptor Georg Baselitz opened his studios in Germany and Italy for filming for the first time. She was allowed to accompany him for three years at close quarters, followed him to New York, Paris and Berlin, interviewed his wife and companions and retraces the most important stages of the artist's life in this very private documentary film portrait. In addition, the viewer witnesses the sensitive phases of the creation of paintings and sculptures and gets a very personal impression of Baselitz in the course of the film.
Thursday, July 14, admission 7.00, film starts at dusk
In the Labyrinth of Silence
D 2014, Director: Giulio Ricciarelli, 123 minutes, German version, FSK 12 The year 1958 means primarily one thing for Germany: upswing through reconstruction and the economic miracle. Some have never heard of "Auschwitz" - the others want to forget it as soon as possible. Even when a friend of journalist Thomas Gnielka (André Szymanski) recognizes a teacher as a former Auschwitz supervisor, nothing seems to change at first and no one is interested in the case - no one except young prosecutor Johann Radmann (Alexander Fehling). Against the wishes of his superiors, Radmann takes on the case. In his difficult search for clarification, he encounters a thicket of lies, repression and denial, but is supported not only by Gnielka but also by the Attorney General Fritz Bauer (Gert Voss).
Friday, July 15, Admission 19.00, film starts at dusk
Searching for Sugar Man
S/GB 2012, Director: Malik Bendjelloul, 86 minutes, Orginal with subtitles, FSK 0 Detroit folk singer Sixto Rodriquez was a star in the 1970s - though not in the US, but in South Africa and, more importantly, unbeknownst to himself. Far away from his home country, his album "Cold Fact" became the soundtrack of the anti-apartheid movement. One day, two of his South African fans set out to find their idol, around whom numerous rumours have been circulating, in particular his alleged suicide. In his documentary film, director Malik Bendjelloul tells the incredible story of this musician.
Saturday, July 16, admission 14.00, film starts 15.00 Uhr, Metzler-Saal
Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten
D 2014, Director: Neele Vollmar, 96 minutes, German version, FSK 0 Ten-year-old Rico lives alone with his mother in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. He is a somewhat unusual boy who describes himself as "deeply gifted" and has an eye for "the little things". One day he meets Oskar, two years younger, who is so very different from Rico: namely "highly gifted" and timid. The two unequal children become friends and together they go on the trail of the notorious child abductor "Mister 2000". When Oskar suddenly disappears, Rico has to prove all his courage and tenacity to find his friend again on his own.
Saturday, July 16, admission 7.00, film starts at dusk
Audience film
On the ballot are: "The Miracle of Bern" (2003), "The Third Man" (1949) and "The State vs. Fritz Bauer" (2015)
The Miracle of Bern D 2003, Director: Sönke Wortmann, 118 minutes, German version, FSK 6 After serving as a soldier in World War II, miner Richard (Peter Lohmeyer) from Essen became a Soviet prisoner of war. In 1954, after more than twelve years, he finally returns to his family, who have become strangers to him and to him. The older son critically questions his father's role in the Nazi era, the daughter bonds with British occupation soldiers and thus with the former enemy, and the eleven-year-old son Mattes (Louis Klamroth), who was born in Richard's absence, has found a role model and father figure in the national soccer player Helmut Rahn. As the relationship between Richard and son Mattes gradually improves, Helmut Rahn takes an increasingly prominent role in the team at the World Cup and manages to lead the German eleven to the final of the tournament as underdogs.
The Third Man UK 1949, directed by Carol Reed, 104 minutes, German version, Rated 12 Unemployed novelist Holly Martins arrives in post-war Vienna, which has been divided into sectors by the victorious Allies. The reason for Martins' trip is an invitation from his former school friend Harry Lime, who has offered him a job. In Vienna, however, he discovers that Lime has recently died in a strange traffic accident. While Holly Martin asks around among the victim's friends and acquaintances, he soon realizes that some of the stories don't add up and is determined to find out what really happened to Harry Lime.
The State vs Fritz Bauer D 2015, Director: Lars Kraume, 105 minutes, German version, Rated 12 In 1957, the young Federal Republic gives the impression of wanting to leave the Nazi era behind. But the dedicated Attorney General Fritz Bauer (Burghart Klaußner) does everything he can to bring the perpetrators to justice in his own country. Twelve years after the end of the war, he receives a crucial clue as to where former SS Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann is said to be hiding. Together with the young prosecutor Karl Angermann (Ronald Zehrfeld), Bauer begins to research the background. Meanwhile, files suddenly disappear, resistance forms up to the highest circles and senior prosecutor Ulrich Kreidler (Sebastian Blomberg) and BKA employee Paul Gebhardt (Jörg Schüttauf) hinder the investigations of Bauer and Angermann.
Admission: free
Further info: www.staedelmuseum.de
